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This week's arts news and trending topics

We break it – you read it. This week's top arts news stories.

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Move over Millennials, it's time for older women writers to shine

Are the works of older women writers writing about their lives a new Australian publishing trend?

Private View. Image is of a man with Down's syndrome standing in a room looking out of a window and holding a billowing yellow curtain. In the middle of the room is a smalll round table with a lit candle on it and two chairs. In the right hand top corner is a female figure in a slinky figure hugging red dress, with a lampshade obscuring her face and head.
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Dance review: Private View, Adelaide Festival

Stories of love and desire by dancers with and without a disability.

Group of artists sitting outside building.
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12 artists offered studios in Sydney’s west

A career defining opportunity has been announced for 12 artists in new studio spaces in Sydney's west.

Textile banners by Tal Fitzpatrick will feature in the exhibition at MoAD. Photo: Supplied. A woman with wavy lavender coloured hair and a fringe sitting with her leg crossed on a stool inside a studio where her textiles works are displayed on the walls.
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Craftivism led by women

The Museum of Australian Democracy launches new touring exhibition celebrating the power of craft and textiles.

Designs by Leanne Yansin Choi at Paypal Melbourne Fashion Festival 2024 National Graduate Showcase. Photo: Lucas Dawson. A young Asian woman wearing a green high collar dress with lace details and a headscarf of the same colour. She is holding a panel in her hand that is attached to the dress and reveals more lace detailing.
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Graduate designers to watch from Melbourne Fashion Festival 2024

The Melbourne Fashion Festival runs until 9 March; here are the designers to watch from Tuesday's National Graduate Showcase runway.

Band of Brothers. On the left are two men in their 30s/40s with black T shirts, one looking at the camera, the one behind him looking down. In another photo on the right are two men of Egyptian appearance, one with a fez and fulsome beard and moustache, another behind in flat cap and a moustache.
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Music review: Band of Brothers, Playhouse, Adelaide Festival

A magical melange of new and old musical forms.

The Government Inspector. Three men in brightly coloured shirts look at the phone the middle one is holding. A woman behind is peering over his shoulder to see too. They all look concerned.
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Theatre review: The Government Inspector, Clubhouse Theatre, Townsville

A riotous Aussie adaptation of Gogol's classic work.

Roller Coaster. A dark stage has a backdrop of neon lights in the top right hand corner of the frame, saying 'Ocean Side Rolla Rama'. In a spotlight in the centre of the stage are two women, one wearing skates and multi-coloured socks has crashed to the ground. Behind her a commentator in a purple shirt with a headset mic is crouching and shouting - is she cheering or jeering? We don't know.
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Aesthetics, happiness and social cohesion: celebrating art’s most important values

Everybody NOW!’s 2023 production ‘Roller Coaster’ had measurable benefits in terms of social wellbeing, empowerment and connection, a new report…

A wooden table, green pendant light and abstract wooden chair in a white room.
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New TarraWarra exhibitions connected by geometry

Peter Atkins, Dana Harris and the TarraWarra Museum of Art collaborate for three concurrent exhibitions.

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