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On the Move: Latest sector appointments and departures
Powerhouse Museum appoints inaugural Director, First Nations; new GM for 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art; Curator Visual Arts joins…

ICYMI: The week's top news in the arts
Jenny Holtzer for RISING; Brisbane Comedy Festival announces program; Ancient Greeks come to WA Museum, and Hannah Gadsby announces national…

Melbourne Fringe receives $1M budget windfall as Sydney Fringe announces new initiatives
Fringe Festivals in Australia’s two largest cities are preparing for a return to physical presentation of work as they announce…

Six arts organisations faced with devastating funding cuts by local council
Six arts and cultural organisations including Australian Tapestry Workshop and Red Stitch Actors Theatre face losing $30,000 a year if…

ArtsHub speaks with $100,000 Ramsay Art Prize winner, Kate Bohunnis
South Australian artist Kate Bohunnis has won the Ramsay with a kinetic sculpture that explores the oscillation between function and…

The Sapphires' Tony Briggs options Miles Franklin winning novel 'The Yield'
Tara June Winch's The Yield is complex, crackling with words, a meditation on the power of Indigenous language. Tony Briggs…

Opportunities and Awards: Miles Franklin longlist, NGV Architecture Commission
Calling for entries to the Melbourne Prize for Literature, be part of Sydney Craft Week, NGV’s 2021 Architecture Commission announced,…

Are jewellery exhibitions art, and why the recent rise in them?
This month, seven exhibitions that celebrate art jewellery are presented concurrently across Australia. Are we witnessing a rise, and what…

Judith Wright Arts Centre reopens after $3.1m refurbishment
First opened in 2001, the new refurbished multi-arts centre in Fortitude Valley re-opened in Fortitude Valley last Friday.

Know my name – and don’t forget it
Australian organisations join global campaign to recognise women artists, starting with an all-day intervention by the National Gallery of Australia.