Gina Fairley
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New report gives thumbs up for Australia’s public galleries
Findings from the Australian Public Galleries Snapshot are hopeful for the small to medium sector, supported by 16.5 million visitors…
NGA faces staff redundancies
Starting with a call for voluntary redundancies, the National Gallery of Australia needs to slash staff numbers by 10% for…
Make your post-COVID tax return work for you
In the wake of COVID-19 setbacks, arts professionals need to maximise on their tax returns this year. Creative Crunchers specialises…
In Depth: Mines Versus Aboriginal Culture
With four accounts in the past month coming to attention, we take a look at the escalating disrespect for traditional…
Words without Borders: Celebrating refugee poets
Refugee poets and spoken word artists share their work online, confronting issues of racism, injustice, colonialism, blackness, and empowerment in…
Pre-pandemic thinking creates timely digital performance-based festival
Two-years, two venues and five new commissions – BLEED is a collaborative digital festival envisaged pre-COVID-19, where the digital is…
Could paid entry become the new norm for galleries and museums?
Research shows that numbers drop off when museum entry is imposed, but are there ways around it to bolster revenue?
How divided are readers on removing Australia's colonialist monuments?
Reader comments show that the removal of colonial monuments in Australia is a deeply divided debate.
Are Australian monuments in line to be toppled?
As a trend sweeps the world, from the US to London, Brussels, Edinburgh and beyond, we ask what Australia’s colonialist…
Is ageism in the workplace making a pandemic comeback?
As some return to the work – and others continue to face unemployment – we take a look at perils…