Opinions & Analysis
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…
The value of the regional blockbuster
The big name, big traffic exhibitions are not the exclusive domain of city venues, and the proven trend that 'regions…
Fighting the slaughter of arts journalism
If we want good arts journalism it may just be up to us as content consumers, not because of cuts…
Artists on film – is Australia on trend?
With the recent release of two feature films about Australian artists, we take a look at the hidden agendas and…