Australia
What the arts can learn from advertising
There is so much more to effective advertising than telling people to come and see a great show.
Hart’s private collection goes under the hammer
Australian outback legend Pro Hart's embedded DNA is a selling point in his last owned paintings coming up for sale.
Knitting neurons for mental health
Can craft be science? A new collaborative project brings together Granny's art form and neurological imaging.
Whiteley’s Chelsea Hotel painting returns to Oz
Offered by Menzies Art Brands later this month, Brett Whiteley’s painting "paid" as rent to the Hotel Chelsea is up…
Mossgreen cracks the market, or does it?
In its first sale entering the mixed vendor sales, the Melbourne auction house doubled its estimate on a trophy work.
Live performance revenue bigger than film and television
The best new data on Australia’s performance sector in many years shows a healthy industry with revenue close to that…
Fear of Low Expectations
Emerging choreographers should offer more than old-school tricks. Perhaps the Australian Ballet is just too comfortable.
Adelaide Festival Centre bows to commercial imperatives
The last bastion has fallen, driving up ticketing costs.
SYNAESTHESIA+ to excite the senses
Only one in 2000 people experience the sensory phenomenon of synaesthesia but anyone can get a taste at SYNAESTHESIA+
Bach in the dark
The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra will play Bach chorales in complete darkness during SYNAESTHESIA+.