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Are the state's creative industries still on track, or running off the rails? A photograph of a train track between trees at Mannerim, Victoria, Australia.
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Creative Victoria: backing or backing away?

Creative Victoria’s recently delivered Creative Enterprise Program funding stunned some organisations and alarmed others: are the outcomes a warning sign…

Tomáš Kantor, a curly-haired 20-something person dressed in non-traditionally gendered clothing, in the 2026 Midsumma production Sugar at Arts Centre Melbourne.
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Sugar review: a frothy, fun and fearless Midsumma treat

This whirlwind production works Chappell Roan into Pretty Woman by way of Tomáš Kantor’s commanding queerness.

Midsumma Festival 2026 highlights.
Features

Midsumma Festival 2026: queer culture highlights to pop on your calendar

Melbourne's leading LGBTQIA+ pride festival puts queer art in the spotlight  – here's our top picks

This summer, playright Danish Sheikh presents Much To Do With Law, But More To Do With Love as part of the Queer Playwriting Award and Midsumma Festival at Gasworks, Melbourne. Photo: Tom Noble.
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A new era begins at Gasworks

Multi-hyphenate creative Sam Strong talks to ArtsHub about his new role as Gasworks CEO and what it takes to nurture…

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…

Two women in a gallery setting looking at an historic exhibition of women photographers
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A Legacy of Light review: turning the lens on women photographers from 1900 to 1975

A Legacy of Light is an exhaustive – but exquisite – look at the women photographers who shaped the medium…

The inaugural Melbourne Sculpture Biennale at Villa Alba Museum. Pictured are works by Louise Paramor, installation view, large paper sculptures with saturated colour inside a Victorian mansion.
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Melbourne Sculpture Biennale to return in 2026 with an exciting new venue

A unique celebration of sculpture, the Melbourne Sculpture Biennale is returning and this time it will take over the Billilla…

Exhibition space with designed household objects in subtle tones. Design Craft Victoria
Features

Does a design exhibition look different when you hand your gallery over to Vogue’s style editor?

Reinventing how to work across sectors, Craft invited Joseph Gardner to centre makers in the design landscape.

Image of woman's feet sweeping up gold streamers from celebration. Views on 2025
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The year that was: 9 arts luminaries share their views on 2025

ArtsHub takes the pulse on what the sector thought of 2025. This is what they said.

Kylie Minogue's Padam Padam outfit is featured in DIVA. Image: Supplied.
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Diva review: mighty goddesses unite in this glittering exhibition

The first exhibition at Melbourne's new Australian Museum of Performing Arts is a star-studded look at the diva through the…

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