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Australia’s international cultural image lacks cohesiveness
Australian artists are well received on an individual scale but our broader cultural international reputation is a hard sell.

Jazz community celebrates Bell Awards winners
From a Hall of Fame induction, to the Young Australian Jazz Artist of the Year, the awards celebrate the full…

South Australia to host Asia Pacific arts centres conference
Adelaide has won the bid to host the annual Association of Asia Pacific Performing Arts Centres (AAPPAC) Conference in 2016.

Art gives voice to refugees
Without paint some asylum seekers in detention use coffee to create artworks soon to be exhibited in Sydney.

Darwin Festival reveals 2014 sneak peak
Soweto gospel, Indonesian puppets and Brisbane burlesque are among the eight early announcements made this week.

Bright future for new wing but what of the bird?
The Bendigo Art Gallery's extension has unveiled its ironically titled signature piece.

Andy Warhol unburied by computer archeology
Once inaccessible Warhol pictures have been recovered and form part of a photographic documentary on exhibition in Pittsburgh.

Why the arts improve health
Many studies show people are healthier when they paint, play music or even just sit in the theatre audience but…

VIDEO: Jumaadi brings new light to traditional craft
With three consecutive exhibitions in Sydney, Jumaadi moves between shadow puppetry to painting to journey maps.

First Arts NSW Regional Fellowship winner announced
The recipient will be engaged at home, abroad, and in the nation's capital in an effort to further his artistic…