National

Sector avoids Christmas cuts
The arts and screen sectors survive the last potential attacks for the year, but there is more to come.

Creative School Holiday Guide for Summer
Holidays are the ideal time for kids and teens to get creative. Here's a selection of short courses and workshops…

Vale: To those we lost in 2019
We salute the lives and careers of the artists, performers and patrons who took their final curtain call in 2019.

Going Down Swinging Vol. 40
Local literary institution Going Down Swinging’s bumper 40th edition is a timely reminder of the power of art.

$7.2m in grants under NSW funding round rehash
Under the new Create NSW Grants Framework, organisations received 66% of funding for annual operations, with a noted increase also…

Did we not see #invisiblearts coming?
In the wake of the arts department's disappearance at a federal level, Candy Bowers asks if this is the beginning…

Back from the brink: Ausdance National saved from closure
Despite heralding its own demise in August, advocacy body Ausdance National has been saved by its own members.

This Wide Night, The Burrow (VIC)
A confident, tense, two-hander that throbs with chemistry.

New Eora walk for Sydney
The City of Sydney has announced a new 9km harbour walk that draws attention to First Nations stories along the…

Matisse and Picasso, National Gallery of Australia (ACT)
It’s a challenge to curate a fresh take on Matisse and Picasso, two of the most widely shown artists, but…