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Recording the experience, not just the numbers
Brand, innovation, risk, and legacy are the real contributors to record-breaking audiences numbers in our galleries.
Festival app makes adventurous art accessible
A new app helps festival performers, producers and creators avoid the time-suck of development logistics to focus on making great…
Vale David Page
The award-winning composer and Bangarra artist in residence has died suddenly aged 55.
On the move: latest appointments and resignations
A new board for Music Tasmania, MAAS gets a new Senior Curator, James Brown t becomes Head of Circus Studies…
Geelong stakes its claim as an arts destination
With art in unusual places, plans for a green corridor, and continuing tradition in a contemporary songline, there are many…
Nightmare chairs and how to survive them
The chairs who run arts boards are usually corporate successes and often rich and powerful. But that doesn't necessarily mean…
Slow painting wins in digital age: 2016 Bulgari Art Award
This year’s winner of the $80K Bulgari Art Award, artist Jude Rae champions the importance of slow painting in our…
Anti-burnout advice for freelancers
Fluctuating workloads and financial pressure is a recipe for burnout in freelancers. We've collected strategies to help identify and defeat…
No money for contemporary art but plenty for history
Current funding priorities mean we close a contemporary arts space while spending millions commemorating the past.
Major cultural institutions can’t afford to do their job
‘Efficiency dividends’ have sliced so much from our major cultural institutions they can't provide proper access to cultural heritage.