Opinions & Analysis
The cost of gender imbalance in the arts
Why are women arts administrators and dance teachers while men dominate theatres and senior management?

What the new cultural policy means for NSW arts
Western Sydney, metropolitan Sydney & regional NSW are the big winners from a policy that sets ambitious targets for cultural…

Are artists making money from streaming?
Streaming has overtaken physical formats as the number one way music is consumed but are creators getting a fair share?

Reality talent shows silence real voices
The power of singing is in participation not in watching reality TV judges shredding the vocal quality of a starstruck…

Art fairs are the new black
Arts fairs are clawing back online audiences both as audiences and buyers.

What women critics know that men don't
Women critics loved Griffith's Antigone. Men hated it. Translating their different reactions reveals the gendered politics of critique.

What our arts policy can learn from Korea, Brazil & Belgium
Smart countries are introducing arts policies that make the arts central to shaping economic and social change.

Arts policy for audiences not artists
The basic problem with the current 20th century arts funding model is that it remains producer- or artist-centric, rather than…

Opera costing more, losing audiences
The Federal Government pays an average of $60 for ticket-holder but opera is still losing both money and audiences. At…

Are museum audiences different from gallery-goers?
A new study on public museums in NSW conducted by M&GNSW allows a first time comparative snapshot with gallery audiences.