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Arts news watch: this week's trending topics
We report it – you read it. Keep your eye on this week's top arts news stories.
Defining First Nations exhibitions that will shape 2025
A calendar of must-see First Nations art exhibitions in 2025.
First Nations curator Nici Cumpston to lead US collection
She will be Kluge-Ruhe's first First Nations Director in its 26-year history.
Text Publishing joins Penguin Random House
The two publishing houses have joined forces.
Opportunities and awards
$130,000 portrait prize open for entries, plus winners of the Sydney Theatre Awards, finalists of the Novel Prize, and more!
13 cracker museum exhibitions in 2025
Shift your perspective on the world in 2025, and visit a museum. Here are 13 hot shows for the diary.
Prizes and competitions to enter in 2025
A go-to list of prizes and competitions across the visual arts, performing arts and writing, periodically updated.
End of an era: Text Prize discontinued
A regular part of the Australian publishing calendar, the Text Prize has been discontinued.
Booktopia rescued: Australian book retailer rises from the dead
Booktopia has been purchased by successful Australian online entrepreneur Shant Kradjian.
Did the US just kill BookTok?
The US's controversial TikTok ban has meant millions of BookTok users fleeing the platform in search of a new home…