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Lee Lei, author of Cannon. Image: Giramondo Publishing.
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Cannon by Lee Lai lingers as a quiet and powerful work

Cannon is a reminder that exhaustion, obligation and the search for connection rarely fade neatly with time.

Melbourne Art Fair 2025. Photo: Supplied.
Features

Melbourne Art Fair designs a new future

After coming back from near failure in 2016, Melbourne Art Fair is now rebranding for a more hybrid future. But…

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Arts boards in crisis: how have we landed here, yet again?

As the Adelaide Writers Week crisis worsens, many are asking why arts boards aren’t taking note of others’ past actions.

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Features

New global standards tabled for museums collaborating with living artists

The International Committee for Museums tables paper on best practices for museums working with artists – ArtsHub takes a look.

The battle between artists and AI is sadly far from over. Image: Emilipothèse on Unsplash.
Analysis

Copyright win for Australian artists vs AI – but how long can we hold off the bots?

The Australian government has ruled out a copyright fee carve-out for training AI – which seems like good news, for…

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Features

Government policy champions youth arts, so why is funding slipping?

The benefits for young people are well documented, but leaders in youth arts say greater commitment is needed.

two paintings with fingers touching across them with a crack of light. Superannuation A copyright win for Australian artists vs AI – but how long can we hold off the bots?
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Fact sheet: Superannuation for artists – what you need to know

What do changes in superannuation law mean for creative sole traders?

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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.

The Gympie Music Muster has grown steadily over forty-three years.
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5 lessons from the Gympie Music Muster on the impressive power of regional music festivals

The Gympie Music Muster has bucked national trends of struggling music festivals, instead demonstrating sustainable growth for four decades.

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After Bendigo: 4 reasons free speech for artists benefits society as a whole

The disastrous attempt to impose a restrictive Code of Conduct on Bendigo Writers Festival participants offers some important lessons on…

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