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Peter Carey. Photo: Laura Wilson / Faber.
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Peter Carey’s novel Bliss to get TV adaptation with BBC Studios

Peter Carey's Bliss is about a man who wakes up one day convinced he is living in hell.

Daybreaker, pictured here in New York City, presents a morning dance party at Brisbane Festival. Photo: Sasha Bianca.
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10 must-see highlights at Brisbane Festival 2026

This year's Brisbane Festival ranges from a morning dance party to the world premiere about the women fighting to play…

Housewarming is giving away 18,000 free tickets to world-class acts. Photo: Daniel Boud.
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Melbourne's State Theatre welcomes back audiences with free tickets to world-class performances

Arts Centre Melbourne celebrates the Ian Potter State Theatre's reopening by flogging free tickets.

Artist Kaylene Whiskey is nominated for the artist monograph The Art of Kaylene Whiskey: Do You Believe in Love?, co-authored with Natalie King and Iwantja Arts. Photo: Rhett Hammerton.
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2026 NT Book Awards shortlist celebrates the breadth of Top End talent

This year's shortlist for the NT Book Awards ranges from poetry and family history to Indigenous-language picture books and even…

lifelike puppet exhibit acmi
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Melbourne’s ACMI to host Lifelike exhibit charting the history of puppets on screen

ACMI's Lifelike will feature props and materials from Pinocchio, Anomalisa, Jurassic Park, The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, Agro's Cartoon Connection, and…

Tim Meakins during his Minderoo Artist Fund residency. Photo: Aaron Webber.
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The Minderoo Artist Fund gives artists the chance to go deeper

Mid-career WA artists Tim Meakins and Andrea Gibbs found something rare with the Minderoo Artist Fund: the time, space and…

Federal Arts Minister Tony Burke with NGA Director Nick Mitzevich in front of Blue poles (1952) by Jackson Pollock. Photo courtesy NGA.
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News of Blue poles’ tour revives public divide over arts’ value

The announcement that one of Australia’s most valuable artworks will travel to WA has stoked a familiar public conversation.

Affordable Art Fair Melbourne: an aerial view of the art fair venue showing hundreds of art stands.
Features

How can artists make the most of the rise in affordable art fairs?

Australia is one of the Affordable Art Fair's fastest growing markets. While there are opportunities for artists, the big investment…

2026 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards ceremony, Darwin. Photo: Charlie Bliss.
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The NATSIAAs are breaking down the polarising divide between city and remote artists

The NATSIAAs are more than an art award. They're also an evolving model of what expanded cultural exchange can look…

Performance Contemporary, Sydney Contemporary 2025. Photo: Wes Nel Photography.
Industry News

Ten editions on, has the Sydney Contemporary art fair kept its big promises?

While sales have ebbed, signs of market maturity and growing engagement are recalibrating how we register success of Australia’s largest…

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