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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.
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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.

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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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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.

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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Analysis

Skibidi, work-spouse, mouse-jiggler: what Cambridge Dictionary's new words tell us

Cambridge Dictionary has added 6,000 new words – but what do they tell us about cultural changes?

Exploitative, sexualised adult games content has long been an issue in the gaming sector. Image: Cash Macanaya/ Unsplash.
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'Harmful' adult games: should credit card companies decide what we play?

Criticism has erupted around corporations' moves to control morally contested adult games content.

Analysis

How many open letters does it take to see top tier leadership change in the arts?

Two months on from much debated Creative Australia Board decision and, in the face of overwhelming criticism, why aren’t the…