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Matilda Awards recognise stage excellence
The late Carol Burns received a posthumous Gold Matilda at the awards ceremony in Brisbane on Monday night.

What arts managers can teach business
Arts managers have plenty to teach business managers, as Macquarie Graduate School of Management has just recognised.

Treasure Trove: why defunding Trove leaves Australia poorer
The National Library of Australia's metadata map Trove faces funding cuts, which has led to an outpouring of support on…

Arts to come in innovation policy, says Minister
The absence of the arts from the recent Government Innovation statement is not the last word, says the Minister for…

Scientists now curating Mona
David Walsh hopes to prove that art has an evolution based in biology in a new Mona exhibition On the…

Surveying the diversity of book reviews
The Stella Prize is extending its initiatives to increase media and review coverage of authors from diverse backgrounds.

Performing arts world comes to Australia
For the first time in 15 years, the International Society for the Performing Arts Congress has chosen an Australian venue.

Next Wave co-CEO resigns
Meghan Bourke, Executive Director & CEO of Next Wave will part ways with the festival only days before its program…

On the Move: latest appointments and resignations
The movement in artistic directors continues, leaving a position open while a new role opens up in the Visual Arts.

No Fair but NotFair: The Melbourne Art Fair's alter egos survives
The demise of the Melbourne Art Fair has not put off the satellite art fairs which will go ahead in…