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A parkour practioner dressed in basecall cap, yellow hoodie, black pants and white sneakers, leaps into the air in a tunnel which appears to be closed to traffic. Blue-white lights in a row along the tunnels walls receed into the distance, with the leaping body centred in the frame. the photo illustrates ArtsHub's weekly round-up of arts sector appointments.
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On the move: latest arts sector appointments

Your weekly round-up of Australian arts sector appointments.

Evening festival event with crowd and red neon sign. Dark Mofo
News

Dark Mofo announces 2026 dates

Arguably, one of Australia’s most loved winter festivals, Dark MoFo returns in 2026,with Night Mass tickets on sale this week.

Sydney’s Pinchgut Opera is the first Australian company to utilise Spektrix’s integrated, intuitive CRM platform. Pictured is Pinchgut’s recent production, ‘The Fairy Queen’. A cast in suits and white ball gowns sing, embrace and hold hands on a mirrored stage; a giant mirrorball is projected behind them.
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Spektrix: the CRM system that combines ticketing, marketing and fundraising functions

Integrated, intuitive and well supported, Spektrix combines multiple business needs in one powerful database.

Cindy Rostron, Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair (DAAF) Fashion Showcase at the Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture (Hawai'i 2024). Image: Benjamin Warlngundu Ellis Bayliss.
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First Nations residency and funding opportunities a 'game changer' for artists

With a dedicated music residency and funding of up to $50,000, Creative Australia's programs for First Nations artists and young…

Image: Xan Griffin on Unsplash.
Opinions & Analysis

We've achieved a successful AI copyright ruling – but 'significant' advocacy is still needed

The CEO of the Australian Publishers Association welcomes the recent TDM ruling, which upholds authors' copyright in the training of…

Aretha Brown's artwork for Monash University's new First Nations festival, Kindred People. A vividly designed black and white abstract image.
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Kindred People: Monash University announces new Indigenous-led festival for 2026

New festival Kindred People aspires to ‘energetically encourage' the sharing of Indigenous knowledges.

The battle between artists and AI is sadly far from over. Image: Emilipothèse on Unsplash.
Analysis

Copyright win for Australian artists vs AI – but how long can we hold off the bots?

The Australian government has ruled out a copyright fee carve-out for training AI – which seems like good news, for…

A 1950s-style car careers down a blurred street at speed, headlights blazing, towards the viewer. The image illustrates ArtsHub's weekly round-up of Australian arts sector appointments, On the move.
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On the move: latest arts sector appointments

Your weekly round-up of Australian arts sector appointments.

Company members of 'Gatz' by the American Repertory Theatre; the production can be seen at Adelaide Festival 2026. The photo shows six performers seated and standing around an office table as playing cards rain down around them.
Features

Adelaide Festival 2026: Matthew Lutton reveals his inaugural program

Lutton discusses the creative shift required in programming a festival instead of a theatre company, and why he has not…

Boorloo Contemporary at East Perth Power Station (seen here in 2025) returns for Perth Festival 2026. An industrial-looking building lit up by brightly coloured projects, and photographed from the air at night; a large crowd is gathered in the building's expansive courtyard.
Interviews

Perth Festival 2026 makes the most of its city’s cultural infrastructure shortage

Artistic Director Anna Reece reveals how her second Perth Festival takes over the city’s public and private spaces.

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