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La traviata West Australian Opera: a photograph of an opera performance showing two Spansih matador style masked dancers posing in front of a opera chorus ensemble in Victorian-era costume on a stage.
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Timothée Chalamet’s words on Gen Z audiences say far more than his views on opera and ballet

Social media turned on the actor after his remarks that ‘no one cares’ about opera and ballet, but the debate…

I’m a maker, not a factory. Photo: Bob van Aubel / Unsplash.
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Makers are not factories, so stop treating us like one

In the rush to scale up, many makers lose sight of the value of slow making.

The launch of Diversity Arts Australia’s Fair Play: Equity, Inclusion and the Creative Industries report. Photo: Mahla Karimian.
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How to embrace 'radical access' in the arts

There's so much to learn from the organisations and allies fighting for more inclusive and accessible arts and screen industries.

Image: Siora Photography on Unsplash.
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Should Melbourne lose its City of Literature status?

UNESCO has never rescinded a City of Literature designation, and doing so would be a nuclear option, but...

Image: Uday Mittal on Unsplash.
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A box-ticking compliance conundrum is killing art and creativity

Australia’s box-ticking grant application culture may be stifling the very art it aims to serve.

Victorian Minister for Creative Industries Colin Brooks MP. Image: Supplied.
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Victoria’s Creative Industries Minister responds to arts funding debate: building a creative sector for all Victorians

Victoria’s Minister for Creative Industries Colin Brooks says the commentary over the recent round of Victorian Government funding to creative…

The great inward turn. Photo: Dynamic Wang / Unsplash.
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2026 is the year the art world finally gets real – and other predictions

January’s prediction season is now over, so what has stuck as the key drivers shaping the art world in 2026?

David Davis MP, Victoria's Shadow Minister for Arts and Creative Industries. funding cuts
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The night of the long knives – Victoria's Shadow Arts Minister responds to funding cuts

Victoria's Shadow Minister for Arts and Creative Industries, the Hon David Davis MP, responds to Creative Victoria’s recent funding cuts…

arts governance: photo of a red and white street sign that says "wrong way" against a background of trees in the street.
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Are Australia’s arts governance models setting us up to fail?

The actions of Adelaide Festival’s former board prompt important questions about the governance of statutory authority arts boards.

When debate around artists’ rights get heated, we can lose sight of how cultural safety practices act as a positive force to help resolve these situations. The photograph shows seven figures arrayed around a stage, each helping to lift an expansive sheet of red fabric that otherwise covers the stage; red curtains hang behind them, and a spotlight beams down on the central figure. cultural safety
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Cultural safety isn’t a shield, it’s a mirror, and organisations need to look into it

Amid debates about the right to freedom of expression, we are losing our sense of what cultural safety in practice…

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