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Surf and song: Opera on the Beach
Opera Australia will perform a new outdoor production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute on the Gold Coast next year.

Carriageworks to create Australia's largest multi-arts institute
Sydney's Carriageworks will double under a lease arrangements that sets it up to host major arts events.

Arts curriculum caught in caretaker period - again
Education Ministers have approved the Australian Curriculum: The Arts but publication needs to wait for a new government.

Elmore Leonard dies after many years of writing success
The prolific American crime fiction writer passed away at 87 in his family home last Tuesday morning.

Major new permanent exhibition on Aboriginal Victoria
A new world-first exhibition, First Peoples, will open in Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre 7 September 2013.

Digging up art in the Pilbara
Mining groups BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto are teaming up with art groups groups to foster art in the Pilbara,…

Philanthropists promote ties between Australia and Asia
The AGNSW and Sydney art philanthropists have come together to build relationships between museums in Australia and Asia.

Accompaning pianist hits all the right notes
Tully Brookes has won first place in the 2013 Geoffrey Parsons Award for collaborative pianists.

Archie Roach song now part of ‘the nation’s memory’
A ballad about the Stolen Generation is among 10 songs added to National Archive's registry of culturally significant recordings.

Artists to go nude for big money
The Benalla Nude Art Prize 2014 offers artists $50,000 for the best nude.