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This week's arts news and trending topics

What's in the headlines and the arts news that people are discussing this week.

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Professional development opportunity for arts educators

The National Gallery of Australia’s visual arts education conference returns January 2024.

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Prime Minister’s Literary Awards winners 2023

Winners across six literary categories each take home $80,000 in this year's Prime Minister's Literary Awards.

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Book review: I Don't, Clementine Ford

Clementine Ford shows us how life could be for women if they weren't shackled to marriage.

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Exhibition review: Misty Mountain, Shining Moon: Japanese landscape envisioned, AGSA

A rich collection of art across mediums and centuries reveals shifting connections with the Japanese landscape.

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Book review: Bee Miles, Rose Ellis

Bee Miles was punished for daring to defy conventional expectations of female behaviour.

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Culture as a protective factor

Taking a look at developments in arts, health and well-being practice.

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Exhibition review: Parlour Parlëur, Penrith Regional Gallery

The past and the future collide in the latest fascinating "confabulation" from the ArtHitects team.

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Rupert Myer calls for a Ministerial Council for the Arts

In a National Press Club Address, Rupert Myer outlines what it will take for Australia to become a ‘cultural powerhouse’,…

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Artist David Bromley on mental health, Bromley: Light After Dark documentary

The celebrated painter discusses his much anticipated new feature documentary.

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