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A man sitting on a couch, a woman behind him. In the background on the right is a man dressed like a clown. On the ground are clothes strewn everywhere. Hir.
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Hir review: a play that explores the collision of PTSD and male privilege 

Family and gender politics are explored in this play about identity, belonging and redemption.

A woman looks up a dark cliff face, an example of pleasure pilgrimages in Tasmania.
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Pleasure pilgrimages: why artists are seeking ecstasy, not just inspiration

From Tasmania to Alice Springs to Portugal, pleasure pilgrimages are redefining the role of art in healing, community and collective…

Wesley Enoch, a highly respected cultural leader and First Nations man, smiles at the camera. He is wearing black and a QUT sign is visible behind him.
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Wesley Enoch AM appointed as the Australia Council Board’s new Chair

Enoch, a Quandamooka man, is the first practising artist and first First Nations person to serve as the Board's Chair.

Gallery with black painted walls displaying Australian Aboriginal bark paintings. Yirrkala
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Yolŋu power review: the Art Gallery of NSW's landmark look at Yirrkala innovation

Eight decades of Yolŋu art and culture take viewers through an art movement that has garnered world acclaim.

Colourful cast scene, with a crowd looking on at two women and a man dancing in the middle. Carmen.
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Carmen review: a new look for a classic opera at Sydney Opera House

One of the most famous operas of the 19th century gets a 21st century makeover. 

Image is painting of William Shakespeare and a bust of an Ancient Greek man. Arts, Anger and Advocacy
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Arts, advocacy and anger

When it comes to advocating for the arts, passion can be as destructive as it can be constructive. But there…

From the side we see a woman in a red cloak and white bonnet who bows her head so we can't see her face; she is in a line with other women dressed the same. The Handmaid's Tale.
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Every story finds its audience – what we can learn from The Handmaid's Tale

What the final season of the TV adaptation of Margaret Atwood's novel teaches us about storytelling, voice and the power…

Olivia Ansell: a portrait photograph of a smiling white woman in her forties with long light brown hair with her arms crossed in front of her, wearing a black short sleeved top standing in a light-filled white-walled room next to a window with light coming in through the window. Toronto
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Ex-Sydney Festival Director delivers first program in new Toronto festival role

Australian arts leader Olivia Ansell sends a postcard from Canada after her first months in new festival role.

A lavishly set up photograph featuring a red velvet sofa and a figure dressed in a blond wind, cut out red velvet costume where the limbs extend like bug claws. Australian Life Photography Competition finalist Chrissie Hall, ‘The bargain of a life: a couch with legs and no breasts’. Opportunities.
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Opportunities and awards

Enlighten Festival callout, SA Arts Leadership Program open, plus finalists across the 2025 National Biography Award, Bowness Photography Prize and…

Two people stand behind the glass wall of an external elevator in this photograph, taken at a distance, which also shows the horizontal lines of the building's cladding, and the sharp lines of the building's edge against a cloudy sky. The photo illustrates ArtsHub's On the mov column, a weekly round-up of arts sector appointments across Australia.
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On the move: latest arts sector appointments

ArtsHub’s weekly round-up of arts sector comings and goings across Australia.

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