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Adapting Too Much Lip for screen
Author Melissa Lucashenko talks to ArtsHub about bringing her award-winning novel to the screen.

On the Move: Latest sector appointments & departures
Meet DRILL’s new Artistic Director, CIAF's new General Manager, Brisbane Festival’s Marketing and Communications Director, and more.

Art Basel Hong Kong cancelled due to coronavirus
The organisers of Art Basel Hong Kong have cancelled the 2020 edition of the art fair, facing no other option.

Museum Directors unite against climate crisis
With trillions of animals impacted by drought, flood and the recent bushfires, Australia’s biodiversity is in threat. Museum directors have…

Scientists make new discovery in Aboriginal rock art
You will never think of a wasp nest the same, learning that it can help provide age estimates for Australia’s…

ICYMI: The week's top news in the arts
Gritty, provocative artist talks in Adelaide and Melbourne, new work by female composers, Parramasala Festival returns, and more arts news.

Farewelling 40 years of history as a new chapter begins
As Metro Arts prepares to relocate to a new home in Brisbane’s West End, the organisation is throwing a festival…

BushfireBrandalism – artists act when governments won't
41 artists have taken to the streets with a guerrilla poster campaign that encourages people not to accept the government's…

Michael Williams exits the Wheeler Centre
Williams is stepping down as Director of the Wheeler Centre after a decade of conversation, podcasts and ideas.

Applause: Latest funding and awards announced
13-year-old violinist to compete in prestigious international competition, finalists for Darling Portrait Prize announced, Screenability Film Fund calls for applications…