The mood in the room is warm and light, but the spirit is intense and earnest. The High Street Painters began a year ago when Andrea Scheduler invited some of the painters she had come to know through ...

This year’s exhibit is titled Motion to Light, so it isn’t surprising that light painters, photographers who manipulate time and space to make light a tangible presence, comprise a large segment of ...

In the light, luminous layers of glossy gel reveal hidden text and a tapestry of rich colour. Glass sculptures glow in the sunlight, as if from within. Artists have been using light in their work long ...

Catherine Speck has received funding from the ARC to research Australian art exhibitions. The top bill of the Illuminate festival is Wisdom of AI Light, an immersive digital performance in which the ...

Johannes Vermeer's "Allegory of the Catholic Faith" includes evidence that the Jesuit perspective on optics shaped how the artist approached his paintings. Photo from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.