Australia

$9M for COVID-19 Arts Sustainability Fund recipients
The Melbourne Art Foundation, NIDA, MSO, and the Museum of Contemporary Art are the first recipients in the Federal Government’s…

Tour these American museums virtually during the COVID-19 pandemic
While we are unable to physically travel, a global digital pivot means that we can still visit some of the…

Exhibition Review: Djillong Dumularra, Artspace (Sydney Festival)
Solid conceptual framing, but does it get lost in festival fever? Artspace focuses on First Nations conversations for Sydney Festival…

Dance Review: All Expenses Paid, Stompin (MONA FOMA)
Stompin's latest work was originally supposed to be presented in April 2020, and has benefitted from the extra-long development process.

Performance review: Bhoomi: Our Country (Sydney Festival)
A collective of musicians, dancers and writers weave ancient texts, myths and traditions into a recital exploring collective connection to…

The challenge of unlearning (from the archives)
New students at our elite training institutions often have to undo the damage of bad amateur training before they can…

7 Curators pick the visual artists to watch in 2021
Who's hot in 2021? We asked seven curators to name the visual artists who are on their radar for the…

ICYMI: The week's top news in the arts
Funding news, long awaited Margel Hinder exhibition, art trail celebrates 150 years of Children's Hospital, new dates for MAMMA MIA,…

Artists of the South Asian diaspora ‘share the future’ in program launch
Over 100 artists have been announced for the return of the Sangam Festival 2021. Held over four weekends in Melbourne,…

Sector alarmed as latest JobKeeper cuts draw blood
The latest reduction to the JobKeeper payment is already causing stress, with the scheme due to end completely on 28…