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Exploring when art was an Olympic sport (we’re not joking)
Olympic art is medal worthy, plus Parisian lessons for Brisbane 2032.
![A burst of bright fireworks against a dark night sky.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/designecologist-5mj5jLhYWpY-unsplash.jpg?w=310)
Castlemaine State Festival's future is secured
After entering voluntary administration earlier this year, Castlemaine State Festival is ready to face the future and preparing to rebuild.
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This week's arts news and trending topics
We report it – you read it. This week's top arts news stories.
![Jewellery chains by Belinda Newick to feature at Radiant Pavilion 2024. A metal chain with ring-like ornaments held between two hands.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/radiantpavilion24_kidenere-e1721184945215.jpeg?w=310)
Jewellery biennial to launch across Melbourne
Radiant Pavilion returns for its first in-person event since 2019, showcasing contemporary jewellery and object makers from far and wide.
![Pursuing a career as a dancer comes with financial burdens and an uncertain future. Two dancers wearing light brown workwear onesies in a white space. One is sitting with one foot propped up on the chair, their hand on their head, and another is standing behind in an elegant stance, extending their arms and one leg.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/pexels-cottonbro-6724085-e1721279942111.jpg?w=310)
'We make so many sacrifices so our girls can dance'
Dance education is in decline, with financial barriers deterring prospective students and families, finds new report.
![Two panels. On the left is a headshot of a brunette man with a light beard, black top, white shirt and tie. On the right is a book cover with 'Big Time' written repetitively in different colours.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/prosser1.jpg?w=310)
Book review: Big Time, Jordan Prosser
Jordan Prosser’s much-touted first novel sometimes flies off its own tracks, but is nonetheless a very impressive debut.
!['Future Remains: The 2024 Macfarlane Commissions', installation view at ACCA. A darkened exhibition space filled by an installation towards the foreground of the photo. It features terracotta sculptures on wooden plinths made with discarded material.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/450135513_908938751273911_7467543038794973258_n-e1721270272431.jpg?w=310)
Exhibition review: Future Remains: The 2024 Macfarlane Commissions, ACCA
Large-scale works grounded in material investigations shine at the 2024 Macfarlane Commissions, but is it still helpful to put emerging…
![Four young women and a young man are laughing and playing, mid tumble on the floor.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/image0021.jpg?w=310)
Musical review: Little Women, Hayes Theatre
Put to music, Alcott's beloved novel loses some subtlety, but should still please fans of the original.
![Shadow of a woman on a stage with dramatic red lighting. Yirramboi Festival.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/A-Nightime-Travesty-by-A-Daylight-Connection_YIRRAMBOI-Commissions-2025-_Image-Gregory-Lorenzutti-featuring-Carly-Sheppard.jpg?w=310)
6 signature projects for 2025 YIRRAMBOI festival
Cross-arts First Nations festival announces artist commissions that will define its 2025 event.
![Two panels. On left is smiling headshot of Asian man wearing glasses and a suit and tie. On the right is cover of a book cover full of high rise buildings with 'Ghost Cities" in black.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Untitled-design-371.jpg?w=310)
Book review: Ghost Cities, Siang Lu
A playful and metafictional novel about storytelling, Chinese history and contemporary society.