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'While the World Waits' an Arts Outwest curated exhibition recently opened at NSW Parliament House. A group of people standing in front of several artworks hung on a burgundy coloured wall. They are clapping and looking towards a middle-aged woman standing in the centre waving her hand at the camera.
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'Hey, don't forget us!': do regional tours need to prove their worth?

Touring exhibitions can be resource efficient for regional galleries, while others are championing for locally-produced shows to build regional networks.

View of library in a gallery setting. V&A Muyseum
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Landmark symposium of Australian photographers in London

Australian photographers in the spotlight for a first-time symposium at London's V&A Museum.

Very detailed textile artwork that is politically focussed. Paul Yore.
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Textiles are radical - Adelaide matching London rethink

A new AGSA exhibition maps out that textiles are not only radical today – but have always been, joining a…

A man with long dark hair and a short dark beard concentrates as he plays the electric guitar. He wears blue jeans and a t-shirt that exposes the tattoos on his forearms.
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How Newcastle’s New Annual festival changes artists’ lives, one opportunity at a time

Now in its fourth year, the multi-arts festival New Annual celebrates Novocastrian creatives while also bringing Australia’s best artists to…

Mindy Meng Wang and Monica Lim, ‘Guài 怪’, installation view as part of ‘SCI-FI: Mythologies Transformed’. An installation of three video scenes that are interactive with a participant standing in front of it with arms outstretched, seemingly controlling a digital avatar.
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Exhibition review: SCI-FI: Mythologies Transformed, Science Gallery Melbourne

Disrupting gender and racial stereotypes in sci-fi.

A woman in a red top and blue pleated skirt, facing away from the camera, balances atop a cyr wheel (a piece of circus apparatus) while spinning two hula hoops on each outstretched arm. In the background, a large audience watches on.
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The National Circus Festival: growing grassroots circus in the regions

With an emphasis on circus training and community-building as much as entertainment, the National Circus Festival is a major event…

A large tapestry affixed to a wall that looks like stain-glass.
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Exhibition review: Diana Wood Conroy: An Archaeology of Woven Tapestry, Wollongong Art Gallery

Woven tapestries, drawings and paintings from 60 years of Diana Wood Conroy’s life as an artist.

Bronte Cormican Jones, ‘Lightlines’, 2023, a work commissioned by Canberra Art Biennial. Three neon light installations that appear like doorframes displayed in a grassy environment at night.
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2024 Canberra Art Biennial launches month-long program of public art

Canberra Art Biennial participating artists include Nell, Jenna Lee, Clare Peake, Bronte Cormican-Jones and more.

A woman with brown curly hair is wearing an elaborate golden costume that covers her entire body.
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Festival review: An Evening Without Kate Bush, Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Kate Bush may not be present on stage but Sarah-Louise Young does an excellent job of channelling the singer.

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