Australia

Culture is a key to China trade
China will not do business with countries that don't also offer both cultural and political relationships.

A new way of buying art
An online art broker enables you to source a Picasso print or a Piccinini sculpture without traipsing the galleries.

Impact of budget cuts for writers
Here's what the 2015 Budget means for writers and literary organisations, and how you can have your say.

Personal time promotes organisational creativity
Fancy a day off a week to work on your own creative project? It could be good for your arts…

Unveiled: latest program announcements
A new festival of the ecstatic, a range of exhibitions, and a state-wide music festival.

Port Macquarie: Come out of your shell
Port Macquarie is more than beaches and colonial history: introducing one of Australia's most scenic regional culture hubs.

The Merchant of Venice
Talented cast can't save weak production of Shakespeare's most "problematic" problem play.

The Rivers of China
Alexandra Aldrich gives a stand out performance in Alma De Groen’s classic Australian play.

We Are Pirates
"We Are Pirates" is a dark take on the traditional children’s lore of piracy and adventure.

Beyond Sorry: colonial oppression on Australian stages
A new body of Australian theatre explores White Australia’s guilt and the darker recesses of the non-Indigenous psyche.