A partner of the Golden Age Cinema and Bar in Surry Hills, Barrie Barton said his small venue was a perfect example of Sydney embracing a boutique culture. “The cinema only holds 56 people and we have a small bar inside so it's interesting to see the ...full story

Both artists represented Portugal during the "Bukruk Street Art Festival" in Bangkok last year. They have also painted several walls around the city and will participate in the "Spooky Palio Street Art Festival" set for October at Khao Yai, Nakhon ...full story

She was the archetypal success story, graduating from a top school in London, Central Saint Martins in architecture, before starting a highflying career with renowned Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid. With the invaluable experience under her belt ...full story

Detail from a Joana Vasconcelos artwork, Pearl Lam Galleries. Image: supplied. Interested in this year's Melbourne Art Fair? Don't forget to click the 'View Live Event' icon to the left, or at the end of this article, to see our live tweets, images and ...full story

On display will be 100 artworks by 20 artists, and will include landscape, charcoal art, acrylic on canvas, water colour, abstracts and figurative art. Artists whose artworks will be featured include Lalita Lajmi, Seema Kohli, Kavya Reddy, Yusuf ...full story

A group of artists from the Indonesian Arts Coalition has criticized a draft bill on culture that is currently being legislated by the House of Representatives. “The bill does not address the need for cultural development in society,” the coalition ...full story

The artist said he was “extremely proud” to receive the award, having watched his mentor and fellow political artist Richard Bell receive the same award a decade ago. Albert's work is a response to a 2012 traffic incident in Kings Cross, Sydney in ...full story

In 2003, Bali-based art scholar Georges Breguet came across the woman, who is thought to have been born in the 1930s, and recognized her as an extraordinary, if untraditional artist. Breguet began to collect her more mobile pieces and also introduced ...full story

When the Dubai-based cousins Hisham and Khaled Samawi opened their first Ayyam Gallery in Damascus in 2006, they were merely dipping their toes into the nascent contemporary art scene in the city. They couldn't possibly have foreseen how important ...full story

In the exhibition "The Moonshine Hunter", artist Montri Toemsombat, known for using unconventional mediums and materials, explores Thai roots and culture by using paint made from rice and rubber. This body of work is a result from his two-month ...full story