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The Unconformity’s inaugural Ongoing Artists – (L-R) Nancy Mauro-Flude, Stevie Battese and Iris Blazely – are being paid wages to produce ambitious work for The Unconformity 2027 festival. Image: Supplied.
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Wages for artists: 3 artists appointed to shape The Unconformity 2027

The Unconformity's inaugural Ongoing Artists program has appointed three working artists.

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Another arts board bites the dust after membership and AGM chaos

After sudden resignations, the Western Australian community arts organisation CAN finds itself without a full board of directors.

Hettie Perkins presenting her ABC TV series Art + Soul in 2010. Image: HIbiscus Films.
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Bronwyn Bancroft and Hettie Perkins recognised in First Nations Arts and Culture Awards

Alongside recognising the contribution of veteran artists and cultural leaders, the First Nations Arts and Culture Awards also announed a…

Cult band TISM return to the NT for the 2026 Darwin Festival. TISM last played Darwin in 1996, their only gig there to date. The photo shows one member of TISM, dressed in bright red overalls and a matching balaclava, launching himself off the stage towards the crowd; fans stand ready to catch him, arms upraised, behind the crowd barrier. Another TISM member, also dressed in red overalls but wearing a red balaclava and red, rooster-like crest, watches on from the stage.
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Darwin Festival announces 2026 program

Artistic Director Kate Fell’s final Darwin Festival features cult alt-rock band TISM alongside an array of new cross-cultural and First…

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Rising Voices: Contemporary Art from Asia, Australia and the Pacific opens at the V&A

A landmark exhibition celebrating the globally significant collection of contemporary Asian, Australian and Pacific art has opened at the V&A.

Beau Dean Riley Smith is the inaugural recipient of the Shaun Parker & Company Choreographic Fellowship. Photo: Supplied.
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$100,000 dance fellowship announced by Shaun Parker & Company

Beau Dean Riley Smith is the inaugural recipient of the Shaun Parker & Company Choreographic Fellowship.

A female rock climber, photographed from below as she ascends a sheer rock face. arts sector appointments
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On the move: latest arts sector appointments

This week’s arts sector appointments include moves to replace La Boite’s outgoing Artistic Director, plus a swathe of new board…

The Miles Franklin Literary Award longlist has been revealed. Photo: Priscilla Du Preez 🇨🇦 on Unsplash.
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2026 Miles Franklin Literary Award: longlist announced

The 2026 Miles Franklin Literary Award longlist features 'ten novels that collectively offer a portrayal of Australian life in all…

Tony Albert, David C Collins, Renisha Ward-Yates and Brittany Malbunka Reid, Warakurna Superheroes #9, 2017. Pigment print on paper, 100 x 150cm. Courtesy: the artist and Sullivan+Strumpf.
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Tony Albert's Not a Souvenir opens at MCA Australia

Tony Albert talks to ArtsHub about how his collection of Aboriginalia has fuelled a two-decade practice.

Submissions to the National Cultural Policy review close on 24 May 2026. Photo: charlesdeluvio on Unsplash.
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National Cultural Policy review 2026: submission tips, with AI set to find ‘common themes’

With AI parsing 'common themes and issues' in submissions to the National Cultural Policy review, Freeplay has offered some useful…

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