Trends and Analysis
China’s pursuit of diaspora artists
Artist Badiucao hides his identity to avoid the attention Chinese authorities as one of many creatives who are under surveillance.
On being an ally for diversity
Being an ally means being prepared to do the difficult work towards structural change.
What I do as a sensitivity reader
Whether I’m a sensitivity reader, a dramaturge, or a plain old editor, I’m looking at how your text might be…
Leading for change – who’s leading disability arts?
From being disability-led from the top down to making everyone share responsibility to be leaders for change, those doing it…
Arts criticism of disabled artists needs to get smarter
Artists with disability believe it is their right to be reviewed in the same way as abled artists; that the…
ICYMI: The week's top news in the arts
From light installations to rethinking history's villains, from music for suicide prevention to Bollywood's best - this week's art news…
ICYMI: A wrap of this week’s arts news
From a spate of art fairs to early 2020 program announcements and ticket offers for upcoming Festivals, we bring you…
Bringing the world home
Hyperlocal, decolonial, diasporic, idiosyncratic – how Australia’s international arts programming is changing.
ICYMI: the week’s top news stories in the arts
We take a look at this week's top news stories from around the galleries, on stage, the festival scene, wrapping…
Art vs Adani: how Australian artists are protesting
Artists aren't giving up in the face of global mining company Adani as Associate Professor Felicity Fenner finds hope in…