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$345 million recovery plan to rebuild live performance sector
Peak body Live Performance Australia has unveiled a two-year recovery plan for the sector, including a JobKeeper extensions, a Business…

ICYMI: The week's top news in the arts
Reopening news, opportunities for artists, a major gift of paintings to AGSA, ACOs Tognetti celebrates 30th anniversary, introducing The Reservoir…

Is your digital pivot sustainable as core programming?
How sticky is your new digital COVID programming, and will it make that secondary pivot back into your core programming…

As travel restrictions ease, arts orgs need your support
First the bushfires and then COVID closures, we look at three arts organisations hardest hit in 2020 and what the…

The short story’s power for big impact
Writers Sean O’Beirne, Josephine Rowe and Alice Bishop talk with Alice Cottrell about why short stories have such a big…

Art Gallery of NSW finds new possibilities in the digital realm and beyond
Celebrated by The New York Times, engaging singers such as Delta Goodrem and Ngaiire, and supporting artists to make new…

How to deal with uncertainty
With lockdown easing, many of us are wary of what the future holds, from finding work to staying healthy. Trisnasari…

Dedication, determination and self-love: one director’s journey
Gut Feeling, a multi-award-winning Australian web series, has launched the career of AFTRS alumna Hattie Archibald. She tells us how…

Book review: The Spill by Imbi Neeme
A car accident on a sunny day in remote Western Australia has lifelong repercussions.

Vale Christo: you wrapped our coastline and took Australia to the world
While it might have started with a stale sandwich, the legacy of Christo stretches from Sydney's coastline to some of…