Covid-19
Piccinini’s Flinders Street installation extended to January 2022
ArtsHub speaks with Piccinini on the feeling of loss with closures and the importance of public engagement as her RISING…
Entertainment community calls for support amid existential crisis
In a heartrending video, entertainers and artists express despair over the lack of government support as the pandemic threatens their…
Galleries are our anchors amid COVID closures
Persistent, intermittent COVID gallery closures reveal what we miss most about their spaces and why they matter so much.
Opera Australia thrown $4 million lifeline by Federal Government
Ten organisations to date have received support from the $35 million COVID-19 Arts Sustainability Fund.
Gutted by Government: new report shows fading optimism at a grand scale
Keeping Creative is a new report that pits state and federal government responses to COVID relief for the arts, against…
Opera Australia postpones Phantom of the Opera until 2022
Advance ticket sales of $20M could not save the blockbuster musical from the real phantom stalking our arts centres: COVID-19.
Lockdown care package: resources you need now
From things to stream this weekend, others to keep the kids creatively engaged, mental health resources to lean on, and…
COVID-chaos disrupts July, hopes for August
SA’s snap lockdown halts Illuminate Adelaide; Australian Festival of Chamber Music cancels 30th anniversary; Winter Jazz Fest hopes for August.
Live music receives targeted support as pandemic continues
New funding support for the COVID-impacted live music sector is available in QLD and NSW.
Half of Federal arts emergency money remains unspent
Shadow Arts Minister Tony Burke delivers the alarming news that half of RISE Federal funding promised is still undelivered, more…