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No interns allowed at new artist development program
A group of writers, directors, actors and dramaturgs have been selected for a new program that ensures pathways are still…

iHockney reveals his electronic sketchbook
Imagine you could learn from a master, stroke by stroke. David Hockney now carries an iPad instead of a sketch…

Flash dance, flash mob or just flashy art?
VIDEO: American artist Nick Cave hits Sydney with a stampede of horses, but at a hefty cost these hooves are…

Inspire60: Tony Stephens
A background as a plumber put Artbank’s Director in good stead for running the country’s most democratic and sustainable collection…

Women are the winners
Women won the lion's share of art prizes in 2016, taking home 57% of the prize earnings.

Artists compete to work in whisky distillery
Author William Faulkner considered whisky a tool of his trade. For one lucky artist it will also provide a studio.

Playwright wins $30,000 prize for women writers
One of Australia’s most successful playwrights has won the inaugural Mona Brand Award for Women Stage and Screen Writers.
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On the move: latest appointments and resignations
The NIDA Board of Directors appointed two new members at its October meeting, Bell Shakespeare gets a new Chairperson of…

Why artists are the vanguard of the new workforce
Far from living a ‘Peter Pan lifestyle’, artists hold the key to the creative values which are the future of…