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Two male breakdancers perform on a high building, the cityscape visible behind them. The two young men are photographed in joint handstands; with their legs extended, their feet touching as if supporting one another. The photo illustrates Artshub's On the move column, a weekly summary of Australian arts sector appointments.
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On the move: latest arts sector appointments

Your weekly round-up of Australian arts sector appointments.

Nina Korbe as Molly Johnson in a promotional image for QPAC and Opera Australia's 2026 co-production, 'The Drover's Wife – The Opera'. The photo shows a First Nations woman standing in profile, her arms folded and her face shadowed beneath a battered Akubra hat. The background is shadowy, highlighting the isolated female figure.
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The Drover's Wife – The Opera to have 2026 world premiere at QPAC’s new Glasshouse Theatre

Adapted by Leah Purcell AM from her play, novel and film, The Drover's Wife – The Opera features a score…

The artist Loribelle Spirovski (a young woman with brown hair in an up do smiling) with her hand on the shoulder of her sitter, William Barton (a middle-aged Aboriginal man holding a didgeridoo) in front of a large portrait painting of Barton sitting at in a room with a similar position.
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Arts prize winners and finalists: 29 July to 4 August 2025

William Barton portrait awarded Archibald People's Choice, memoir of war wins National Biography Award. This week's prize winners and finalists.

Opportunities, grants & awards. Image: Marty O’Neill on Unsplash.
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Best opportunities, grants and awards for creatives: 4 to 10 August 2025

Now open: 2026 Stella Prize, Emerging Artist Award, Songwriting Competition, Peter Porter Poetry Prize and more grants and opportunities.

Better Man, directed by Michael Gracey (who is helming the Pavarotti musical). Image: Village Roadshow.
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Pavarotti: Better Man director Michael Gracey to helm biographical stage musical

Michael Gracey will direct a new stage musical based on Luciano Pavarotti.

NSW Minister for the Arts John Graham MLC launches the Plan for Western Sydney Arts, Culture and Creative Industries: 2025-2028. The photo shows an animated man with silver hair and wearing a blue suit and white shirt but no tie. He stands at a lectern and gestures with his left hand.
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$5 million arts strategy announced for Western Sydney

The NSW State Government has released a new three-year arts strategy for Western Sydney.

The Booker Prize 2025 longlist. Image: Yuki Sugiura for Booker Prize Foundation.
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Booker Prize 2025: longlist announced

This year's Booker Prize longlist features authors representing four continents and nine countries.

Ebony Bott, the incoming Artistic Director of Brisbane Festival. The photo shows a confident, fair-skinned woman with lightly curled, shoulder-length blonde hair smiling at the camera. She wears a charcoal-coloured jacket and pants over a white shirt.
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Brisbane Festival appoints Ebony Bott as New Artistic Director

Ebony Bott’s first Brisbane Festival program will be presented in 2026.

Regional Arts WA Minderoo Foundation: a portrait style photograph of four people: left to right: person 1 is female in her fifties with dark long hair, person 2 is male in his forties with short dark hair, person 3 is a female in her sixties with short white hair and classes, person 4 is female in her forties with long light brown hair.
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Regional Arts WA announces new $3.3M philanthropic partnership

Regional Arts WA has announced a milestone funding commitment from the WA-based philanthropic Minderoo Foundation.

A group of contemporary dancers, blurred in motion. The photo illustrates ArtsHub's On the move column, summarising the week's arts sector appointments.
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On the move: latest arts sector appointments

Your weekly round-up of Australian arts sector appointments.

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