Dan Rule

On the eve of legendary performance artist Marina Abramovic’s major exhibition at the Museum of Old and New Art, we offer an appraisal of a 40- year career wrought by pushing the body and the mind to the limits of experience.

In an open letter to the Biennale of Sydney board, a group of prominent Australian and international artists have expressed grave concerns over the event’s sponsorship arrangement with Transfield, the company contracted to run offshore detention centres.

In an open letter to the Biennale of Sydney board, a group of prominent Australian and international artists have expressed grave concerns over the event’s sponsorship arrangement with Transfield, the company contracted to run offshore detention centres.

A new group show at Heide Museum of Modern Art considers contemporary art’s engagement with cultures other than its own.

Riding a new wave in independent art publishing, new Melbourne-based contemporary art journal Dissect has launched its inaugural issue.

Riding a new wave in independent art publishing, new Melbourne-based contemporary art journal Dissect has launched its inaugural issue.

Expansive exhibition Reinventing the Wheel: The Readymade Century brings together some of the greatest artists of the 20th century alongside a host of local practitioners to trace the history and legacy of the readymade.

With Melbourne Now barely a fortnight away, the NGV continues its repositioning with the launch of its revitalised in-house magazine, Gallery.

Billed as the most ambitious exhibition in the NGV's history, Melbourne Now has stirred fierce debate, excitement and angst amid the wider contemporary art community - the very constituency it has fought to engage. A month ahead of its November opening, which is set to bring together over 130 local artists and 30 curators, Broadsheet checks in on the making of Melbourne Now.

With her appointment as artistic director of the 19th Biennale of Sydney, in addition to her longstanding directorship of the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Juliana Engberg wields more power and influence than almost anyone on the Australian contemporary art landscape.

With her appointment as artistic director of the 19th Biennale of Sydney, in addition to her longstanding directorship of the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Juliana Engberg wields more power and influence than almost anyone on the Australian contemporary art landscape.

The NGV has unveiled the preliminary details of Melbourne Now, a sprawling exhibition that the institution is framing as its biggest and most ambitious project yet.