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Turning our phones off for creative inner health
Author Sebastian Smee, musician Holly Throsby and tech psychologist Jocelyn Brewer agree when it comes to switching off to embrace…

3 different immersive experiences
The Creative State Summit highlighted immersive works including hotels becoming sets and abandoned buildings becoming canvases.

So you want my arts job: Google Arts and Culture lead
In this new series we look at some of the best jobs in the arts and ask how people got…

On the move: the latest appointments and resignations
New AD for Musica Viva, Theatre Network NSW farewells founding Director; City of Parramatta appoints Group Manager of Cultural Strategy;…

Book Review: Halibut on the Moon by David Vann
Halibut on the Moon is a tragic biographical fiction on divorce, the nuclear family, maleness, guns and suicidal depression.

Diversify your arts: from rhetoric into action
Your organisation's strategic planning at grant application time should place diversity as a central consideration.

Book Review: Real Differences by SL Lim
SL Lim confronts the reader with some of the fissures in our society, but does not make the mistake of…

Book Review: Exhalation by Ted Chiang
A deep, emotional collection of stories that keeps you asking questions well after you’ve put it down.

Australia’s Culture Building Boom: Museums
Australia’s cultural sector is under scaffolding as it faces a building boom. In this new series, we look first at…

ICYMI: A wrap of this week’s arts news
Aboriginal art in NYC, success at Perth Festival, objections to proposed amalgamation of WA orgs, and new projects for Barangaroo,…