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Career Advice

Self-publishing in Australia: everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask

Taylor Swift's decision to self-publish has shone a spotlight on self-publishing in Australia – as the industry continues to gain…

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Opinions & Analysis

The untapped potential of theatre-based interventions for mental health

The benefits of using interactive theatre and creative arts activities to educate and build mental health skills.

The light installation 'Karla Bidi' will run for the duration of Perth Festival 2025. Six people stand with their backs to the camera beneath a starry sky, on the banks of the Swan River. A bright beam of light rises from the riverbank into the sky before them.
Features

Responding to and celebrating place: Perth Festival’s 2025 program revealed

Anna Reece discusses some of the highlights of her first Perth Festival as Artistic Director.

Night time view of an illuminated glass sculpture of a boat in garden setting. Dale Chihuly
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Exhibition review: Chihuly in the Botanic Garden, Adelaide Botanic Garden

24 years after Dale Chihuly's last Australian exhibit, his return to this scene is stratospheric - delivering on what his…

Several performers are dressed as Spider-men and are hanging off scaffolding.
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Circus review: MARVELous: A Risque Parody, National Theatre Melbourne

A parody of Marvel comic heroes in circus form.

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News

This week's arts news and trending topics

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

An illustration of a woman writing. There is a stack of paper beside her and plants and pictures in the background.
Career Advice

Top 5 misconceptions about being a published author

Five myths about being an author exposed.

Installation view of 'Tony Clark: Unsculpted', Buxton Contemporary, the University of Melbourne, 2024. Featuring Tony Clark and Joanne Ritson’s 'Jasperware Arrangement', 2024 and 'Jasperware (Landscape)', 1993. A painting of a white abstract sculptural form on blue background, with a small white sculpture replicating the painting in front.
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Exhibition review: Tony Clark: Unsculpted, Buxton Contemporary

An exhibition capturing the wide-ranging interests of Tony Clark and latest experimentation into sculpture.

Installation view of Maurizio Cattelan's 'Comedian', 2019, on display in NGV Triennial 2023. A single banana duct-taped to a white wall.
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Controversial duct-taped banana that drew crowds at NGV Triennial could fetch over US$1 million

Maurizio Cattelan's banana artwork, 'Comedian' will hit the auction block five years after it was purchased – the price is…

Two men, Dowel Jones, stand in pink decorated space. One wearing black top and light trousers, the other in white T shirt, brown jacket and dark trousers.
News

From film to fatbergs, here are 12 things to check out at Geelong Design Week

Australia’s UNESCO City of Design will bring back over 70 events for the largest regional design festival, Geelong Design Week.

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