Australia
Unpacking ableism and challenging excellence: why disability arts needs a platform, not a box
Undercover Artist Festival's Madeleine Little explains why we need to get rid of boxes completely.
ICYMI: the week's top arts news
From an Indigenous writing symposium to festival cancellations, here's the arts news you may have missed this week.
New report calls for ‘public-led reboot’ to save arts sector after COVID
After decades of destructive government policy, our approach must be radically rethought if the sector is to thrive post-pandemic, the…
Fourth RISE round announced: $40 million to 82 orgs
While the roll out of $40M to the sector is welcomed, there are growing inconsistencies and warnings demonstrated in the…
Changes made to Playing Australia cautiously welcomed
The Australia Council has reintroduced multi-year investments and streamlined the application process for the Regional Performing Arts Touring program.
Artists Essentials Toolkit #7: Turning your art into a business
Want to turn your art practice into a business? From doing market research to devising a business plan, here’s seven…
Is art and cultural history still relevant to the present?
From a First Nations lens to putting community-led conservation first, writer Vyshnavee Wijekumar examines the role of collections today, and…
The SBS Emerging Writers' Competition returns for a second chapter
The competition aims to discover new voices that reflect the diversity of contemporary Australia.
Musical Review: West Side Story, QPAC
Touches of brilliance in this staging of a classic but lacks menace and urgency.
Theatre Review: Bindjareb Pinjarra, Black Swan State Theatre Company of WA
WA's longest-touring independent theatre work is storytelling at its simplest and its best.