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Arts news watch: this week’s trending topics

We report it – you read it. Keep your eye on this week's top arts news stories.

9 May 2025 9:00

Celina Lei

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We take a look at the arts news that pushed to the top of the heap this week.

Ricky Martin adds a show to his Australian tour

The perennial pop superstar is heading to Australia for the first time in a decade.

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Celina Lei

Celina Lei is ArtsHub's Content Manager. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram @lleizy_

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