Festivals

ICYMI: A wrap of this week’s arts news
Major new AGNSW commission, festival season heating up, latest tours and program announcements, and more.

Perth Festival dedicates first week exclusively to First Nations
A celebration of place and people, the 2020 Festival acknowledges millennia of cultural practice and the strength and breadth of…

Bruce Munro lights up Darwin with a world first exhibition
World-class illuminated sculptures drive visitors to the Top End and capture the unique colours of Darwin.

What Tom Muller has to say about Fremantle Biennale
On the cusp of its second iteration, we look at how this art event is busting open 'outpost syndrome' by…

Sydney Festival becomes Australia’s single largest commissioner of new work
Festivals play a vital role in commissioning and co-commissioning work from small to medium companies and independents. Without them, the…

Adelaide Festival celebrates 60th anniversary by going carbon neutral
A focus on access, environmental sustainability, and programming that grapples with some of the great moral questions of our time:…

ICYMI: A wrap of this week’s arts news
Mike Parr's latest performance, Japan Supernatural promises to be a crowd pleaser, Perth Taipei creative exchange, design writing conference, new…

Don't You Dare Despair
Film is the perfect medium to inspire and provoke direct action, says the Environmental Film Festival Australia's Director, Brooke Daly.

ICYMI: A wrap of this week’s arts news
From an online disability art portal, to a new ACMI x RMIT partnership, Womadelaide's 2020 program, DESIGN Canberra highlights and…

Exit interview: Melbourne International Arts Festival’s Jonathan Holloway
As his fourth and final MIAF enters its last week, Holloway reflects on his time in Melbourne and what working…