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Evening festival event with crowd and red neon sign. Dark Mofo
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Dark Mofo announces 2026 dates

Arguably, one of Australia’s most loved winter festivals, Dark MoFo returns in 2026,with Night Mass tickets on sale this week.

opera audiences: A theatre stage with four soldiers in shadow standing in pairs in the background. In the foreground are two soldiers, crouching on the ground, each one holding a woman in his arms. The women are wearing white gowns.
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Are opera audiences really in decline? Big picture results reveal all

ArtsHub has collated the data on our major opera companies recent attendance figures and financials to reveal some interesting trends.

An immersive style theatre with screens and lights and lecture seating. Sydney Conservatorium Parramatta
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Sydney Conservatorium to expand West – the first in 110-year history

The Sydney Conservatorium to open new state-of-the-art learning space in Parramatta in 2026.

street frontage of the Australian Design Centre, ADC
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Australian Design Centre's closure confirmed, leaves NSW without craft and design platform

Thanks to reduced government funding, the Australian Design Centre has been forced to close its doors in 2026.

A young woman looking at an Aboriginal art painting at fair. Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair.
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Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair makes record breaking sales result

For its 19th edition, Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair breaks all sales results, and continues an upward swing.

Aretha Brown's artwork for Monash University's new First Nations festival, Kindred People. A vividly designed black and white abstract image.
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Kindred People: Monash University announces new Indigenous-led festival for 2026

New festival Kindred People aspires to ‘energetically encourage' the sharing of Indigenous knowledges.

Image of screens in gallery projecting AI generated artist collaborated artwork. AI MCA
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Art and AI: 5 artworks leading the conversation this summer

We take a look at Data Dreams, MCA Australia’s summer exhibition about art and AI.

A 1950s-style car careers down a blurred street at speed, headlights blazing, towards the viewer. The image illustrates ArtsHub's weekly round-up of Australian arts sector appointments, On the move.
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On the move: latest arts sector appointments

Your weekly round-up of Australian arts sector appointments.

stacked bowls with green and natural glazes. Craft.
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Australian Pacific Craft Alliance: new organisation launches

Dedicated to advocacy, and the promotion of crafts in the Asia Pacific, a new alliance heads up in Perth.

Woman leaning over an aboriginal painting which she is conserving. AICCM Conservation conference
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Conservation conference invites broader sector to join conversations in heritage protection

The upcoming conservation conference will consider how to protect Australian art and cultural heritage

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