National

Is your art a hobby or a business (from the archives)
Three ways to know whether you are really in the arts business or just kidding yourself about your hobby.

Book review: Displaced by John Kinsella
Displaced: A Rural Life is an eclectic mixture of personal reminiscence, poetry, and advocacy dressed as opinion.

Exhibition Review: Between Worlds, Caboolture Hub Regional Gallery
Explorations of other worlds, imagined narratives, and cosmic genealogies, Apelt’s works are poignantly grounded in the concerns of now.

On the Move: Latest sector appointments & departures
Head of Sector Development role created and appointed at the Australia Council, City of Melbourne appoints Creative City Director, new…

How NIRIN contests history by placing art at the edge
Artistic Director Brook Andrew says, 'NIRIN is not a periphery, it is our centre'. We take a look at two…

Life sentences – what creative writing by prisoners tells us about the inside
Arts education is a powerful way to prevent prisoners from reoffending once they leave jail.

Why Singapore is the new gateway for the Southeast Asian art scene
A community-focused approach to the arts in Singapore, coupled with unrest in Hong Kong, is shifting the focus of the…

Applause: Latest funding and awards announced
Craft Victoria honours graduating students, 2020 Tasmania Theatre Award Winners announced, Karen Wyld to publish new manuscript, plus latest awards…

50 Australian composers commissioned by Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Composers from almost every state and territory, half of them women, have been commissioned to create works across a broad…

Something fresh in the state of Denmark
Designer Anna Tregloan describes how she has brought Hamlet’s wintry world to the stage for Bell Shakespeare’s 30th anniversary.