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NAVA's Penelope Benton and Leya Reid outside the Fair Work Commission for the Case Management Hearing for Variation on the Commission’s own initiative – Amusement, Events and Recreation Award 2020 (AM2024/37), 2025. Photo: Supplied / NAVA.
Industry News

‘A stronger legal safety net’: Fair Work proposes clearer recognition for arts workers

NAVA welcomes proposed changes to a federal award while warning that minimum rates still fall short for skilled arts workers.

Powerhouse Parramatta will open in November 2026. Photo: Powerhouse Studio.
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The countdown is on – Powerhouse Parramatta sets opening date, reveals first exhibition

The landmark $915 million museum will open 7 November with an exhibition called The Mall.

Detail of indicative artwork by Tim Silver, ahead of his piece for HEAD, Festival of Dangerous Ideas. Photo: Jek Maurer Photography. Courtesy: the artist.
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At the Festival of Dangerous Ideas, art refuses to stay safely on the wall

HEAP is an ephemeral commission engaging eight artists and 120 tonnes of soil for the Festival of Dangerous Ideas.

Muderra Way in Melbourne. Photo: Supplied.
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Melbourne’s Muderra Way celebrates Culture, creativity and community

The development of Muderra Way in Melbourne shows what can be achieved when Traditional Custodians and Aboriginal and Torres Strait…

Amanda Bell. Image: Ben Yew.
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Australian Centre for Contemporary Art announces seven artists for NEW26

Seven emerging artists from across Australia will create major new works for the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art.

TNC Australia names artist Ben Quilty as first Ambassador. Photo: Supplied.
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Ben Quilty named first Ambassador for The Nature Conservancy Australia

Acclaimed painter Ben Quilty is putting his art and influence to work to defend the natural world.

Ryan Presley with his winning Telstra Art Award painting, Our lifestyle of tranquillity undisturbed (2026), oil on canvas. Photo: Charlie Bliss.
Features

Ryan Presley lands $100,000 Telstra NATSIAA Art Award with a Renaissance-inspired artwork

What does this year’s Telstra NATSIAA prize list reveal about the future of Indigenous art?

Amy Flannery. Photo: Teeclick.
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Applause: arts prize winners and successes

This month, ArtsHub applauds the winners a $100,000 painting prize, an emerging art award, and more.

Artist Robert Fielding with his winning work in the 2026 Hadley's Art Prize. Photo: Jessica King.
Features

Hadley’s Art Prize reveals the love of landscape painting in Australia

The $100,000 Hadley's Art Prize shows how landscape painting can be used to think about connection to Country, environmental degradation,…

Vivienne Binns in her studio in Curtin, Canberra in 1992. Photo: Alex Fiveash. Courtesy: the artist's estate.
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Vale Vivienne Binns, a pioneer of feminist art

Vivienne Binns is remembered for her profound influence on Australian art.

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