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This week's arts news and trending topics

What's in the headlines and what arts news people are talking about this week.

Leonardo da Vinci – 500 Years of Genius. Image is massive gallery space with scattered viewers and a huge all taken up with a Renaissance painting of Christ and the last Supper and another of the Mona Lisa.
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LUME not Louvre? Leonardo da Vinci up next for immersive spectacular

Viewers will receive an intimate encounter with Leonardo da Vinci's 'Mona Lisa' on THE LUME's big screens – closer than…

Lucy Simpson. Image is a young woman sitting cross legged in between two screens filled with foliage. There is a possum cloak over her legs.
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Hands on the art please

Artist and designer Lucy Simpson offers an experience of Country for gallery-goers living with disability, in a new sensorial installation.

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US ‘warrior librarian’ Tracie D Hall speaks at State Library Victoria

Prominent American advocate for libraries, Tracie D Hall visits Melbourne to talk about book banning and the concomitant decline in…

Audio description app to make the arts accessible for blind and low-vision patrons in line for $30,000 entrepreneurial prize. Photo: O&J Wikner Photography. Five figures wearing white in a natural hilly landscape raising their arms in midair.
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Opportunities and awards

Studios open for applications, plus recipients of glass and craft fellowships, winners at DanceRites, Nature Writing Prize and finalists of…

Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran. Photo of man in red pants with long hair in exhibition.
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Theatrical ceramic-based installation shakes up tradition at Tramway, Scotland

Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran has changed the face of ceramics in Australia; now he is bringing his vision to Scotland.

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Grazie Bella! NGV starts program to boost Italian art access

From Mantegna to Moschino, the NGV is celebrating its Italian art and design Collection in a new program that welcomes…

Gauguin. Painting of two Tahitian women.
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Do we want Gauguin back?

The NGA's recently announced 'Gauguin World' exhibition raises questions, but also proposes new answers.

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On the move: latest sector appointments

Performing Lines farewells Executive Producer, CircusWA announces patron, new Board appointments and more.

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Arts media 'on edge of collapse' – how to rebuild it

A new report looks at the current relationship between the arts and media sectors, with some bold recommendations on what…

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