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Cultural precincts battle for the global marketplace
What is driving the $US250 cultural precinct billion trend? World expert on cultural precincts, Adrian Ellis knows.

Exclusive: Brandis' $275,000 grant to Melba bypasses scrutiny
Arts Minister George Brandis approved $275,000 in special funding to classical music label Melba Recordings without peer review or a…

How Creativity Drives Business Success
Creative accounting is a high value skill the arts can bring to business, not a criminal activity.

Paying it forward for disabled artists
A Queensland musician's philanthropy will provide a disabled artist with an opportunity to further their career.

What makes a successful art auction?
Leading auction houses tell us what it takes to procure the top-drawer artworks for sale, and then get a good…

Opera Review offers opportunity to hit high notes
The National Opera Review has the potential to highlight cultural and economic opportunities for Australia from a global art form.

11 intriguing shows to see at Melbourne Fringe
Over 400 shows involving more than 5000 artists feature in this year’s Fringe; choosing what to see doesn’t have to…

Filling big shoes: replacing a founding Artistic Director
How do you replace someone whose personality, artistry and aesthetic sensibility have come to define a company’s creative output to…

When the mountain changed its clothing
Created with the Carmina Slovenica choir, Heiner Goebbels’ latest work is a meditation on time and the end of innocence.

Three new faces join Melbourne Festival board
A wealth of experience has been brought to the Festival before it kicks off next month.