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Exit Interview: Mikala Tai, Director 4A
At 4A, Mikala Tai fought for the legitimacy of contemporary Asian art in the Australian context. Her success is a…
ICYMI: the week's top news in the arts
Youth Theatre Festival goes international, art sales up for auction, in-gallery teen programming back for AGSA, Story Week Festival celebrates…
Revolutionising the definition of creativity in education
A new report launched by the Australia Council in partnership with Sydney Opera House shows that creative learning models better…
Exit Interview: Michael Rolfe, CEO Museums & Galleries NSW
After 10 years in the role, and more than 30 advocating for the arts, Michael Rolfe is stepping down as…
Regional excellence won’t take second place to a pandemic
Regional art doesn’t exist; rather art practice that happens in other places does. It is about excellence and diversity, and…
We need to talk about colonialism and our museums
Should museums be made to give back their marbles? Must Rhodes fall? In her book The Whole Picture, Alice Proctor…
ICYMI: The week's top news in the arts
New podcast funding, Deadly Fringe is back, $35M bequest for QAGOMA, Orange Gallery redevelopment, Pinchgut turns to film, Children's Book…
‘We're tradies too!’ Melbourne's photography industry demands to return to work
The Commercial Photography Industry has petitioned the VIC Government under the placard ‘We are tradies too’, in a desperate plea…
Tarnanthi turns to the stories of women to lead us out of crisis
Working with 87 artists during the pandemic and remote lockdowns, Tarnanthi continues to be innovative, and in a first, throws…
ArtsHub speaks with the inaugural Bankstown Biennale Curators
The 2020 Bankstown Biennale is more than a COVID project. It's an artist-led rethinking of Western Sydney, and the value…