Australia
On the move: latest arts sector appointments
The Western Australian Department of Creative Industries announces a new Executive Director, and Tasmania's The Unconformity gains new board leadership.
New Australian Musical Theatre Incubator aims to nurture the next generation of homegrown musicals
Bringing Broadway and West End expertise, the initiative aims to help new Aussie musicals find their feet – and their…
Introducing We are Creative, a limited series vodcast with Create NSW
We Are Creative features necessary discussions about key issues in the arts.
Opera Australia's La Bohème is a lavish triumph
Directed by the polymath Constantine Costi, Opera Australia’s latest rendition of Puccini’s masterpiece swoops and soars.
Best opportunities, grants & awards for creatives this week
Opportunities for 9 to 15 November 2026 include touring grants and major writing prizes.
Landmark survey finds most craft and design practitioners earn less than $10,000 a year
Australia's craft and design practitioners are highly trained and deeply committed, but rewards are slim.
David Hockney: the celebrated artist is bigger in this immersive digital spectacle, but not closer
Art historian Mark Ledbury ventures inside the illuminated David Hockney experience at Sydney's Carriageworks.
Bri Lee's novel The Work heads to TV
Bri Lee’s bestselling novel The Work is set to become a TV series, with local Hannah Lehmann as showrunner.
Dame Joan Sutherland at 100: why Australia's opera superstar will always be a legend
A century after her birth, her extraordinary voice, trailblazing career and enduring influence remain part of Australia's cultural story.
Sidney Nolan looms large over this exhibition of his early work, but his voice can’t always be trusted
As the AGNSW stages a major exhibition of Sidney Nolan's first paintings, the art historian Chris McAuliffe considers what the…