Trends and Analysis
SXSW Sydney quietly cancels 2026 festival and all future events
After three years, SXSW Sydney is calling it quits.
The show must go on, unless it’s cyclone season
When cyclones and extreme weather cancel the show, artists often pay the price.
Vale 2025: saluting those we lost this year
We remember the giants of the arts and creative sector in our Vale 2025 tribute.
Times of precarity require bold change, and Queensland's artisan shows how
Artisan, Queensland’s peak organisation for craft and design, is restructuring and many small arts organisations will be watching closely.
Does a design exhibition look different when you hand your gallery over to Vogue’s style editor?
Reinventing how to work across sectors, Craft invited Joseph Gardner to centre makers in the design landscape.
The year that was: 9 arts luminaries share their views on 2025
ArtsHub takes the pulse on what the sector thought of 2025. This is what they said.
Which exhibitions got 5-star reviews in 2025?
The 15 exhibitions that earned five stars from ArtsHub reviewers span from immersive installations to jewellery and glass art.
Pantone’s colour of the year is under attack – and rightly so
Pantone's newly announced 'trending colour for 2026' is as bland as you can get and emblematic of our increasingly grey…
Much ado about who? The enduring appeal of Shakespeare
William Shakespeare is having a Renaissance moment. What has caused this enduring fascination, and how do his plays resonate with…
Why we can’t get enough of Frida Kahlo
This week’s record breaking sale is testament to Frida Kahlo’s appeal, but that international interest stretches far beyond the auction…