Opinions & Analysis
Missing the boat to China
Touring Swan Lake in China is not the kind of cultural diplomacy that will help Australia gain a foothold in…
Australia needs to remain a culturally ambitious nation
Original Australian work, not majors performing classic repertoire, is what distinguishes our nation's cultural contribution to the world.
Is Taylor Swift a Nasty Girl? (and why you should care)
The recent furore over a dress worn by Taylor Swift has lessons for designers in how to protect your creative…
Art after the Tsunami
Four years after the devastating Tsunami, parts of Japan are still in recovery. An artist from Polyglot reflects on working…
History sheds light on Australia Council attack
As artists confront the 2015 Budget cuts to the Australia Council, looking at the history of arts funding controversies can…
We have a ‘show tunes’ government, with an arts policy to match
The current government's arts policy makes about as much sense as the plot of most major musicals.
Do excellence numbers hide a sneaky arts funding cut?
Do the new guidelines for the National Program for Excellence in the Arts conceal a funding cut? That’s the unanswered…
Julie Bishop look around you!
Australia thinks of itself as freer than Indonesia but our northern neighbour has a cultural generosity we might envy in…
#fundedlikeamajor: Who is really subsidising the arts Australians love?
Data shows that art lovers aren’t going to the same places where the money is. It's time funding began to…
Australia Council changes will also affect university museums
The aftershocks of Brandis' raid on the AusCo will have a serious impact on the future topography of the cultural…