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Ryan Presley with his winning Telstra Art Award painting, Our lifestyle of tranquillity undisturbed (2026), oil on canvas. Photo: Charlie Bliss.
Features

Ryan Presley lands $100,000 Telstra NATSIAA Art Award with a Renaissance-inspired artwork

What does this year’s Telstra NATSIAA prize list reveal about the future of Indigenous art?

A fire destroyed Belvoir's workshop, but not the company's spirit. Photo: Supplied/Belvoir St Theatre.
News

'So much more than a workshop': Belvoir St Theatre's devastating storage fire

Days out from opening night, fire destroyed Belvoir's workshop. A remarkable community ensured the show would go on.

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma. Image: MUBI.
Interviews

Gillian Anderson and Hannah Einbinder on Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma

The Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma stars talk horror heritage, queer filmmaking and their favourite final girls.

Director and founder of the Beaker Street Festival, Dr Margo Adler. Photo: Fred and Hannah.
Interviews

Beaker Street Festival's Margo Adler: 'You can buy some Emergency Antarctic Underwear'

Director and founder of the Beaker Street Festival, Dr Margo Adler, discusses the science-inspired event in Hobart this August.

Artist Robert Fielding with his winning work in the 2026 Hadley's Art Prize. Photo: Jessica King.
Features

Hadley’s Art Prize reveals the love of landscape painting in Australia

The $100,000 Hadley's Art Prize shows how landscape painting can be used to think about connection to Country, environmental degradation,…

new arts precinct: a photogrpah of a small outdoor piazza space packed with people listening to an opening address to an arts event.
Industry News

Inside PIAZZA, the privately funded arts precinct supporting emerging artists

A burgeoning arts precinct backed by a sole private investor is testing fresh ideas to help local emerging artists find…

Mackenzie turns Shakespeare's Macbeth into a teen pop star. Photo: Brett Boardman.
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Mackenzie is more than a teen-pop twist on Macbeth – it's a test for Australian theatre

By betting on Mackenzie, Yve Blake's Y2K-inspired adaptation of the Bard’s darkest tragedy, Bell Shakespeare wagers that the classics still…

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Opinions & Analysis

Sorry Albanese, the creative sectors aren’t going to stop worrying about AI job threats

Despite the PM's promises, Australia's arts and creative workers have good reason to be nervy about AI.

Magic lantern slides from the University of Melbourne's Burnley archives. On display in The Measured Garden at the Potter Museum of Art until 5 September, 2026. Photo: Christian Capurro.
Features

The Measured Garden: understanding plants better at the Potter Museum of Art

The Measured Garden reveals stories of a plant research and artistic collaboration between Melbourne Arts Precinct Corporation and the University…

Installation view Arthur Boyd: Tapestries, National Gallery of Australia: St Francis when young turning aside (1972). Photo: Gina Fairley.
Features

Arthur Boyd’s tapestries show us what trust in a commissioning process looks like

The story behind Arthur Boyd's greatest leap of faith reveals a collaboration that still blazes bright today.

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