Australia

Hot in the Centre: Alice Desert Festival
The multi-arts Alice Desert Festival celebrates the diversity of the Red Centre.

Songbird
An intimate tale of heartbreak, memory and sweet melodies.

Perth’s Fringe World posts $70.9 million economic impact
In just four years the festival has become a major event in the West Australian capital, attracting an audience of…

Who'd have thought a police band was hot contemporary art?
Michel Tuffery's large-scale performative installation opens up the "memory banks" on Samoa's German colonial history.

Ladies in Lavender
You will feel so comfortable with this exquisite cast you will want to join them for a nightly cup of…

On the move: latest appointments
A new Festival Director and co-CEO has been appointed at the Emerging Writers’ Festival, and a new Concertmaster at WASO.

Queensland Budget delivers $173 million for the arts
Premier and Arts Minister Annastacia Palaszczuk said her Government ‘has vowed to return [the] arts back to its rightful place’.

In defence of day jobs
Cleaning chicken legs or delivering pizzas because you can't afford to be a full-time creative might be a blessing in…

2015 Lloyd Rees Memorial Youth Art Award
Calling all artists age 18-30 exploring the medium of painting, printing or drawing: entries close for the Lloyd Rees Memorial…

The Ishmael Club
A timely and passionate depiction of the ideological war that elitists have long waged on the arts.