Australia

Vale Richard Gill
The much-admired and respected Australian conductor and music educator died on Sunday aged 76.

Review: spaced3 - north by southeast, AGWA
This exhibition concludes a three year project centred on an artists’ exchange between Nordic and Australian visual artists.

On the move: the latest appointments and resignations
New AD at Yellow Wheel; Executive Director appointed at Monsalvat; Aboriginal health researcher joins Adelaide Fringe Board, new Board appointments…

ICYMI: A wrap of this week’s arts news
New $300,000 Fellowship announced, latest program announcements, culture and creativity contributes $111.7 billion to economy, Piccinini’s Skywhale returns to the…

Word for Word Festival: getting real in the post-truth era
Witness great writers and thinkers such as Helen Garner, Kerry O’Brien, Clementine Ford and the Hon. Bob Carr unpack the…

'Gone are the days of overt advertising’: intimate content works best
Branded podcasts that are intimate, personal and connect with audiences on a deeper level are the ones headed for success,…

$77 million distributed to over 9,000 regional community projects
Since its inception in 2000, the Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR) has provided grants to improve the lives…

Review: Preservation by Jock Serong, Text Publishing
Preservation tells the story of three sea merchants from the Sydney Cove, marooned on Colonial Australia.

Banksy and the tradition of destroying art
The British street artist has joined a tradition of visual artists, including Marcel Duchamp and Francis Picabia, whose work critiques…

Review: National Theatre Live King Lear
National Theatre Live brings us Sir Ian McKellan as a Lear for all seasons.