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Artist Robert Fielding with his winning work in the 2026 Hadley's Art Prize. Photo: Jessica King.
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Hadley’s Art Prize reveals the love of landscape painting in Australia

The $100,000 Hadley's Art Prize shows how landscape painting can be used to think about connection to Country, environmental degradation,…

In Absence Mona Yhonnie Scarce: a photo of a large ciccular ashen-coloured wooden tower installed amongst trees on the edge of a river which is Berriedale Bay in Nipaluna/ Hobart.
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Yhonnie Scarce's In Absence now permanently installed at Mona

Visitors to this year's Dark Mofo festival will be among the first to experience the monumental and moving installation in…

From left, Ben Prendergast, Ngaire Dawn Fair, Emily Goddard and John Leary in Kid Stakes, performed by Red Stitch Actors' Theatre as part of The Doll Trilogy. Photo: Chris Parker.
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The Doll Trilogy review: Red Stitch makes a marathon feel like a sprint

My word, she’ll be right… Ray Lawler’s pioneering The Doll Trilogy still makes for a stimulating day (and night) in…

Animated film Arco screens as part of the Europa! Europa Film Festival. Image: Neon.
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10 films to see at the 2026 Europa! Europa Film Festival

This year's Europa! Europa Film Festival runs across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Hobart and Auckland.

The late Jon Kudelka. A plump, smiling fair-skinned man with short brown hair and a short beard. He is smiling, wears a plaid shirt, and sits in front of a colourful yellow backdrop.
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Vale Tasmanian cartoonist and artist Jon Kudelka

Remembered and admired for his Walkley-winning political cartoons, as well as his illustrations and anti-Tasmanian tourism stance, Kudelka died on…

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…

Evening festival event with crowd and red neon sign. Dark Mofo
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Dark Mofo announces 2026 dates

Arguably, one of Australia’s most loved winter festivals, Dark MoFo returns in 2026,with Night Mass tickets on sale this week.

Sophie Cape, an ex-athlete, wearing all black with a big smile, standing in front of abstract landscape painting in rusty colours.
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Athlete-turned-artist wins one of Australia’s most lucrative art awards worth $100k

Sophie Cape was once destined for the Olympics, but now she has brought that raw energy to her art –…

A scene from the 2025 ROOKE production 'Wilds', featuring performers Conor Wild and Freyja Wild. Contemporary circus company ROOKE is one of the inaugural members of the Tasmanian Live Performance Exchange. The photograph depicts a female-presenting acrobat wearing brown garments and performing a headstand; in the background, a male-presenting performer in blue clothes and black boots sits in a folding chair beside an inflatable palm tree.
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Tasmanian Live Performance Exchange to develop statewide strategic plan by and for the sector

The newly formed Tasmanian Live Performance Exchange will develop a 10-year strategic plan for the state’s performing arts sector, and…

A woman in black is standing in mist. Around her a small lights that look like stars in the production of The Audition.
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The Audition review: a new musical gets a promising start in Tasmania

There were only four performances of The Audition in Hobart, but this musical was a hit.

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