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On the Move: Latest sector appointments and departures
Information + Cultural Exchange appoints new Producer, First Nations Programs; new staff join Writers SA; Artistic Director and Curatorium announced…
Winding back JobKeeper and JobSeeker will push 740,000 Australians into poverty
Arts workers are heavily reliant on JobKeeper (if they're lucky enough to have their work recognised by the program) with…
Book Review: The Language of Butterflies by Wendy WIlliams
This non-fiction work takes a social, historical, and ecological look at the world's favourite insect, and the little known figures…
Book Review: Having and Being Had by Eula Biss
Using her own experiences as a lens, Eula Biss interrogates our psychosocial relationships with money, wealth and consumption.
Book Review: Show Me Where it Hurts by Kylie Maslen
Kylie Maslen’s 'Show Me Where it Hurts' is a provoking and much-needed contribution to the conversation about invisible illness.
20x20: Why we are burning out in the arts
First published in 2015, it would seem we have not yet learnt to manage workloads and expectations – we're still…
As COVID wreaks havoc, do we still need a national opera company?
Last year Opera Australia was boasting an operating surplus. Last month it was restructuring to cut 25% staff. And with…
New research examines link between culture and inequalities
There is clear evidence that the kinds of culture Australians have access to depends on their social backgrounds, new research…
Review: Anita Johnson Larkin at Wollongong Art Gallery
Anita Johnson Larkin has the capacity to transform the autobiographical into the multi-biographic, sharing intimate stories through objects discarded by…
ICYMI: The week's top news in the arts
A new gallery for Sydney, Live Theatre is back in Adelaide, have your say about Powerhouse Ultimo, Liveworks is going…