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Record breaker: a $3M Asian scroll tops Australian auction results
With an estimate below $10,000, a simple landscape broke Australian records on Wednesday night, selling in excess of $3M.
The long road to progress: Unpacking the Australia Council’s Annual Report
This week the Australia Council tabled its 2016-2017 Annual Report. We take a look at the big picture; a road…
Cultural participation: the USA versus Australia
Within a matter of months, two major research studies have been released on cultural participation. How different are they, and…
Applause: recent winners
Portraiture prize for women awarded; poetry slam winners revealed; arts writer award announced, and many more.
Harry Potter play to open in Melbourne in 2019
The two-part theatrical epic, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, has won 22 major theatre awards in the UK. Its…
A global first for Sydney cultural organisations
A consortium of 27 cultural organisations have come together to increase visibility and accelerate innovative partnerships.
Seven productions share $282k NSW Regional Touring Grants
Create NSW funding will provide regional audiences with access to works ranging from Indigenous dance to experimental performance art in…
Record year of philanthropy for NGV
The NGV Foundation has reached a new high in philanthropic giving, with $39.7 million gifted to the gallery this past…
MCA receives $450,000 in private gift
Sydney's summer blockbuster series gets a boost with a $450,000 gift over the next three years from philanthropists Simon and…
Archibald reject wins Australia’s richest portrait prize
A painting of a fellow artist nabbed Tim Storrier the richest portrait prize this year, but it appears that taste…