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Is Taylor Swift a good role model for Australian artists?
Taylor Swift has changed everything about the music industry. But where does that leave Aussie artists?
Spoken word poetry: screaming their truths
To acknowledge and celebrate World Poetry Day, ArtsHub explores some grassroots spoken word festivals and speaks to their participants.
The Artist's Way Week 3: Recovering a sense of power
Growth can be erratic and uncomfortable, but it's all part of the process. This week we look at anger, shame…
'It's an Australian play': how a new CALD theatre company is turning the tables on diversity
‘Akaraka’ and Empty Seat Theatre are built by creatives who hope to lead change by example, one show at a…
Yellowface: insights from Rebecca F Kuang
Rebecca F Kuang’s debut literary fiction, ‘Yellowface’ has taken the publishing world by storm. She revealed more about the book's…
Forming amicable relations between adversarial nations through art
Australian and Indonesian artists traverse a political divide to find common ground and bring distinct ways of addressing shared concerns.
Major new museum show unshackles convict stories from myth
The exhibition spotlights freedom fighters among Australia’s early convicts to reframe well-worn narratives around their fates as dispossessed victims. Instead,…
ABC TV’s new arts show to feature Trent Dalton and Patricia Piccinini
Australian screen luminaries Warwick Thornton and Marta Dusseldorp are among the six creatives interviewed on the new ABC arts show.
RISING launches 2024 festival program
Provocative theatre, a notorious rap group from Western Sydney and an Aboriginal rock ’n’ roll musical are among the highlights…
Adelaide Festival midpoint round-up
Adelaide Festival is in full swing. What were the standout elements for a first time visitor mid-festival?