Writing and Publishing

Apple sells 25 billion songs on iTunes
Apple has announced that it has sold over 25 billion songs on its iTunes store.

Why is Tasmania the place to be in the arts?
Tiny Tasmania is the kid sister who is increasingly outshining her siblings in creative capital. We asked the Premier how…

Why the arts struggle for Government funding
A senior arts bureaucrats explains the bizarre and paradoxical strategies public servants use to win government support for the arts.

Lucy Lawless sentenced over oil protest
‘Xena’ actress Lucy Lawless has been sentenced over her involvement in a protest to stop Shell from drilling for oil…

Top designers head to agIdeas
Forty of the world’s leading designers will descend on Melbourne this autumn for agIdeas International Design Week.

Japanese town wants underwear on David statue
Residents in a Japanese town are calling for underwear to be placed on a replica of Michelangelo’s David sculpture.

School of Scottish Studies archive under threat
Students and academics at Edinburgh University are fighting to preserve the archives and libraries belonging to the School of Scottish…

Parisian nights light up Canberra
You'd be forgiven for mistaking Canberra for Paris, but may just do so for two nights only this March.

An adult-only experience by Dr Sketchy’s
Dr Sketchy's anti-art movement art classes are the perfect fit for those seeking to attend a Toulouse-Lautrec workshop at the…

Toulouse-Lautrec: The Underbelly Artist
The National Gallery of Australia pays tribute to the great artist of Paris cabaret with the first ever major retrospective…