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Ilya Gringolts performs in the ACO's The Devil's Violin. Photo: Charlie Kinross.
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The Devil’s Violin review: ACO brings style and flair to a lively program

In The Devil's Violin, the ACO musicians showcase their strengths on stunning Golden Age instruments.

Kala Gare in the MTC production, My Brilliant Career. A young woman in a Victorian-era dresses stands atop a piano, holding one fist up triumphantly; an ornate chandelier hangs above her.
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My Brilliant Career wins Australia’s richest playwriting prize at AWGIE awards

The MTC's musical adaptation of My Brilliant Career has won the $120,000 David Williamson Prize for Excellence in Writing for…

Thelma 2024 (detail) by National Photographic Portrait Prize 2025 Finalist, Em Jensen | opportunities and awards
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Best opportunities, grants and awards for creatives: 16 to 22 February 2026

Closing soon: amazing opportunities for musicians, photographers, poets and literary journals.

Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters: the silhouettes of two people standing in a darkened space looking at an Aboriginal dot painting shown spot-lit on a black gallery wall.
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Why National Museum’s Songlines exhibition is striking kinship connections in India

A landmark exhibition of First Nations art and culture is currently finding special resonance with audiences in India.

Statue of Bacchus, 2nd Century CE. Collection of Museo Nazionale di Firenze, on view in ROME: Empire, Power, People, Melbourne Museum. Image: Supplied. 2026 Museum blockbusters
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Must-see museum blockbusters in 2026

Dive in to a stunning range of major museum shows in Australia this year – from exciting new permanent displays…

Exterior view National Gallery of Australia
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Additional $219.7 million for the National Gallery of Australia's building repairs

The National Gallery of Australia’s long-term building problems are soon to be fixed thanks to a mid-year budget surplus and…

Room with walls painted in red white and black stripes and installation of Aboriginal art sculptures. Tony Albert's Indigenous Triennial
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After the Rain: 5th National Indigenous Art Triennial review – Tony Albert setting wrongs right

This Triennial by Tony Albert is all heart, but it also asks the big questions.

view of gallery with blue wall and bright coloured painting in comic style. Kaylene Whiskey
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Kaylene Whiskey review: offering super-powered conversations

Move over Dolly and Cher. Kaylene Whiskey’s survey at the National Portrait Gallery is more layered than you think.

A formal portrait of two men and an elderly woman. French Order of Arts and Letters
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Australian creatives awarded French Order of Arts and Letters

Dr Elizabeth Cameron Dalman AM and Tony Albert join the French Order of Knighthood.

Jeffrey Gibson. Indigenous man in denim shirt and black cap in front of colorful painting.
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What Australia can learn from renowned Native American artist Jeffrey Gibson

Internationally regarded artist Jeffrey Gibson was in Australia recently to deliver the keynote annual lecture at the National Gallery of…

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