Australia

Flame Trees
Wayne Tunks' new play examines the impact of bushfires on lives and communities from the unique point of view of…

Gellatly new Director of Ian Potter Museum
NGV's, Kelly Gellatly named Director of Ian Potter Museum of Art at The University of Melbourne.

Creative Australia: Where the money goes
Who gets the Creative Australia goods? We outline what money went where in the National Cultural Policy.

New Backbone for Youth Arts
Cymbeline Buhler has been appointed as the new Artistic Director of Brisbane's Backbone Youth Arts.

Calls for end to TAFE cuts as NSW Creative Industries Taskforce releases ‘draft vision’
Visual Arts body calls for end to TAFE arts cuts as NSW Creative Industries taskforce releases 10-year draft action plan.

Mathew Lynn packs in Archibald Prize
Blue Mountains artist Mathew Lynn’s portrait of Tara Moss has been awarded the Archibald Packing Room Prize.

Rose Riley, actor
Rose Riley is starring in the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts’s first show for 2013.

Literary festival emerges out of censorship
Up close and bookish with Aung San Suu Kyi at Myanmar’s First International Literary Festival.

Arts education should replace literacy testing
Evidence shows the tens of millions of dollars spent on improving NAPLAN results would be better spent on using arts…

Picking winners: how future stars are spotted
Careers depend on being spotted for an exhibition of emerging artists. It helps to understand how the curator thinks.