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opera audiences: A theatre stage with four soldiers in shadow standing in pairs in the background. In the foreground are two soldiers, crouching on the ground, each one holding a woman in his arms. The women are wearing white gowns.
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Are opera audiences really in decline? Big picture results reveal all

ArtsHub has collated the data on our major opera companies recent attendance figures and financials to reveal some interesting trends.

An immersive style theatre with screens and lights and lecture seating. Sydney Conservatorium Parramatta
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Sydney Conservatorium to expand West – the first in 110-year history

The Sydney Conservatorium to open new state-of-the-art learning space in Parramatta in 2026.

Sydney’s Pinchgut Opera is the first Australian company to utilise Spektrix’s integrated, intuitive CRM platform. Pictured is Pinchgut’s recent production, ‘The Fairy Queen’. A cast in suits and white ball gowns sing, embrace and hold hands on a mirrored stage; a giant mirrorball is projected behind them.
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Spektrix: the CRM system that combines ticketing, marketing and fundraising functions

Integrated, intuitive and well supported, Spektrix combines multiple business needs in one powerful database.

Paintings by Gisela A. Züchner-Mogall from the exhibition, '360° – A Visual Journey' at Mandurah Performing Arts Centre. Four paintings hanging on a white gallery wall.
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360° – A Visual Journey review: Mandurah exhibition explores repetition, environment, perspective and translation

The eighth solo exhibition from Gisela A. Züchner-Mogall is showing at Mandurah Performing Arts Centre until 21 November.

Cindy Rostron, Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair (DAAF) Fashion Showcase at the Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture (Hawai'i 2024). Image: Benjamin Warlngundu Ellis Bayliss.
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First Nations residency and funding opportunities a 'game changer' for artists

With a dedicated music residency and funding of up to $50,000, Creative Australia's programs for First Nations artists and young…

Genevieve Morris as Cory Taylor in the 2025 MTC production, 'Dying: A Memoir'. An older woman with short, greying hair poses dramatically on stage, as if shocked and automatically defending herself, perhaps by a sudden thunderclap.
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Dying: A Memoir review: a generous gift

Benjamin Law’s adaptation of his friend Cory Taylor’s dying wish flies high

street frontage of the Australian Design Centre, ADC
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Australian Design Centre's closure confirmed, leaves NSW without craft and design platform

Thanks to reduced government funding, the Australian Design Centre has been forced to close its doors in 2026.

A young woman looking at an Aboriginal art painting at fair. Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair.
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Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair makes record breaking sales result

For its 19th edition, Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair breaks all sales results, and continues an upward swing.

Image: Xan Griffin on Unsplash.
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We've achieved a successful AI copyright ruling – but 'significant' advocacy is still needed

The CEO of the Australian Publishers Association welcomes the recent TDM ruling, which upholds authors' copyright in the training of…

Aretha Brown's artwork for Monash University's new First Nations festival, Kindred People. A vividly designed black and white abstract image.
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Kindred People: Monash University announces new Indigenous-led festival for 2026

New festival Kindred People aspires to ‘energetically encourage' the sharing of Indigenous knowledges.

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