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Jaded, pessimistic, bitchy: art museum directors face a poor public image
Art museums are suffering from poor brand imaging and a lack of social skills in directors and staff is partly…

NAPLAN is the enemy of creativity
By reducing arts education and teaching to standardised tests we are in serious danger of strangling the imagination of the…

Currency Press launches podcast
Australia’s oldest, independently owned performing arts publisher is forging into the digital age with Currency Press announcing the new podcast…

Redgum to play at Gum Ball Festival 2013
Australian folk band 'Redgum' has been added to the line-up of artists for this year's Gum Ball Festival.

Why the arts are a central force in the economy
Economists should understand the arts as the very centre of a production system that derives benefit from the things the…

Is contemporary art a joke?
Six Sydney art minds will get together to debate the meaning of contemporary art in 'For the Love the God…

Top 10 Art Month Sydney events
Co-artistic directors Penelope Benton and Alexandra Clapham pick the top 10 must-see events at the fourth installment of Art Month…

Queensland arts resignations: what do they mean for arts funding
Resignations of the Queensland Arts Minister and a Screen Queensland board members have revealed cronyism and conflict of interest to…

Should you work front of house?
Ushering is an old standby for out-of-work performers and aspiring arts workers. But it is not all free shows and…

Missing Collingwood mural piece returned
Arts Victoria's conservation management plan of Keith Haring's mural receives boost, with missing piece anonymously returned.