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ArtsHub speaks with the inaugural Bankstown Biennale Curators
The 2020 Bankstown Biennale is more than a COVID project. It's an artist-led rethinking of Western Sydney, and the value…

Visual Arts Review: A Promise – Khaled Sabsabi, AGNSW
Sabsabi has the capacity to provoke deep questioning of our own racial, religious and political positioning without ostracising the viewer…

30 semi-finalists announced for Artists of Colour Initiative
A crowd-sourced prize pool will be distributed among six finalists, who will also be in the running for a Diploma…

ACMI renews digital promise in virtual launch
Is the Australian Centre of the Moving Image a place? A Zone? A Cultural Accumulation Machine to defy COVID-19? First…

Book Review: The Mission House by Carys Davies
Davies’ novel seeks to make connections with faith and nationalism in contemporary India.

So you want my arts job: Crossword Maker
David Astle has been setting Crosswords for the Age and Sydney Morning Herald for 35 years and says the skill…

On the Move: Latest sector appointments and departures
Polyglot Theatre’s Executive Director steps down, Melbourne Recital Centre names new Head of Development, and more.

Landmark queer exhibition coming to NGV
A new exhibition coming to the NGV in December 2021 is set to illuminate the ways in which queer lives…

Vale Ania Walwicz
Australia’s writing community was shocked to hear of the death of Dr Ania Walwicz, writer, poet, performer and teacher, who…

The Time to Tell
As media cycles and social media mix the messages of our times, David Pledger argues that artists have a unique…