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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.

Ancient relics and videos of Pompeii
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Exhibition review: Pompeii, National Museum of Australia

Off the back of new discoveries and a wave of immersive exhibitions globally, Pompeii is the star of an exhibition…

Two panels. On the left is photo of Eugen Bacon. On the right is the cover of her book, 'Afro-Centered Futurisms in Our Speculative Fiction' with features a profile illustration of a black woman.
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Book review: Afro-Centered Futurisms in Our Speculative Fiction, Eugen Bacon (editor)

Essays on Black speculative fiction speaks to evolving discourses about identity.

Windmill Theatre Co's 'Moss Piglet' is touring regional South Australia in 2025. Two actors in colourful costimes, one with eight limbs and another with wings, stand on a brightly lit set.
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Windmill Theatre Company announces a 2025 season of experiments, new initiatives and tours

Windmill Theatre Company and its screen arm, Windmill Pictures, have a busy year ahead.

Ceramic exhibition with green coloured walls. Anne Dangar
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Exhibition review: Ethel Carrick and Anne Dangar, National Gallery of Australia

Must-see summer viewing. Two women artists who shaped Australian art history get their day with parallel retrospective exhibitions.

Opinions & Analysis

Opportunity costs: the problem with rationalising creative output –part one

In part one of a three-part article, Rick Heath examines why the Australian arts industry is not valued or invested…

Art Music Fund 2025 open for applications. Image: Mindy Meng Wang and Monica Lim. Two woman with black hair and pale skin under a white veil against a black background.
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Opportunities and awards

Quilters get ready for $37,000 prize, plus winners of Koorie Art Show 12, SA celebrates Ruby Awards and more!

Gluck's Orpheus & Eurydice will be staged in Melbourne in 2025. Pictured are the Opera Australia Chorus and Circa in Opera Australia's 2024 production of Orpheus & Eurydice.
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ArtsHub’s 2025 season guide to the performing arts

Our rolling guide to the season announcements you may have missed.

Exhibition title and full artist list announced for the TarraWarra Biennial 2025 

All artists have now been announced for next year's TarraWarra Biennial, curated by Kimberley Moulton.

The Wheeler Centre celebrates 15 years with a year of celebratory events

Melbourne's hub for writers remains a unique organisation in the Australian literary landscape.

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