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Creativity – it’s the full bleed
Create NSW is set to bring artists, creatives and screen practitioners together around the table during Sydney’s VIVID Ideas to…

Japan invades Sydney Harbour, again
Artists rethink the trauma of war by reflecting upon the little discussed attack on Sydney by the Japanese.

Perfecting King Kong
Helpmann Award winner Eddie Perfect joins the creative team of long-gestating musical King Kong for its 2018 Broadway premiere.

On the move: the latest appointments and resignations
Curators appointed to Parrtjima and Edinburgh Festival, a new Chair for AFTRS and a Festival Director steps down after five…

Plans for Boyd's revamped Bundanon unveiled
Designs for new facilities at Arthur Boyd's iconic Riversdale property have been released by Bundanon Trust.

The best conversations are often uncomfortable, so speak up.
The MCA has designed an edgy weekend program that dints you a little, stirring up conversation on topics that matter…

From opera to fringe: challenging art form stereotypes
Opera is expensive and elitist, while 'fringe' is code for 'second rate'. Why to do such stereotypes endure?

A residency that is looking for maverick artists
Making art in a whisky distillery is far from your white-box residency. Glenfiddich is calling for visual artists to hit…

Latest Australia Council round distributes $7.2 million
The February funding round supports projects by 158 individual artists, 36 groups of artists, and 76 arts organisations.

Budget aftershocks leave arts students high and dry
‘If you could just be a successful artist on the basis of graduating from tertiary study, everyone in the world…