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Arts news watch: this week’s trending topics

Stay up-to-date with our weekly summary of the most-read arts news stories on ArtsHub. Today: how artists are funding their…

Richard Watts

Jun 21, 2025
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Australian Design Centre loses state and federal funding, faces uncertain future

‘Without core operational funding it is difficult to see how ADC can continue in its current form,’ the organisation warned.

ArtsHub

Jun 20, 2025
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Culture Sparks Unity: exploring Poland’s vibrant cultural program

The program has been curated for the for the country's Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

Dr Diana Carroll

Jun 19, 2025
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The festival that wants to put a scientist in every pub

Beaker Street Festival returns to Hobart from 12-19 August with flagship Roving Scientists Bar, the Beaker Street Debate and more.

Celina Lei

Jun 19, 2025
A still from Andrew Burrell's single channel video 'Miner’s Journey' as featured in 'North Terrace: worlds in relief' at Samstag Museum of Art, Tarntanya/Adelaide. An artistic image featuring a stylised digital depiction of a bird, its wings opening as if readying itself to fly, perched on a digital twig. A vivid, thin green line bisects the image, running horizontally from lower left to upper right.
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New sculptural works and North Terrace stories feature in Samstag’s 2025 Kudlila season

A German-born, Adelaide-based artist’s recent works and a group exhibition exploring the contested history of the city’s ‘cultural boulevard’ open…

ArtsHub

Jun 18, 2025
Members of the community choir rehearse for 'The Palace'. an artistic commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Childers, Qld Backpackers' fire of 2000. Pictured are a group of 13 people, ranging in age from seniors to people in their 30s, rehearsing a song in a country hall meeting room.
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New song cycle commemorates 25th anniversary of the Childers Backpackers Hostel fire

‘The Palace’, a collaboration between the community of Childers, Queensland music ensemble Topology and writer/director Rod Ainsworth, has its world…

Richard Watts

Jun 18, 2025
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Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran and the arts economy: boom or backlash for local artists?

Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish and Ed Sheeran delivered economic windfalls in Australia - but are international mega-tours helping or hurting…

David Burton

Jun 17, 2025
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The Trump Show #47: a dramaturgical analysis

The US President has history as a performer, so how will his term measure up from a dramaturgical point of…

Julian Meyrick
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Opinions & Analysis

10 pet peeves about books

Some of the little things that annoy readers before they even read a page.

Thuy On
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Opinions & Analysis

A public or private sector career in the visual arts – which is the right one for you?

Moving from the public to the private sector in the visual arts is usually a one-way street, so make sure…

Michael Reid OAM
Opinions & Analysis

Futureproofing the next generation of arts workers in regional Australia means fixing the $50,000 degree problem

Emerging research from LabNorth points to a troubling pipeline problem: it is becoming increasingly difficult to source young, qualified arts…

Lab North
The mushroom case has sparked dozens of true crime podcasts, but why do listeners keep returning? Image: Andrew Ridley, Unsplash.
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The mushroom case and the allure of true crime in podcasting

A high-profile case underscores the popularity – and ethical complexity – of true crime storytelling.

David Burton

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Theatre review: Gurril Storm Bird, Out of the Box Festival, QPAC

Celebrating and advocating for First Nations culture, this is an example of children's theatre getting it absolutely right...

David Burton

Jun 20, 2025
A male acrobat performs the splits, his body held aloft by aerial straps, in a scene from 'La Clique' at Adelaide Cabaret Festival.
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Performance review: La Clique, Adelaide Cabaret Festival

Award-winning phenomenon La Clique celebrates its 20th anniversary at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival.

Trista Coulter

Jun 20, 2025
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Theatre review: Never Have I Ever, Heath Ledger Theatre

A play about privilege, power and posing as progressive.

Nanci Nott

Jun 19, 2025
contemporary dance: a dark stage with the faces and upper bodies of five dancers costumed in black. Their faces and arms standout against the black as they hold each other in a communal embrace.
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Dance review: GATHERING.1, Liberty Theatre, Perth

Is it a dance party or a mixed-bill dance show made for audience interaction? And does it matter? For most,…

Jo Pickup

Jun 19, 2025
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Theatre review: The Half-Life of Marie Curie, Ensemble Theatre

A play that explores the friendship of two women of science.

Rita Bratovich

Jun 18, 2025

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A photograph of a fair-skinned hand holding up a camera lens in front of a stark, misty winter landscape of bare trees, moorland and a river. The landscape is reversed in the lens. The photo is illustrating ArtsHub's weekly arts news watch column.
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Arts news watch: this week’s trending topics

Stay up-to-date with our weekly summary of the most-read arts news stories on ArtsHub. Today: how artists are funding their…

Richard Watts
A fair-skinned woman with curly red hair looks quizzicaly at the camera, one eyebrow slightly raised and a playful expression on her face. She wears a formal black jacket over a light blue blouse, which is unbuttoned, giving her a somewhat devil-may-care attitude. This is Kerri Glasscock, the outgoing Director and CEO of Sydney Fringe Festival.
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What I learned from 12 years at Sydney Fringe Festival: Kerri Glasscock

As she leaves Sydney Fringe to take up the reins as Executive Director of Create NSW, Glasscock shares some of…

Richard Watts
Green spraypaint reads 'ART$Y' on grey pavement - a reflection of arts funding.
Features

The new money: how artists are funding their work beyond grants

With traditional funding sources tightening, Australia's creative workers are turning to alternative revenue streams – but not without cost.

David Burton
A person in a ghost costume with sunglasses and headphones is on the phone.
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10 expert tips on how to be a ghostwriter

Ghostwriting isn’t just writing for someone else. It’s shaping their story, capturing their voice and helping them say the things…

Erin O'Dwyer
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Arts news watch: this week’s trending topics

We report it – you read it. This week: pub quiz literary questions, King’s Birthday Honours List, choosing a career…

Celina Lei

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