That was the year that was: 2024 in review

Flip back through the pages of 2024 with our annual round-up of the year's arts headlines.

24 Dec 2024 14:43

Richard Watts

2024 in review: arts headlines. A digital image showing 2024 sinking into the ground and 2025 atop it.

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As we prepare to farewell one year and welcome another, we look back on the arts headlines of 2024. Photo: Shutter Speed, Unsplash.

It’s that time once again when we look back at the major stories and news headlines that defined the last 12 months.

16 top-starred book reviews of 2024
2024, the year that was AI
ArtsHub’s 2025 season guide to the performing arts
Australia’s Spotify Wrapped 2024: the year in Aussie music
The best Australian audiobooks of 2024
The 10 top Australian podcasts of 2024
The Big List: 50 things that shaped the visual arts in 2024
Most popular reviews in 2024

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's former National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the 2019 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in early 2020. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association in 2021, and a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Photo: Fiona Hamilton. Follow Richard on Bluesky @richardthewatts.bsky.social and Instagram @richard.l.watts