Australia
Best opportunities, grants & awards for creatives this week
Opportunities for 2 to 8 November 2026 include major festivals, art prizes and professional development programs.
Fire-lit opera, a revamped Writers’ Week, Khaled Sabsabi and more: Adelaide Festival 2027 goes big
Matthew Lutton's latest program is expansive, but his ambitions go beyond spectacle.
House of Floating Flowers brings the outside into a remarkable Queensland home
Presented as part of PUNQ, Mati Hitari's site-specific installation takes over the Japanese House in Ingham in northern Queensland.
Australian screen composers protest AI’s copyright dodging at Screen Music Awards
‘Australian creativity is not free training data.’ says Antony Partos, who leads the Human Made campaign.
Why do we find certain things beautiful? A psychologist’s new book offers a bold answer
The book Why Is the World So Beautiful? tries to understand the psychology of beauty – but is beauty too…
Victorian arts workers to rally for restored funding and cultural pass scheme
Reuben Kaye is confirmed to MC the Rally for the Arts on the steps of the State Library on 9…
Art without rules: why now is the time to enter the Wyndham Art Prize
Past winner Lilah Benetti says the Wyndham Art Prize makes room for artistic risk.
UNSW to host Splice festival in 2027 to connect art, tech and games creatives
UNSW's Splice festival aims to connect talent from the arts, technology, film and games.
Rosalie Gascoigne’s ageless experimentation shines in sublime retrospective
Three decades since her last retrospective, the National Gallery of Australia gathers the many pieces of Rosalie Gascoigne's career and…
Prominent arts figures demand reinstatement of suspended Powerhouse boss
Ben Quilty is amongst hundreds backing a petition to return Lisa Havilah before Powerhouse Parramatta opens.