Opinions & Analysis
Changing the mindset of the cultural cringe
AsiaLink's founding director, Alison Carroll, reflects on the challenges of seeing our own culture as equal to those of Europe…
That slippery slope
Playwright Ron Elisha reflects on the personal cost of the marriage equality campaign and the specious argument of ‘the slippery…
Where to after Weinstein?
If #MeToo has taught us anything, it’s that telling better women’s stories hasn’t really changed the lived experience of women,…
Songwriting as a career pathway
What qualities and skills are needed by today’s aspiring songwriters with sights on the international action? It’s a lot more…
How do you solve a problem like Queensland?
Queensland artists are in high demand overseas. Queensland artists are also moving to southern states to survive. How to resolve…
The Great Australian Plays: Williamson, Hibberd
The Great Australian Plays: Williamson, Hibberd and the better angels of our country’s nature.
What happens when you threaten murder in the title of your play?
Playwright David Finnigan describes his journey navigating the attacks on his play, Kill Climate Deniers.
Funding galleries and museums – the real issue
Judith White says its really not that hard to get arts funding right in NSW; we just have to drop…
Australia’s ‘big’ problem – what to do with our ageing super-sized statues?
In a nation now littered with at least 200 Big Things, there is a sizeable problem. What to do with…
Are we finally counting right?
A push for greater gender equality in exhibitions at major art museums appears to have gained traction, but can the…