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Richard Watts

Oct 11, 2024

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Can Australian art survive the AI revolution? ANA report explores challenges and opportunities

A New Approach CEO Kate Fielding is optimistic that AI can help drive Australia's cultural future.

Celina Lei

Oct 11, 2024

Render of ‘HOME’, Australian Pavilion at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale.

Australia’s entry to the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale hits the 'No' Referendum vote head on

A First Nations creative team has been selected for the Australian national pavilion in Venice with an 'Indigenous education amphitheatre'.

Celina Lei

Oct 10, 2024

A publicity image for 'Troy', one of seven productions in Malthouse Theatre's 2025 season. A multi-racial cast of seven, including men in skirts and women in tunics reminiscent of ancient Greece, link hands as they struggle across a dramatically lit and smoky battlefield.

Malthouse Theatre eschews naturalism in its 2025 season

Addressing the cost of living and leaning into the theatrical, the Malthouse’s new season promises the epic and the intimate…

Richard Watts

Oct 9, 2024

Dancers Juan Carlos Osma and Alexa Tuzil in a publicity image for West Australian Ballet's 2025 world premiere production, 'Butterfly Effect', choreographed by Alice Topp. A dark-haired, fair-skinned woman wraps her legs around the body of a dark-skinned, partially dressed male dancer. They stand in a field of long grass against an olive-green background.

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West Australian Ballet’s 2025 season features world premieres and classic works

A world premiere, full-length work by Australian choreographer Alice Topp is one of the highlights of the West Australian Ballet’s…

Richard Watts

Oct 9, 2024

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The MONA conundrum: balancing artistic provocation and institutional responsibility

Does the debate on MONA's gender-based art space have a wider impact on the Australian cultural sector?

Samuel Cairnduff

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New $125,000 art prize reminds us to ask questions

Is the Sorrento Art Prize a concern? We take a look at Australia's newest and richest offering.

Gina Fairley

crowd of people viewing an art fair, Sydney Contemporary

All was fair at the fair – a counterview on Sydney Contemporary

Last week ArtsHub published one insider's view of the recent art fair; it prompted this alternative view from the owner…

Andy Dinan

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Pathways to progress – achieving lasting screen diversity in Australia’s industry

We can look to international models for ways to address the systemic lack of diversity on and off our screens.

Professor Olivia Khoo

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The Town Hall debate – adapting local council managed facilities to provide art spaces

There are so many empty and unused spaces across councils in Australia, that could be affordably made usable for local…

Rafaela Pandolfini

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The cast of 'Grease'. They are standing with their hands in the air. A white platform of stairs behind them.

Musical review: Grease the Musical, Her Majesty's Theatre Adelaide

'Grease' is still the word that everyone wants to hear in a sparkling new production.

Peter Burdon

Oct 11, 2024

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Performance review: Flop, Trades Hall

Celebrating the blood, sweat and talent invested in Broadway’s least successful musicals, Arthur Hull more than delivers the goods in…

Richard Watts

Oct 11, 2024

Two panels. On the left is Yves Rees, with short blonde hair and a dark top. On the right is the cover of their book, 'Travelling to Tomorrow' with an illustration of a woman in shades of orange and blue.

Book review: Travelling to Tomorrow, Yves Rees

The stories of pioneering Australian women who sought adventures across the Pacific a century ago.

Nina Culley

Oct 10, 2024

An Indian man, Ceejay Singh, is standing next to three signposts that say 'New Dehli,'Adelaide' and 'Sydney'

Comedy Review: The Good Immigrant, Trades Hall

A new Indian immigrant to Australia reflects on culture shocks and similarities between the two countries.

Kim Hitchcock

Oct 10, 2024

'The Rapture', featuring Cleo Rapture, Miss Peaches, Mama Medusa and Marlena Dali. Four performers standing in low purple lighting striking a pose.

Performance review: The Rapture, Sydney Fringe Festival

Cleo Rapture returns with a strip circus confessional.

Cherry Zheng

Oct 10, 2024

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Top 5 mistakes self-employed creatives make at tax time

If you're a creative sole trader, make sure you're across all your financial responsibilities during tax time.

Thuy On

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Selling Yourself – Learning Module 2, Build a Community

The last of five videos in this second module, offering practical advice for creative businesses and produced by The Big…

Madeleine Swain

Selling Yourself – Learning Module 2, Channels for Promotion

The penultimate of five videos in this second module, offering practical advice for creative businesses and produced by The Big…

Madeleine Swain

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