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Why ‘COVID comms’ need more artists and less jargon
As Victorians emerge from lockdown, cartoonist David Blumenstein thinks governments need more artists to help them focus on how they…
On the Move: Latest sector appointments and departures
The Hellenic Museum welcomes a new CEO; a new Chair at McClelland Sculpture Park+Gallery; ActNow Theatre’s Artistic Director steps down,…
Book Review: No Friend but the Mountains by Behrouz Boochani
No Friend But The Mountains is a classic for our times, a cri de coeur that shows us the human…
20x20: Fighting the slaughter of arts journalism
We visit the state of art criticism, and ask have things worsened or is there hope yet for diverse Australian…
Seeing is no longer believing: The manipulation of online images
A peace sign from Martin Luther King, Jr. becomes a rude gesture; dolphins swim in Venice’s Grand Canal; and crocodiles…
Largest Aboriginal art exhibition travels to Europe, despite pandemic mahem
Despite international borders remaining closed, it is the Aboriginal arts sector that is demonstrating how to work around the barriers,…
How to win at NaNoWriMo
Two authors who used NaNoWriMo to complete first drafts of their novels share their advice.
$3m investment helps preserve historical Australian audiovisual records
$3m worth of funding from the National Archives of Australia will help preserve important audio and video recordings pivotal to…
Time to zone in, not out, because art history is a work in progress
Jennifer Higgie believes ‘art history is a work in progress’, which is why we all need to be invested in…
A litany of losses: a new project maps our abandoned arts events of 2020
A group of artists have put together a map of the abandoned artistic projects for 2020. It's a time capsule…