Film

Exclusive: Brandis' $275,000 grant to Melba bypasses scrutiny
Arts Minister George Brandis approved $275,000 in special funding to classical music label Melba Recordings without peer review or a…

How Creativity Drives Business Success
Creative accounting is a high value skill the arts can bring to business, not a criminal activity.

Paying it forward for disabled artists
A Queensland musician's philanthropy will provide a disabled artist with an opportunity to further their career.

What makes a successful art auction?
Leading auction houses tell us what it takes to procure the top-drawer artworks for sale, and then get a good…

Opera Review offers opportunity to hit high notes
The National Opera Review has the potential to highlight cultural and economic opportunities for Australia from a global art form.

11 intriguing shows to see at Melbourne Fringe
Over 400 shows involving more than 5000 artists feature in this yearās Fringe; choosing what to see doesnāt have to…

Filling big shoes: replacing a founding Artistic Director
How do you replace someone whose personality, artistry and aesthetic sensibility have come to define a companyās creative output to…

When the mountain changed its clothing
Created with the Carmina Slovenica choir, Heiner Goebbelsā latest work is a meditation on time and the end of innocence.

Three new faces join Melbourne Festival board
A wealth of experience has been brought to the Festival before it kicks off next month.

MQFF Director to step down in 2015
Lisa Daniel has announced she will leave the Melbourne Queer Film Festival after 16 years as Festival Director.