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New deal on casting overseas performers
Equity has struck a deal with a key producer which will ensure greater consultation before non-Australian performers are cast in…

Majors' funding should be opened to everyone
If the major performing arts companies are really elite they should be willing to compete on an equal footing, argues…

On the Move: latest appointments and resignations
It was a big week for appointments with changes at UPLIT, National Library of Australia, Expressions Dance Company, Museums Victoria,…

Brandis might have done the arts a favour
Participants in the inaugural ArtsHub Meet-Up considered the possibility that the savage cuts inflicted on the arts last year have…

$17 million investment sought in upcoming budget
The South Australian arts sector has delivered an ambitious plan to support the state’s small-to-medium arts organisations, individual artists, and…

Australia Council 2016 Fellows announced
Core grant programming ensures the future of seven artists through Australia Council Fellowships.

Inspire60: Esther Anatolitis
What inspires an arts manager whose work is tied up in frameworks and strategies?

2016 Sidney Myer Creative Fellows announced
$160,000 is a career-changing boost, and eight artists were named the recipients of these prestigious national Fellowships.

Gifting money versus gifting art
In the past few weeks the AGNSW has received two gifts by private benefactors , highlighting the complex question of…

Rethinking the art of war
As we come out of a year of ANZAC centenary celebrations, three summer exhibitions force a new narrative on the…