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Australian designers commissioned for Powerhouse Parramatta. Photo: Nic Walker / Powerhouse.
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Australian designers give heart to Powerhouse Parramatta

More than 50 Australian designers have been commissioned to fit out the new Powerhouse Parramatta, thanks to a $2.5 million…

Anna Goldsworthy's Quarterly Essay explores AI, the future and what it means to be human as technology rapidly learns to mirror us. The photo shows Goldsworthy, a fair skinned woman with long dark hair and wearing a pink, purple and green pattened dress, standing in a colonnade.
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The threat and promise of AI: an extract from Anna Goldsworthy’s Quarterly Essay

In this extract from her essay for Quarterly Essay, writer, pianist and artistic director Anna Goldsworthy muses on what it…

A mother and child, photographed from behind, admire Brook Andrew's neon light and painted wall artwork Loop. A model of how the world operates (detail), 2008, installation view MCA Collection: Artists in Focus, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, 2026. Credit: Maja Baska. arts participation
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Cost a growing factor preventing arts participation, Creative Australia’s national survey reveals

Creative Australia’s sixth National Arts Participation Survey reveals that 98% of Australians engage with the arts in some way and…

Douglas Stuart. Photo: Martyn Pickersgill/ Pan Macmillan.
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Douglas Stuart reveals flashes of tenderness in his violent working‑class men

In John of John, Booker Prize-winner Douglas Stuart has returned to his territory and deepened it.

contemporary dance: a photo of four dancers, three of whom are dressed in a bright red costume moving vigorously on stage against a black background. One of the four, a male dancer, is bare-chested and his head is covered with a drum (musical instrument). There is another drum on stage pictured at the of the photo.
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Profits or losses for contemporary dance companies: who’s in best and worst shape?

In lean times for the sector, contemporary dance companies are maintaining stability while some are securing partnerships to extend their…

Taiwanese theatre producer BaoBao Chen and Australian music and film producer Tim Cole won at Creative Australia's 2026 Asia Pacific Arts Awards. Photo: Pia Barrera.
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Creative Australia's Asia Pacific Arts Awards: nominate someone today!

Do you know someone making a difference through their art? Get them in the running for the Asia Pacific Arts…

A scene from Back to Back Theatre's 2008 work, Food Court. Two plump figures, identically dressed in sleeveless orange vinyl tops, grey leggings and orange sneakers, face each other on a bare stage.
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Back to Back Theatre recognised as ‘a singular artistic voice’ on the world stage

The Geelong-based company Back to Back Theatre will present a body of work at the 2026 Festival d'Automne à Paris.

Brian Lipson's A Large Attendance In The Antechamber. Photo: Keith Brame.
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A Large Attendance In The Antechamber review: Brian Lipson makes a timely return for Rising

Twenty-six years after its debut, Brian Lipson’s acclaimed A Large Attendance In The Antechamber is back in Melbourne for Rising.

The Unconformity’s inaugural Ongoing Artists – (L-R) Nancy Mauro-Flude, Stevie Battese and Iris Blazely – are being paid wages to produce ambitious work for The Unconformity 2027 festival. Image: Supplied.
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Wages for artists: 3 artists appointed to shape The Unconformity 2027

The Unconformity's inaugural Ongoing Artists program has appointed three working artists.

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Night Shift: 1999 explores migration through a world of Australian vampires

In Night Shift: 1999, artist Georgina Owassapian delves into the world of visual novels to create a unique story about…

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