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National Art School Open Day – first step in your self-determined career
Discover why Australia’s oldest art school is maximising career opportunities for artists with 21st century attitude – visit NAS Open…

Patricia Piccinini on running an ARI
Numerous artists get their start by taking on an artist-run-space. One of Australia’s most celebrated, Patricia Piccinini shares her lessons,…

New study should be the final nail for open-plan offices
Research shows that when employees can’t concentrate, they tend to communicate less. They may even become indifferent to their coworkers.

Review: No one is watching you: Ronnie van Hout, Buxton Contemporary
In an era where the idea of surveillance can lead to notions of paranoia, discomfort and invasion of personal space…

Vale Charles Blackman – Australia says goodbye to an Antipodean legend
A portrait of him won the Archibald Prize in 1966, a Melbourne hotel was named after him, and he even…

Review: Sydney Philharmonia Choirs Chamber Singers – Path of Miracles
‘Now and evermore’ becomes manifest in this 21st-century choral work.

Review: Sidney Nolan’s Ned Kelly Series, AGWA
Sidney Nolan's Ned Kelly Series blends fact and fiction at Art Gallery of Western Australia.

On the move: the latest appointments and resignations
Both Chunky Move and Expressions Dance Company's ADs step down, Board changes for Opera Queensland, new Artist Assoc for Australian…

When literature takes you by surprise: or the case against trigger warnings
The strong emotional connections and resonances of literature can happen at any time.

Sovereign stories: stories for all of us (but firstly, us)
The First Nations Australia Writers Network gathers in Canberra next week, a momentous occasion for all Australians, but especially for…