Australia

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.

NGA repatriates 14 objects to India, valued at over $3M
Updated policy overlays ethical lens on collecting, with implications for First Nations collections, and ushering a next chapter for National…

Piccinini’s Flinders Street installation extended to January 2022
ArtsHub speaks with Piccinini on the feeling of loss with closures and the importance of public engagement as her RISING…

The next pivot: a digital response to disruption
The Australia Council’s new national Digital Culture Strategy aims to embed digital thinking in a whole-of-sector approach, via mentorships, residencies,…

Theatre review: Monica, Tempest Theatre, Perth
An exploration of the feminist gaze through 'the Monica Lewinsky experience'.