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Vale Philip Hunter: 'a warrior gone'
Hunter was a deep thinker and a larrikin, and turned to the landscape he knew to paint.

Sydney’s new creative hub set to soar
Green Square is closer to becoming a creative hub with the announcement of new management driving its artistic stamp on…

Artists hang up the hero costume
Instead of seeing themselves as an inspired genius, a working artist needs to be a pragmatic Culture Producer integrating art…

On the move: latest appointments and resignations
Australia Council appoints a new Director of Literature, two new board members join the Wheeler Centre, National Gallery of Australia…

Floods devastate Northern Rivers arts community
Floods associated with the aftermath of Cyclone Debbie have caused sector-wide destruction.

2016 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards announced
A youth theatre company and two artistic directors – one based on the Gold Coast, the other in regional NT…

$3 million returned to Australia Council grants
The Australia Council has detailed how returned funds will be re-injected into grants programs for the 2017-18 financial year.

Synchrotron unmasks Nolan's Ned Kelly
Is the face under Ned Kelly's mask the famous bushranger or the artist who painted it, Sidney Nolan?

Rock City: the 10 best municipalities for live music
If you play in a band or your creative practice involves live music, these are the places you should live.

Vale: a tribute to three important artists we have lost
The Australian art world farewelled three important artists recently – abstractionist Robert Rooney, painter Eric Smith and Indigenous legend, Hector…