Festivals
BOAA fails to pay over $350K
Solvency records show that the inaugural Biennale of Australian Art (BOAA) still owes around $350,000 to artists and vendors, while…
Why we’ll need great art more than ever after COVID-19
From around the country, artists and arts workers reflect on why the post-pandemic world will need art more than ever.
Celebrating arts anniversaries during closure
Anniversaries are moments for great celebration – especially when an arts company survives into the double digits – but the…
How to deliver a festival during a crisis
Determination, resilience and a lot of planning is what’s required to stage a live arts festival during a pandemic. Find…
Embracing localism: how will audiences respond without international drawcards?
Festivals traditionally lure in audiences with big international names, artists whose work can also help inspire local practitioners. What is…
Aboriginal-led Parrtjima festival a leading light for festival sector recovery
In the wake of COVID-19 and global Black Lives Matter protests, Parrtjima 2020, with its theme 'Lifting Our Spirits', is…
Carriageworks secures independent future
Carriageworks saved, thanks to a 20-year lease agreement and guaranteed annual funding - two necessities it has battled since opening…
ICYMI: The week's top news in the arts
Largest Tiwi exhibition ever; landmark public sculpture for Sydney; Melbourne in lockdown; Palace Letters released; Darwin Festival homegrown program, and…
Report shows festivals will play key role in our post-COVID revival
A new UniSA study, prepared in conjunction with Arts SA and Adelaide Festival Centre, indicates South Australia’s festival sector has…
ICYMI: The week's top news in the arts
From restoring Pollack's Blue poles to EOIs for new Craft Festival; success for Adelaide Festival while MSO embraces the footy,…