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Australian designers commissioned for Powerhouse Parramatta. Photo: Nic Walker / Powerhouse.
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Australian designers give heart to Powerhouse Parramatta

More than 50 Australian designers have been commissioned to fit out the new Powerhouse Parramatta, thanks to a $2.5 million…

A mother and child, photographed from behind, admire Brook Andrew's neon light and painted wall artwork Loop. A model of how the world operates (detail), 2008, installation view MCA Collection: Artists in Focus, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, 2026. Credit: Maja Baska. arts participation
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Cost a growing factor preventing arts participation, Creative Australia’s national survey reveals

Creative Australia’s sixth National Arts Participation Survey reveals that 98% of Australians engage with the arts in some way and…

Damien Frost, Tyler Darke at Berlin Berlin - Egg Club, Kings Cross, London, 2018. Courtesy: the artist.
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Photographer Damien Frost headlines 2026 New Annual festival

There will be some Australian faces in Damien Frost's upcoming exhibition at New Annual in Newcastle.

A scene from Back to Back Theatre's 2008 work, Food Court. Two plump figures, identically dressed in sleeveless orange vinyl tops, grey leggings and orange sneakers, face each other on a bare stage.
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Back to Back Theatre recognised as ‘a singular artistic voice’ on the world stage

The Geelong-based company Back to Back Theatre will present a body of work at the 2026 Festival d'Automne à Paris.

The Unconformity’s inaugural Ongoing Artists – (L-R) Nancy Mauro-Flude, Stevie Battese and Iris Blazely – are being paid wages to produce ambitious work for The Unconformity 2027 festival. Image: Supplied.
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Wages for artists: 3 artists appointed to shape The Unconformity 2027

The Unconformity's inaugural Ongoing Artists program has appointed three working artists.

Hettie Perkins presenting her ABC TV series Art + Soul in 2010. Image: HIbiscus Films.
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Bronwyn Bancroft and Hetti Perkins recognised in First Nations Arts and Culture Awards

Alongside recognising the contribution of veteran artists and cultural leaders, the First Nations Arts and Culture Awards also announed a…

Cult band TISM return to the NT for the 2026 Darwin Festival. TISM last played Darwin in 1996, their only gig there to date. The photo shows one member of TISM, dressed in bright red overalls and a matching balaclava, launching himself off the stage towards the crowd; fans stand ready to catch him, arms upraised, behind the crowd barrier. Another TISM member, also dressed in red overalls but wearing a red balaclava and red, rooster-like crest, watches on from the stage.
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Darwin Festival announces 2026 program

Artistic Director Kate Fell’s final Darwin Festival features cult alt-rock band TISM alongside an array of new cross-cultural and First…

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Rising Voices: Contemporary Art from Asia, Australia and the Pacific opens at the V&A

A landmark exhibition celebrating the globally significant collection of contemporary Asian, Australian and Pacific art has opened at the V&A.

Beau Dean Riley Smith is the inaugural recipient of the Shaun Parker & Company Choreographic Fellowship. Photo: Supplied.
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$100,000 dance fellowship announced by Shaun Parker & Company

Beau Dean Riley Smith is the inaugural recipient of the Shaun Parker & Company Choreographic Fellowship.

A female rock climber, photographed from below as she ascends a sheer rock face. arts sector appointments
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On the move: latest arts sector appointments

This week’s arts sector appointments include moves to replace La Boite’s outgoing Artistic Director, plus a swathe of new board…

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