Arts News Opinions & Analysis

The Great Australian Plays: Williamson, Hibberd and the better angels of our country’s nature.

We compare several different analyses of recent low(ish) budget film success. Should we be doing anything different? Can we do anything different?

Playwright David Finnigan describes his journey navigating the attacks on his play, Kill Climate Deniers.

Judith White says its really not that hard to get arts funding right in NSW; we just have to drop the push for the icon building and think cross sector excellence.

The big name, big traffic exhibitions are not the exclusive domain of city venues, and the proven trend that 'regions attract' is moving into other forms of collaboration.

A push for greater gender equality in exhibitions at major art museums appears to have gained traction, but can the spike be sustained?

In a nation now littered with at least 200 Big Things, there is a sizeable problem. What to do with them as they age and wear out?

If we want good arts journalism it may just be up to us as content consumers, not because of cuts and a devaluing by the media giants.

With the recent release of two feature films about Australian artists, we take a look at the hidden agendas and the broader context.

Arts organisations are prioritising commercial and business skills in new employees instead of innovation and creativity, research shows.

In times of challenge, organisations in different sectors can teach the arts valuable lessons about streamlining and sticking with what we're good at.

The forthcoming postal survey is unnecessary, but we urge you to vote yes in order to help change Australia’s unjust laws.

A world in which dealers would take a 70% commission on an artist's work is a world beholden to the false images of marketing.

The sector is no longer just looking at itself; it is beginning to look at the world outside the arts. What will it find, and when will it welcome outsiders in?

Writer quits and pens an angry screed about the state of arts criticism: it's a familiar story, but does the latest example say more about the industry than the individuals involved?

Predictability wins when surveying the art scene of another nation – in this case the Philippines – rather than the edgy art scene it is known for.

Independent artists need independent producers; they also need to reconsider some of the negative stereotypes they have about the producer's role.

There are over 300 art prizes in Australia. Perhaps the only way to ensure cut through is to amp up the controversy.

From day one, the commercial television networks have fought quotas for children's TV. Here's an elegant summary.

A recent ArtsHub feature called Fringe Festivals 'the arts world's version of a pyramid marketing scheme'. Here, a Fringe Festival Director responds to that criticism.