This week’s arts news and trending topics

What's in the headlines and what people are talking about in the arts this week.

This week’s top arts news stories

The headlines and compelling arts news that caught our readers’ attention this week were varied, with a focus this week on protest and pushback with controversies about both Palestinian and Ukrainian writers in Adelaide, Roald Dahl’s books called into question, and an ACMI recent forum looking at capitalism. This is what was top of your reading list:

Are calls to cancel two Palestinian writers from Adelaide Writers’ Week justified?
Denis Muller from the Centre for Advancing Journalism at the University of Melbourne examines the case for cancelling two contentious festival guests – The Conversation.

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Instagram: fairleygina