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Entries open for Human Rights Essay Competition and MAC yapang Art Prize, plus winner of Penguin Literary Prize and more.

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Arts news watch: this week’s trending topics

We report it – you read it. This week: pub quiz literary questions, King’s Birthday Honours List, choosing a career…

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Fisher’s Ghost Art Award open for entries, city council funding available, plus winner of the Fogarty Literary Award in WA…

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Arts news watch: this week’s trending topics

We report it – you read it. This week: the story behind this year’s Vivid centrepiece, a massive 3D tapestry,…

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Australia’s 'first 3D tapestry' took over 10,000 hours and used 270 kilometres of wool

Locally sourced and crafted, the ‘Welcome to Country’ tapestry will become a Victorian landmark.

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Ceramics prize open for entries, Artspace Studio Program artists and Australian Dance Theatre LOFT residents revealed, plus design and fashion…

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Arts news watch: this week’s trending topics

We report it – you read it. This week: Queensland literary judges resign, David Attenborough at 99, ‘Vandemonian Lags’ reviewed…

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Photographic installation responding to Australian Queer Archives wins $100,000 Ramsay Art Prize

Perth-born artist Jack Ball takes out the $100,000 Ramsay Art Prize with a work exploring queer histories.

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