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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…
The Australian who beat Renoir
An exhibition by a contemporary Melbourne artist was the second most visited art show in 2016, beating exhibitions by Renoir,…
Proof arts make kids smarter, healthier and better adults
Consolidated evidence gathered by Britain’s Cultural Learning Alliance provides new proof that arts education is an excellent investment.
A phoenix rises and another bird spreads its wings
A new organisation comes out of the ashes of Adelaide’s two contemporary art spaces CACSA and AEAF while a Sydney…
Opera furore rages on as creatives decry Carmen changes
Opera Australia’s claim to have remounted the Handa Opera production ‘as true to [its] original format as possible’ has been…