SmartArts' 19th birthday was celebrated on the day of broadcast (December 14, 2023), which was also Richard's last show for 2023!

Richard is joined by Liam James, Deputy Director of Linden New Art…

Choreographer, dancer and founder of Lucy Guerin Inc, Lucy Guerin, and choreographer and dancer Amrita Hepi joined Richard Watts on SmartArts ahead of Lucy Guerin Inc's 2023 iteration of their annual commissioning program…

Richard Watts first had Tom Ballard on SmartArts in 2009, before Tom’s first ever standup show. Since then, Tom has got up on countless stages (and won awards for it!) but he says…

Richard speaks to Ersin Han Ersin, artist and director of London-based experiential art collective Marshmallow Laser Feast (MLF), on the opening day of MLF's premiere exhibition Nature Works which runs until April 14th…

Artist Agnieszka Pilat on her optimism towards AI in art and walking Richard Watts through the process of training three robot dogs to oil paint, for her new exhibition at the NGV Triennial…

Writer and director Glenn Shea on his unabashed new play ‘MI: WI 3027,’ unpacking the unlikely friendship between an Indigenous soldier and a Jewish-German ethnologist and prisoner of war, as they bond over…

Ewan McEoin, the Senior Curator of Contemporary Art, Design and Architecture, NGV and lead curator on Triennial for a NGV Triennial overview chat; Primal Screen’s Flick Ford &  Zero G’s Rob Jan talking…

Ruth McKenzie, Artistic Director of Adelaide Festival gives an overview of the exciting new festival program; Dynamic duo, choreographer Stephanie Lake and composer Robin Fox astonish Richard with their exhilarating performance art piece…

Writer and performer Candy Bowers reveals the horrors of type 2 diabetes and its disproportionate effect on Black communities, in her afro-futuristic, genre-bending show, ‘Sweet Mama’; Deborah Cheetham Fraillon, AO, On her composition…

Artist Telia Nevile on her new one-woman cabaret performance ‘Insomniac Mixtape’ at Melbourne Fringe Festival, capturing the unsettling and relatable descent into chaos that is sleep deprivation, through a range of bizarre goth…