Australia

Back in the Big Top, Flying Fruit Fly Circus (Albury NSW)
Forty years since the company first performed under a big top in Albury, the Flying Fruit Fly Circus return to…

Hot blockbuster exhibitions to catch this summer
30 major exhibitions to keep you in the cool this summer – with air-con but more importantly the wow factor.

Live performance still drives our cultural economy
A peak body report has revealed that Australia's cultural economy is still influenced by live performance but is in danger…

New marketing research reveals untapped audiences
The latest edition of Creative Victoria’s Audience Atlas provides unique insights into audiences across the state and gives arts organisations…

"We need great art – perhaps more than ever"
At the recent Theatre Network NSW's State of the Sector conference Antonia Seymour argued for a not just funding but…

Why it’s important for a sector to recognise its own
The winners of the 2019 IMAGinE Awards have been announced – that nod given to museums, galleries and Aboriginal cultural…

Library gets an $88.1m refresh with new creative spaces
The State Library of Victoria (SLV) opened its main entrance today after a landmark renovation including an Ideas Quarter and…

ICYMI: The week's top news in the arts
Inaugural PHOTO 2020 Festival announced, All About Women line-up revealed, Lock out laws reversed in Sydney, celebrating Flesh after Five…

Department of Arts axed in government power play
In a shock announcement from the Morrison Government, the Department of Arts and Communications will be incorporated into 'super department'…

The images that rocked politics in 2019
Jon Kudelka has been named the Australian Cartoonist of the Year as part of the Behind the Lines 2019 exhibition…