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Joel Bray Dance's 'Garabari' features in the Blak Out program at Sydney Festival 2026.. Three First Nations people, two male-presenting and one female-presenting, pose dramatically on a smoky, yellow-lit back-lit stage. Sydney Festival 2026.
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Sydney Festival 2026 celebrates 50 years of helping shape the city’s culture

Festival Director Kris Nelson discusses his inaugural Sydney Festival program, and looks to the future while celebrating the festival’s legacy.

woman with dark hair in black dress, smiling and giving speech in gallery. ADC
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With ADC’s forced closure, CEO reflects on ambition and legacy

CEO Lisa Cahill reflects on Australian Design Centre in the wake of the organisation’s announced 2026 closure.

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ArtsHub’s picks: 7 photography events at Head On festival

Head On pushes against the lack of support for photography in Australia, with a bumper program of free events.

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

Paintings by Gisela A. Züchner-Mogall from the exhibition, '360° – A Visual Journey' at Mandurah Performing Arts Centre. Four paintings hanging on a white gallery wall.
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360° – A Visual Journey review: Mandurah exhibition explores repetition, environment, perspective and translation

The eighth solo exhibition from Gisela A. Züchner-Mogall is showing at Mandurah Performing Arts Centre until 21 November.

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…

street frontage of the Australian Design Centre, ADC
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Australian Design Centre's closure confirmed, leaves NSW without craft and design platform

Thanks to reduced government funding, the Australian Design Centre has been forced to close its doors in 2026.

A young woman looking at an Aboriginal art painting at fair. Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair.
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Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair makes record breaking sales result

For its 19th edition, Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair breaks all sales results, and continues an upward swing.

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.

Image of screens in gallery projecting AI generated artist collaborated artwork. AI MCA
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Art and AI: 5 artworks leading the conversation this summer

We take a look at Data Dreams, MCA Australia’s summer exhibition about art and AI.

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