Opinions & Analysis
ArtsHub's verdict on Sydney Contemporary art fair’s hottest stands in trying times
This was always going to be a different art fair, staged in a flagging economy, but the changes were unexpected.
Art shouldn't make us afraid: my three principles for healthy artmaking
Percussionist, composer and author Steven Schick makes a case for optimism in art ahead of his upcoming Australian residency.
Meanjin: bean counting misses the intangible value of reading and imagining
The closure of Australia's second oldest literary journal Meanjin contradicts Melbourne's stance as a UNESCO City of Literature.
A look at the outcome of Create NSW’s inaugural 2-year funding round
Create NSW’s highly anticipated inaugural 2-year funding round has landed – and the news is mixed.
Bendigo Writers Festival: when risk management becomes censorship
The unfortunate situation at Bendigo Writers Festival over the weekend is yet another example of cultural leadership failure.
Bendigo Writers Festival has questions to answer over code of conduct
At a time when journalists are being permanently silenced by Israel’s genocidal forces, it is incomprehensible that a writers’ festival…
Bendigo Writers Festival 2025: why we cancelled our panel
33 writers have cancelled their appearances at Bendigo Writers Festival in protest over a last-minute request to sign a ‘self-censoring’…
AI and artists: will anyone care when human creativity is usurped?
Perhaps the scariest thing about AI and artists isn’t that it will do creators out of their jobs but that…
‘I’m tired of barely being paid.’ Artists are living below the poverty line
Did artists feel the recent indexed wage increase? No. They largely remain on the poverty line. And this week’s speculated…
A gallerist's view – how artificial intelligence will roll out in the visual arts
In the artificial intelligence rollout, the carrot will be that you still have a job. The stick will be needing…