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ArtsPay joined by Australian Cultural Fund to support alternative funding model for the arts

The Australian Cultural Fund is the first government agency to join ArtsPay, a payment processing platform that shares profits with…

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Cultural leadership in crisis: the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra debacle

The MSO's current woes echo similar missteps in the cultural leadership displayed by other major arts organisations. Is the shift…

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Festival review: Tending, Edinburgh Festival Fringe

A play that offers insight into the daily work of nurses in the UK's National Heath Service.

‘Candice Lin: The Sex Life of Stone’, installation view at MUMA. An installation resembling three work stations with different lab equipment and large ceramic vessels beside each station. The space is filled with natural light thanks to a floor to ceiling window on the left side. The walls of the gallery space are paintings in a dark mahogany colour.
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Exhibition review: Candice Lin: The Sex Life of Stone, MUMA

Mineral politics, animal kinship and dark demonic romance come together in the work of Chinese American multidisciplinary artist Candice LIn.

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Festival reviews: Cruel Britannia: After Frankenstein, Ugly Sisters, Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Two shows by trans women invite the audience to experience what it's like to be feared and ostracised.

A woman in black is sprawled on the ground in a half seated position with her arms outstretched. Behind her is an image of a figure with multiple limbs. American Whore Story.
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Festival review: American Whore Story, Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Working and hustling your way to Hollywood: Naomi Grossman goes confessional.

Five performers in shades of brown are walking on top of candle jars.
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Festival reviews: YOAH, Apricity, Afrique en Cirque, Ten Thousand Hours, Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Edinburgh Festival Fringe offers an array of exciting circus acts from around the world that often act as a proud…

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Music review: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in Concert, Adelaide Entertainment Centre

The musical world of 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' becomes ever darker as our hero makes preparations for the…

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Exhibition review: New Light: Photography Now + Then, Museum of Brisbane

Brisbane’s history is framed in a new light through photography past and present. 

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Musical review: Murder for Two, Arts Centre Melbourne

Premiered in Australia in Sydney last year, this musical returns to bamboozle and amuse another round of crime mystery fans.

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