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ArtsHub’s 2020 Musical Theatre Calendar
From independent productions to the touring commercial juggernauts, here are some musical dates for your diary in the months to…

Composers and commissions: we need to think beyond the premiere
Australian composers need to approach their work strategically in order to extend the shelf-live of each new piece of music…

Applause: Latest funding and awards announced
Finalists announced for Queensland Music Awards, Performance artist Barbara Campbell receives coveted fellowship, Prime Minister's Literary Award open for entries…

Book review: Field of Poppies by Carmel Bird
A gentle allegory for the notion that the good life goes on – for the privileged, at least.

Vale Annette Bezor
Rising to prominence in the 1980s, South Australian painter Annette Bezor added much to the feminist conversation in contemporary art.

Some solutions to the world of the disappearing arts
With the Arts disappearing as a Federal Government department title, David Pledger looks around the world to see how other…

Library collection inspires $20,000 Shortstacks short film prize
Filmmakers of all ages and levels of experience create with rare collection items when they enter the State Library of…

8 curators pick artists to watch in 2020
Who's hot in 2020? We asked eight curators to name the visual artists who are on their radar for the…

John Gollings captures the spirit of architecture through photography
More than buildings, a unique retrospective exhibition at Museum of Sydney shows that John Gollings’ photography conveyed a personal or…

2020 Conference and Symposia Planner
Whether you're a curator, a visual artist, theatre performer, writer or festival director, 2020 has a conference or professional development…