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On the move: latest appointments and resignations
Four new regional Directors for Country Arts WA, Next Move recipients announced, a new chair joins The Australian Theatre for…

15 quotes we promise won't motivate you
Sometimes you just don't want to feel better. We take a leaf out of 'The Book of Uninspiring Quotes' for…

$1M donation to new SAM build
Shepparton Art Museum’s visionary build for the future is now ‘real and achievable’, thanks to additional philanthropic support.

Labor promises to return lost Australia Council funding
Last night’s Budget, which failed to address years of cuts to the arts, has prompted an election promise from the…

Risk enables an artist to grow – even at 83-years-old
VIDEO: Sydney Ball knows both sides of the risk equation – success and failure. With a new show opening at…

Aussies make it into Museum Dance Off 2016
Forget Eurovision - four Australian museums are contending in the Museum Dance Off, which shows staffers are not as stiff…

Funeral planners look to art to replace religion
A third of Australians don't align themselves with religion when they are alive so there's a big market for an…

Arts budget 2016 doesn't hurt (much) but doesn't heal
For the arts, the 2016-17 budget is steady as she goes: it neither inflicts major damage nor helps heal the…

Who got the Catalyst money?
On the eve of the 2016 Budget, the winners of Catalyst funding taken from the Australia Council a year ago…

City of Sydney explores youth ‘theatre passport’ scheme
Tenders are sought for a new scheme which would see unsold tickets to cultural events sold for as little as…