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The essential interview question to ask
When conducting job interviews, often it's a curly question that reveals the person who's the best cultural fit for your…

International art project raises the bar on Instagram
52 ARTISTS 52 ACTIONS is a year-long art project that uses Instagram to talk about current political and social issues,…

Cement Fondu is mixing up a new breed of gallery
Cement Fondu is a new art space that smashes the traditional gallery model and bonds it back together in a…

Who’d leave a television career to join a library?
They used to be quiet spaces; now they are the quiet achievers. We can all learn from libraries' successes in…

Incubating ideas needs more than a hip share office
Tired of big budget, big tech talk when it comes to innovation? Then start with old fashioned talking: it's proving…

New podcast challenges cultural whitewashing
The Culture Cycle is a new series that asks whether Australia’s arts and cultural sector looks like Australia.

Spray gun philosophy: Katharina Grosse on painting
A new installation at Carriageworks is the next chapter in Grosse’s somewhat unorthodox journey with painting. What drives her and…

The Merry Widow
With Hollywood-style production numbers, glamorous Deco sets and divas worthy of the title, The Merry Widow is a winner.

Vale: Alun Leach-Jones
Once you start to realise you can become a painter, the only way you can become really major, is to…

What does 2018 hold for the visual arts?
You can tell a lot about a year by the topics that garner attention. We surveyed the exhibitions scheduled for…