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A Birmingham Prize Fight, 1789 By W Allen. Photo: Birmingham Museums Trust on Unsplash.
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Artists can help us fight AI's existential threats

AI has brought rapid cultural change but one thing remains the same – artists can help us grapple with the…

Australia loves its festivals, including the Adelaide Festival, pictured here in 2025. Photo: Morgan Sette.
Opinions & Analysis

I've been an arts lover in both the UK and Australia – here's the difference!

Australian arts audiences are more relaxed, but maybe sometimes too relaxed.

Moment Factory's larger-than-life video games experience Augmented Games has been programmed for Illuminate Adelaide 2026. People watch on from the sides as participants step onto the boards of immersive, large-scale video games.
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Illuminate Adelaide reveals its 2026 program

This year's Illuminate Adelaide festival features a larger-than-life video game, a radiant woolly mammoth and even a smartphone choir.

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Analysis

Wabi-sabi or sloppy? How to tell authentic from slapdash

In an age of artificial perfection, wabi-sabi is a refuge that offers lessons for embracing the human in art and…

Susan Provan will step down as Festival Director and CEO of Melbourne International Comedy Festival later this year. An older woman with fair skin, shoulder length brown hair and dark-framed glasses smiles at the camera. arts sector appointments
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On the move: latest arts sector appointments

This week's Australian arts sector appointments include the departure of Susan Provan AO from Melbourne International Comedy Festival, and new…

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Career Advice

Best opportunities, grants & awards for creatives this week

Opportunities for 27 April to 2 May 2026 include coveted residencies, writing prizes and grants to support professional development.

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Opinions & Analysis

Solidarity with Jazz Money, Evelyn Araluen: 'We have an obligation to stand against genocide'

Writer Claire G Coleman watches in horror as UQP pulps a children's book by a First Nations writer.

A scene from WA’s Black Swan State Theatre Company’s 2023 production of 'Things I Know To Be True'. Actors l–r: Caroline Brazier, Laura Shaw, Kaz Kane, Emma Jackson, Humphrey Bower and Will O’Mahony. Photo: Daniel J Grant.
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Major WA arts companies welcome early state funding announcement

The WA Arts Minister has released key components of the state's arts funding plans for 2026-27, though details are still…

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On the move: latest arts sector appointments

In this week's arts sector appointments, a diverse new board joins a Sydney gallery.

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Career Advice

Top tips for building a sustainable arts practice in 2026

Building a sustainable creative practice doesn't mean doing everything all at once.

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