Chen Wenbo, one of the leading lights of the contemporary Chinese art movement, returns with 'Asian Rays', his first exhibition in two years at the PKM Gallery in Beijing. The urban still-lifes draw inspiration from the artist's travels through Asian urban centres, and capture the zeitgeist of this year when the world's attention was focused largely on China.

The Publishers’ Cup Inc has announced that it will create the Cricket Art Prize 09, with prize money of AU$20,000 for the winner and a two week finalists exhibition at the Members Pavilion of the Sydney Cricket Ground.

Brisbane-based artist Lincoln Austin has been commissioned to design the Northbridge Art Wall, located in the heart of Brisbane city’s emerging North Quarter precinct and due for completion in March 2009.

Planning on travelling to see some of the great art collections of the world? Boutique and custom art tours can help you get there...

The Weekend Australian Art Sydney took place from the 23rd - 26th October 2008 at the Royal Hall of Industries in Moore Park and was a great success. The Australian Art Review was there for the duration and you can check out some of the highlights here.

When Arthur Boyd: A Life was released in hardcover in November 2007, after more than six years in research, it became the first book devoted exclusively to the artist, his life and his art.

ReCoil: Change and Exchange in Coiled Fibre Art reflects the changing practices of coiled basketry techniques within contemporary Indigenous fibre art culture.

A selection of artworks from Western Australia's State Art Collection are now viewable online through the Art Gallery of Western Australia's website as part of the Gordon Darling Foundation's Digitalisation Project.

Mossgreen Auctions has announced that over a quarter of a million dollars was raised during their October auction, Ochre Indigenous Art Auction. All of the fourteen auction items were sold, with the money going towards Indigenous Health Research at Menzies Health Research in Melbourne.

A form of visual expression that engages in a broad range of media and experiences, ceramics commands a powerful presence in the contemporary art world. JULIA JONES reports...