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Parrtjima Festival 2026: get ready for ten stunning days in the heart of Australia

Parrtjima has become one of the most significant events in the Northern Territory – and the 2026 iteration looks to…

Nanci Nott
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Pantone’s colour of the year under attack – and rightly so

Pantone's newly announced 'trending colour for 2026' is as bland as you can get and emblematic of our increasingly grey…

Gina Fairley
Cleo Meinck and Emma Palmer in Fly Girl. Photo: Prudence Upton.

Sydney’s year in theatre 2025: our three favourite shows

ArtsHub takes a look back at the year that was and revisits three of the most powerful theatre productions to…

Peter Hackney
A formal portrait of two men and an elderly woman. French Order of Arts and Letters
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Australian creatives awarded French Order of Arts and Letters

Dr Elizabeth Cameron Dalman AM and Tony Albert join the French Order of Knighthood.

Gina Fairley
The Royal Family Dance Crew to lead RISING 2026 program.
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RISING 2026 names global street-dance legends as first stars of festival line-up

Melbourne’s winter arts festival RISING 2026 is set for a shake up with the announcement of legendary The Royal Family…

Alannah Sue

Jobs

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ARTISTIC ADMINISTRATOR

Salary $70,000 - $90,000
Sydney

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Jan 2, 2026

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Deputy Company Manager MJ The Musical

Salary Negotiable / Not set
Australia

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Dec 14, 2025

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Executive Director, Curatorial
Brisbane

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Jan 2, 2026

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Production Coordinator (maternity leave cover)
Brisbane

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Dec 24, 2025

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Arts Communication Officer

Salary $100,000-$130,000
Regional Queensland

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Dec 22, 2025

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Associate Producer, Performance
Melbourne

Closing
Dec 12, 2025

Events

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Exhibitions

Ibrahim Ahmed - Amidst the Absence, A Present is Felt

Walker Street Gallery and Arts Centre presents the Australian premiere of celebrated Cairo-based artist Ibrahim Ahmed.

Victoria

28 Oct - 14 Feb 2026
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Exhibitions

The City Wakes, The City Sleeps

Step into the worlds of Australia's most visionary artists, capturing the pulse and playful energy of our urban experiences.

Victoria

29 Nov - 1 Mar 2026
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School Holiday Guide

SIGNAL Summer 2026

SIGNAL Summer is a yearly blowout creative arts program featuring free workshops, events, and performances for young people aged 12…

Melbourne

12 Jan - 23 Jan 2026
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Gallery

Archibald Prize 2025 at Gosford Regional Gallery

Experience the iconic Archibald Prize 2025 at Gosford Regional Gallery – a celebration of portraiture, creativity, and Australia’s most prestigious…

Regional New South Wales

21 Nov - 11 Jan 2026
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School Holiday Guide

Summer School Holidays at Bunjil Place!

Summer School Holidays at Bunjil Place!

Melbourne

1 Jan - 29 Jan 2026

Opportunities & Grants

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Competitions

The Homiens Art Prize ($12,000 USD Awarded Annually)

The Homiens Art Prize, which awards over $12,000 USD annually to artists, is an internationally celebrated event that elevates art…

Visual Arts

Closing 30 Jan 2026
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Awards & Prizes

SWELL Sculpture Festival 2026 Call for Entries

Calling for emerging, mid-career & professional sculptors to apply to exhibit in the 24th annnual SWELL Sculpture Festival to be…

Visual Arts

Closing 31 Jan 2026
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Expression of Interest

hillsceneLIVE 2026 ...AT A STRETCH ~ EOI for Artists

hillsceneLIVE wants the bold, the bent, the beautifully unhinged. For 2026, we’re diving into the tension point — the snap,…

Performing Arts

Closing 8 Feb 2026
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Expression of Interest

Brickmakers Creek, Woodward Park

Artist call-out for Brickmakers Creek at Woodward Park, Liverpool — a new regional park with creek, wetland and playground. Artists…

Street Art

Closing 9 Dec 2025
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Competitions

St Columba’s Art Prize 2026

Australian artists are invited to enter the St Columba’s Art Prize. With over $16,000 in prizes, it’s a chance to…

Visual Arts

Closing 3 Mar 2026

Education

Graduate Certificate in Screen Arts and Production: Drama

The UTS Graduate Certificate of Screen Arts and Production: Drama is a short, targeted postgraduate qualification that can build or…

Sydney

Graduate Certificate in Screen Arts and Production: Documentary

Looking to deepen, enhance or reframe your practical documentary skills for the screen industries? Whether you're a media professional wanting…

Sydney

Reviews

Christmas Actually. The Little Red Company.
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Christmas Actually review: come on and let it show

Christmas Actually is a rollicking good time sure to have audience members dancing in the aisles. 

Brooke Maddison

Dec 5, 2025
Room with walls painted in red white and black stripes and installation of Aboriginal art sculptures. Tony Albert's Indigenous Triennial
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After the Rain: 5th National Indigenous Art Triennial review – Tony Albert setting wrongs right

This Triennial by Tony Albert is all heart, but it also asks the big questions.

Gina Fairley

Dec 5, 2025
view of gallery with blue wall and bright coloured painting in comic style. Kaylene Whiskey
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Kaylene Whiskey review: offering super-powered conversations

Move over Dolly and Cher. Kaylene Whiskey’s survey at the National Portrait Gallery is more layered than you think.

Gina Fairley

Dec 4, 2025
Iestyn Davies as Orpheus and Samantha Clarke as Eurydice in Opera Australia's production of Orpheus and Eurydice, 2025. Photo: Jeff Busby.
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Orpheus & Eurydice review: a magisterial marvel

Opera Australia’s collaboration with Circa breathes dazzling new life into Gluck’s mythology-mining Orpheus & Eurydice.

Stephen A Russell

Dec 3, 2025
Iksha II. Photo: Aesthete Captures.
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Iksha II review: myth made human at Seymour Centre

With brilliant dancers and bold ideas, Iksha II attempted to reframe the legendary figure of Ravana from The Ramayana.

Malavika Nair

Dec 2, 2025

Career Articles

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Managing media interviews with confidence is a skill. Photo: Greta Hoffman / Pexels.
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An arts guide to dealing with the media like a pro

For arts organisations and artists, media interviews can be a steep learning curve. This media veteran's guide unpacks everything you…

Michael Reid OAM
Image of a road with a single person walking down it and it is covered with sand. Superannuation
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Strangled by superannuation: I'm a struggling artist, but I have to pay super

Sole trader creatives get the benefit of superannuation on the one hand, but are strangled by mandatory payments on the…

Gina Fairley
Woman performing cabaret act in living room. House concerts
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House concerts – what are they, and are they on the rise?

ArtsHub talks with producer Drew Fairley on the pros and cons of presenting house concerts.

Gina Fairley
Women with dark hair wearing beige dress standing in front of black and white photographic portrait. Tina Arena
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In conversation with Tina Arena: 50 years on from her Young Talent Time debut

Tina Arena shares career wisdoms and warnings, on the occasion of her celebratory portrait commission for the National Portrait Gallery.

Gina Fairley
Women photojournalist wearing conflict protection with two boys in arid landscape. Photojournalist
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Want to be a photojournalist? Penny Stephens reveals how

Delve into the career of a photojournalist with Penny Stephens.

Gina Fairley
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