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The 2025 Stand Up! grant recipients have arrived

Six years since being established, the supportive initiative is back to champion more rising comics.

Allison Dickie

Mar 27, 2025
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Countdown to revelation of new light experience by Bruce Munro

Mildura to be transformed by internationally celebrated light artist Bruce Munro with an immersive installation to drive tourists to this…

Gina Fairley

Mar 27, 2025
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Our picks of must-see design and craft exhibitions

A round-up of great exhibitions in the craft and design sector.

Gina Fairley

Mar 27, 2025
Five authors, one is a male, the rest are female.
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Melbourne Writers Festival highlights include Colm Tóibin, Marian Keyes and Booker Prize-winner

MWF's new director Veronica Sullivan unveils the 2025 program.

Thuy On

Mar 27, 2025
Khaled Sabsabi, a middle-aged Lebanese Australian man with thin, should-length black hair, gray beard, wearing black shirt and pants, standing against a graffitied brick wall.
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Khaled Sabsabi twice cancelled – Monash University 'indefinitely postpones' exhibition

Monash University's Board is behind the decision to pull an upcoming exhibition including Khaled Sabsabi's works from its art museum.

Celina Lei

Mar 26, 2025
A man in a stripey shirt and some women are looking at art in a light filled tent-like environment.
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Federal Budget 2025-26: instant artwork write-off to end on 30 June 2025

Tuesday's budget removes the ability to write off some artwork purchases from the end of this financial year.

Michael Fox

Mar 26, 2025
The Federal Budget 2025-26 offers little in the way of arts sector-specific support. The image is provided by the Federal Government Budget website, and depicts the Australian cost of arms, beneath which are written the words 'Budget 2025-26' in white lettering against a dark blue background.
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Federal Budget 2025-26: how does it benefit the arts?

The new Budget offers little in the way of arts sector-specific support, leaving many peak bodies disappointed.

Richard Watts

Mar 26, 2025
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Khaled Sabsabi (left) and Michael Dagostino (right).
Opinions & Analysis

Exclusive: Letter to the Minister for the Arts, Tony Burke MP: Reinstate Khaled and rebuild trust in Creative Australia

This open letter to the Hon. Tony Burke MP, Minister for the Arts, has been provided exclusively to ArtsHub; its…

Reinstate Khaled Collective
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Opinions & Analysis

The undercutting of industry standards: how low pay is eroding fair wages in the arts

The misuse of sector jobs sites by companies with the resources to pay fairly needs to end.

Daniel McBurnie
a clapperboard is centre of frame, behind are two people at a cafe table next to a window. One has only their hand seen, the other is of indeterminate gender and race. conscious casting.
Opinions & Analysis

Why Australia needs to embrace ‘conscious casting’

With DEI facing a backlash in certain parts of the world, perhaps it's a good time to go even further…

Alison Fowler and Stephanie Pringle
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Opinions & Analysis

When I left school I made a terrible career choice

Why I became an electrical engineer and did a 180-degree turn, becoming a published author...

Andrea Barton
Collective Knowledge: image is a screen depicting many people with arms outstretched three people with a red wall behind them looking at the screen.
Opinions & Analysis

The impact of art: does it reside with the public’s perception without regard for the artist’s intent?

Statements made at the Senate estimates hearing over the Creative Australia Board’s Venice Biennale decision raise questions about how the…

Jo Pickup

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Exhibition review: Some of those Spaces Tween Life and Death, Hollie, Woolloongabba Art Gallery

Amid the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Alfred, a rare gem of the South-East Queensland art scene seems to have been…

Pamela See

Mar 27, 2025
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Comedy review: Jessica Barton: Dirty Work, The Motley Bauhaus, MICF 2025

Come clown around with this multitalented comedian in her debut show.

Kate Mulqueen

Mar 27, 2025
Paintings of skulls on discs set against a wall.
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Exhibition review: Danie Mellor: marru I the unseen visible, Queensland Art Gallery

North Queensland multidisciplinary artist, Danie Mellor, explores Australia’s shared history in a powerful new exhibition. 

Suzannah Conway

Mar 27, 2025
Two panels. On the left is Steve MinOn. He is wearing a blue suit and is closely shorn. On the right is the cover of his book 'First Name Second Name." It has a beige cover and has a pair of brown shoes at the bottom.
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Book review: First Name Second Name, Steve MinOn

A family history traced through time, like journey lines on a map, infuses Steve MinOn’s debut novel with a ghostly,…

Richie Black

Mar 26, 2025
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Theatre review: O, Ophelia, Bulmba-ja Arts Centre, Cairns

Shakespeare's Ophelia is the protagonist in this timeless tale about coercive control.

Doug Robins

Mar 25, 2025

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Features

So you want my arts job: Principal Artist, The Australian Ballet

Step inside the life of a principal artist with The Australian Ballet, and learn what it takes to get there.

Gina Fairley
Portrait of woman against orange black ground. So you want my arts job.
Features

So you want my arts job: V&A Chief Curator Wedgwood Collection

Charged with looking after one of the world's most famous collections, curator Catrin Jones talks about her job ahead of…

Gina Fairley
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Arts news watch: this week's trending topics

We report it – you read it. Keep your eye on this week's top arts news stories.

Gina Fairley
Woman with dark hair seated on bench makingglass art.
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Independent education and public access are the future of glass art

A new initiative in Melbourne will be a boost to the glass sector, as well as offer public access and…

Gina Fairley
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What the arts sector can learn from the latest media landscape report

The latest survey of Australian journalists reveals concerns but also opportunities for arts reporting.

Gina Fairley

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