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Curriculum review lacks artistic eye
A review of the Australian school curriculum recommends a major overhaul of arts education but does the arts sector agree?
Impossible questions all architects hate
How much will it cost? Can I move in before Christmas? What will it look like? Architects discuss why they…
Women hit glass ceiling in gallery jobs
Where are the women running Australia's major galleries?
Where to now for contemporary performance?
Live art, greater agency for audiences, and one-on-one performances are now commonplace: what next?
Regional arts: edgy not on the edges
Regional artists struggle with distance, isolation and limited facilities but their creative output is far from marginal, as the vitality…
Small cities, big ambitions
Artists and organisations living outside the Sydney-Melbourne axis can sometimes feel overlooked, but isolation also has its advantages.
Opportunities and risks in booming co-productions
Artists and audiences both benefit from co-productions, but is there a risk more co-productions will mean fewer individual opportunities?
Why funding only the majors means the arts won’t fly
The Federal Government has consistently reiterated its preferences for funding established arts organisations over the grassroots. But companies like the…
Shall we dance? Why Opera Australia staged The King and I
Why is a government subsidised company staging a work that falls squarely within the ambit of commercial theatre?
Exploring the ineffable
Australian artists are increasingly using their practice to examine religious and spiritual themes.