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2016: The year of the fallout
For many in the arts, 2016 was spent coping with the outcomes of previous years of slashing and burning, but…
To those we lost in 2016, vale
We salute the lives and careers of the artists who took their final curtain call in 2016.
Why you need a finissage
The increasing pressure on arts organisations to make money has spawned new kinds of events - and new words to…
The Imitation Game has changed
As technology improves the quality of reproduction, the old values are being newly debated.
Controversial shtick raises questions on artists’ childcare
A trick played on audiences at a current show prompts a high stakes argument about arts, kids and equity.
Stick this in your capital and smoke it
Other countries use regional theatre as a staging post or experimental crucible but Australia is so obsessed with the majors…
The gutting of a national treasure trove
The serendipity of hearing something unexpected, which happens on radio but not in a self-curated podcast ecology, is crucial if…
Don't hang up your headphones
Streaming, live performance, merchandising and teaching are combining to give musicians improved incomes despite the challenges of new technology.
Silencing 'other' artists is a political act
Cutting $200 million from the arts in Australia and diverting much of the remaining to "high arts" such as ballet…
Artists building barricades against Trump
In difficult times, artists have more power than we think to influence the direction of politics and society.
