National
Career spotlight: Playwright
Three Australian playwrights reflect on their careers and how they got to where they are today, as well as offering…
Why useless art is useful
Visual arts is useless, edgeless and homeless...and that is a good thing both for artists and for society.
$25,000 to photograph the face of Australia
Helen of Troy's face launched 1000 ships. The National Portrait Gallery is looking for one to stop audiences in their…
Multi-purpose arts centre to transform Sydney’s industrial heartland
Applications are now open for the head tenant of a striking, multi-purpose, three-storey arts facility as part of City of…
Kickstarting the careers of young artists
Next Wave’s new Kickstart Helix program breaks down the barriers between art forms to empower emerging artists.
Clownland
A great read for those who know clowns and those who want to know more about them beyond the red…
Indigenous remains returned to Australia
The UK is relinquishing the remains of 13 Aboriginal Australians which will be handed over in a ceremony today.
Dylan wins Nobel in Literature
In a surprise announcement, the Swedish Academy has awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature to singer/songwriter, Bob Dylan.
Cultural collisions: music meets architecture
A landmark program explores the genius of pianist Percy Grainger and architects Walter Burley Griffin and Marian Mahony Griffin, and…
Why a scorecard of quality in the arts is a very bad idea
Modern society has become addicted to ratings and league tables. But a new scorecard, which aims to give 'good art'…