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The Big List: the visual arts in 2023

That was the year that was. ArtsHub looks at 2023's highs, lows and everything in between in Australia's visual arts…

Cinderella. Image is a ballet dancer in a blue layered costume dancing with arms out to the side and balanced en pointe with one leg raised behind her. She is on a stage with a large moon and starry sky as the backdrop. A male and female dancer are on the left and right hand side of the stage respectively.
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Ballet review: Storytime Ballet: Cinderella, Arts Centre Melbourne

A magical storytime ballet that’s a delight for children and adults alike.

Das Rheingold. Four giants dark brown heads with splashes of red form the backdrop of the stage, on which stand four white robed opera singers playing Norse gods.
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Opera review: Das Rheingold (The Ring Cycle), QPAC

Commencing Opera Australia’s 'Der Ring des Nibelungen' cycle in Brisbane, 'Das Rheingold' offers an impressive introduction to the tetralogy.    

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Testing Grounds. A group of artists stand and sit in an arc posing for the photograph.
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Testing Grounds: writers go collaborative

Working with other artists, across disciplines, can inform and enhance individual practices, but the experience shouldn't be rushed.

crime fiction. Image is author headshot on right of woman with long chestnut hair and glasses, and on the left an illustration of a country house and green lawns with a meandering driveway leading to the house.
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When crime fiction helps literacy in Tasmania

A crime fiction book that's deliberately easy to read is targeted at helping Tasmania's literacy problems.

arts appointments. Close-up photo of a woman jogging up a flight of grey concrete steps. She is wearing orange and blue running shoes and has strong calves.
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On the move: latest sector appointments

New Chairs and CEOs, departing arts leaders and more in this week’s round-up of arts sector comings and goings.

Hamilton Gallery Director Joshua White next to 'Lucretia' by Artemisia Gentileschi, installation view in Emerging From Darkness: Faith, Emotion and The Body in the Baroque at Hamilton Gallery. Photo: Madi Whyte. A figure with short brown hair, glasses and brown beard wearing a collared shirt and blazer stands next to a large painting depicting a women, half nude, sitting at the edge of her bed and gazing up.
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Regional exclusive Baroque exhibition signals vision, drive and potential

Hamilton Gallery’s world-class Baroque exhibition, 'Emerging From Darkness', reveals much about the vision and ambition of regional cultural tourism with…

Artist impression, Vietnamese Museum Australia. Image: Architecture render by Konzepte Melbourne, Supplied. A terracotta-coloured architecture shaped like a round-edged square. Text on the building says 'Vietnamese Museum Australia'. People are seen outside the museum with trees in the foreground and background of a urban landscape.
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Vietnamese museum pitches for new site to secure future

After an unresolved dispute on its original proposed location in Victoria's Footscray, the Vietnamese Museum Australia is now being considered…

books. Image is shelves of books with their spines facing away from the viewer.
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10 underrated books in 2023

Some worthy Australian books published this year that may have escaped your attention.

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