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This week’s arts news and trending topics

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

Scott Redford, 'Auto Rothkos', installation view at NAP Contemporary in Mildura, one of the new regional galleries. A minimalistic space with a hot pink care to the left hand side.
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Transforming a car warehouse and reviving a flooded city: what 2 private galleries bring to the regional ecology

Commercial galleries in regional settings are attracting artists and visitors through innovative means.

Jessica Cottis, a fair-skinned woman with long dark hair tied back behind her head, conducts the Canberra Symphony Orchestra. She wears a black jacket over a white shirt, and holds a white baton in her raised right hand.
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Celebrating connection and story: Canberra Symphony Orchestra’s 75th anniversary season

Jessica Cottis, Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the CSO, discusses her 2025 season and the importance of commissioning new…

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In a competitive funding and philanthropy market, getting tips by international leaders is a boon for Australian arts professionals.

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Talk review: Fungi Futures, Now or Never 2024

Fungi Futures invited Melbourne audiences to discover the hidden properties of fungi and their implications for the planet's survival.

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Exhibition review: The Art of Banksy: Without Limits

Banksy's extraordinary work to date is brought together in this unofficial exhibition. It's wonderful for viewers, but what would the…

Sam Clark has died aged 40. Image is a Caucasian man with slicked back hair, a clipped greying beard and a big smile. He is wearing a white shirt, dark tie and a grey suit jacket.
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Vale Sam Clark

Sam Clark's impressive theatre career included producing and acting at Brisbane's Metro Arts, before launching a successful New York company.

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Music review: Soft Centre: Supermodel Late Night, Now or Never Festival, Trades Hall

A choose-your-own-adventure reeling through some of the most exciting experimental artists, but logistical constraints frustratingly made it almost impossible to…

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Schooling music for the young

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Roxane Gay is a woman with light brown skin, short pepper hair. She is looking at the camera with a confident smile and an arch in her brow, sitting on a tan leather sofa against a white wall.
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Roxane Gay on fierce opinions and why it’s good to be a little delusional

The New York Times writer Roxane Gay spoke in front of an enthusiastic Melbourne crowd on Tuesday night.

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