Deborah Stone
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Very long form performance gets audience attention
It is fashionable to complain that hyper-connectivity leads to shortened attention spans . But maybe not.
Slight drop in revenue from live shows
Audience and revenue levels were mostly unexciting for live performance in 2012 but the Sunshine State had some bright spots.
Arts get more research money (for now)
Creative arts and humanities are receiving more research funding thanks to a rule change but the good news may not…
Nite Art
Audiences discovered Melbourne’s hidden visual art treasures when galleries across the city opened after hours.
Gypsy
A top-tapping old-fashioned musical shows the spectacle-obsessed new kids how it’s done.
Unfunded excellence money starts to flow
The new Australia Council peer assessment boards have begun giving out the much anticipated unfunded excellence money.
Artists beat the big guys with a little help from their lawyer friends
It took three years for an artist to win the right to use his own work from Sydney Olympics. That's…
Wicked gives up on Aboriginal art
Renowned for their provocative decoration, Wicked Campers will no longer feature Aboriginal art.
Reviving an unlikely Aboriginal tradition
For the first time in 40 years, the brass band music culture started by missionaries is being revived in Indigenous…
Artist's brain: the advantage of synaesthesia
Artists are finding creative opportunities from a neurological quirk that may affect one per cent of the population.