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Diving into the dam at Chateau Mildura, Irymple, Mildura, 1929. Image: Museums Victoria Collections.
Features

Red Earth: A History of the Mildura Region in pictures

Author Stuart Kells discusses the stories – and images – that inform his new book about Victoria's Mildura region.

Stuart Kells

Oct 8, 2025
Melbourne fashion week. Photo of a model wearing a garment made out of ute bags posing.
Features

7 free Melbourne Fashion Week 2025 events on ArtsHub’s radar

The best free events to check out this Melbourne Fashion Week, from 20 to 26 October 2025.

Celina Lei

Oct 8, 2025
Art installation by Hany Armanious with mirror sculpture and man and woman facing each other reflected.
News

Long overdue solo exhibition of Hany Armanious’ work builds on UK connection

Buxton Contemporary exhibits artist Hany Armanious in November, celebrating the act of looking.

Gina Fairley

Oct 8, 2025
Louie Roots and Callum Preston, the artists behind ELECTRIC ARCADIA, at Fed Square part of Melbourne International Games Week. Photo: Tobias Titz.
Features

ELECTRIC ARCADIA: the artists behind the 90s arcade installation at Fed Square

Callum Preston and Louie Roots, the designers of ELECTRIC ARCADIA for Melbourne International Games Week, discuss their installation.

Kate Mulqueen

Oct 8, 2025
A publicity image for Victorian Opera's upcoming production, a revival of Reg Livermore's 'Ned Kelly - The Musical', to be staged as part of the company.s 2026 season. Ned Kelly's iconic helmet and armour, beaten out of ploughshares, is photographed against a blue background.
News

2026 season announcements: our rolling guide to the performing arts

Orchestras, recital centres, theatre companies and more: we're compiling a list of 2026 season announcements, to be updated regularly, for…

Richard Watts

Oct 7, 2025
Arts funding: four Australian bank notes laid on a table. Two twenty dollar bills appear at the back covered partially by two fifty dollar note on top.
News

Where’s the money from this local government arts program gone?

A local government with a legacy of arts investment is now facing tough questions about dramatic gaps in its arts…

Jo Pickup

Oct 7, 2025
Nell, a middle-aged Caucasian woman with long curly hair and a big smile, wearing neon pink tshirt and sneakers, standing in front of some installation works in her studio. Soon to show at Heide.
News

Nell’s 30-year survey exhibition is site-responsive and over the top

Nell’s major exhibition ‘Face Everything’ opens this month at the Heide Museum of Modern Art.

Celina Lei

Oct 7, 2025
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Back images of Meanjin. Image: Emma Sutherland.
Opinions & Analysis

I was the Archives Editor at Meanjin – its closure is baffling

As Archives Editor, Emma Sutherland had ‘read everything’ in Meanjin's past, but was unprepared for its troubled present.

Emma Sutherland
Federal Arts Minister Tony Burke: a middle aged white man with grey hair wearing a suit standing spotlight against a dark background. In this article, Burke discusses arts policy and Revive.
Opinions & Analysis

What Arts Minister’s press briefing reveals about policy evaluation

Digging in to Federal Arts Minister’s recent media briefing points to some of his policy evaluation preferences.

Jo Pickup
Meanjin. Image: Canva. Publisher: MUP.
Opinions & Analysis

Meanjin's value? We’ve done some calculations – and it’s not about money

Meanjin has an extraordinary record for contributing to public debate on matters important to the social fabric of Australian life.

The Conversation
Two women looking at art and chatting at an art fair. Sydney Contemporary.
Opinions & Analysis

Was Sydney Contemporary a sales success? The numbers are in

It was always going to be tenuous this year, but was Sydney Contemporary a reflection of a struggling economy, or…

Gina Fairley
Image of a green art fair display with an ox holding up some paintings. Sydney Contemporary
Opinions & Analysis

ArtsHub's verdict on Sydney Contemporary art fair’s hottest stands in trying times

This was always going to be a different art fair, staged in a flagging economy, but the changes were unexpected.

Gina Fairley

Reviews

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Flesh Vessel, DanceX review: a cacophony of shared movements

A powerful 45-minute dance performance, DanceX reminds you of the body’s capacity for movement.

Celina Lei

Oct 9, 2025
Bubble Show for Adults Only. Image: Alexis Lea Desaulniers.
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Bubble Show for Adults Only review: a show that pops

Bubble Show for Adults dazzles with its vignettes combining physical theatre, comedy and hypnotic visuals.

Jonathan Homsey

Oct 9, 2025
Sophie Laguna. Image: Penguin Random House.
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The Underworld review: Sophie Laguna goes deep

Sophie Laguna's latest novel The Underworld is a deft exploration of identity, fear and mythology.

Joy Lawn

Oct 9, 2025
Feathers. Image: Peter Mathew.
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Feathers review: Terrapin Puppet Theatre triumphs in Tasmania

Feathers has everything you could want for intergenerational audiences looking for meaning in relationships and hope for our futures.

Lesley Graham

Oct 6, 2025
Nikki Shiels and Pamela Rabe in Rebecca at the MTC. Image: Pia Johnson.
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Rebecca review: a dark and deathly dream at the MTC

Anne-Louise Sarks cuts a little too much meat off the bone in Rebecca, but Nikki Shiels excels as always.

Stephen A Russell

Oct 6, 2025

Career Articles

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Image of a road with a single person walking down it and it is covered with sand. Superannuation
Features

Strangled by superannuation: I'm a struggling artist, but I have to pay super

Sole trader creatives get the benefit of superannuation on the one hand, but are strangled by mandatory payments on the…

Gina Fairley
Woman performing cabaret act in living room. House concerts
Features

House concerts – what are they, and are they on the rise?

ArtsHub talks with producer Drew Fairley on the pros and cons of presenting house concerts.

Gina Fairley
Women with dark hair wearing beige dress standing in front of black and white photographic portrait. Tina Arena
Features

In conversation with Tina Arena: 50 years on from her Young Talent Time debut

Tina Arena shares career wisdoms and warnings, on the occasion of her celebratory portrait commission for the National Portrait Gallery.

Gina Fairley
Women photojournalist wearing conflict protection with two boys in arid landscape. Photojournalist
News

Want to be a photojournalist? Penny Stephens reveals how

Delve into the career of a photojournalist with Penny Stephens.

Gina Fairley
Woman with short grey hair and sunglasses at beach setting. Sophie Tatlow
Career Advice

I'm a Textile Designer: do you want my job?

Designing textiles for an international market, Sophie Tatlow says that you need to be curious and practical for this career…

Gina Fairley

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