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Multi-million dollar boost for contemporary music
WA’s McGowan Labor Government has announced a $3 million fund to support the state’s bands and musicians as part of…

Jamie Preisz awarded Archibald Packing Room Prize for portrait of Jimmy Barnes
The Art Gallery of New South Wales has announced the winner of the 2018 Packing Room Prize.

10,000 native plants to feature at 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale
A multi-sensory living installation displaying endangered Indigenous Australian grassland species will interrogate architecture’s responsibility to environmental rehabilitation.

Fringe World moves to assist artists after JumpClimb fiasco
With artists owed $200,000 following the collapse of independent event management company, JumpClimb, Fringe World is taking action to assist.

VIC budget injects $78.7 million of new funding into creative industries
Aboriginal festivals and events across Victoria will be supported with a $1 million investment as part of new initiatives in…

Applause: latest success stories
Art Music Fund awards composers; Geelong Contemporary Art Prize shortlist announced; programmers chosen for Inaugural Edinburgh Exchange, and more.

Powerhouse Museum’s contentious Parramatta relocation confirmed
Moving the Powerhouse Museum from the inner city to Western Sydney will cost $645 million, and may split the collection…

Fringe artists owed $200,000 after events company goes under
Despite apparently receiving all ticketing income owed from Fringe World in March, events management company JumpClimb has not paid artists…

On the Move: the latest appointments and resignations
Sydney Opera House appoints a new Head of Programming; the MSO loses its Director of Artistic Planning; Tasdance appoints five…

Applause: latest success stories
2018 Gallipoli Art Prize winner unveiled; Barry Award winners revealed; Finalist for Australian Podcast Awards announced, and more.