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5 essential skills all arts managers need
Experienced arts professionals reveal the management skills they rely on most to succeed in their jobs.
New Asian arts institute aims for new networks
Contemporary Asian art is the focus of the Art Gallery of Western Australia's latest new initiative.
Meet MAGNT’s new Director
Strong experience with blockbuster exhibitions and a close eye on Indigenous art and culture inform Adam Worrall’s views.
Why new National Cultural Policy needs input from all Australians
It’s time to raise our voices as we move closer to a new National Cultural Policy.
The case for artists in hospital settings since COVID
COVID has pushed the health and arts sectors to new extremes. Could this be the moment they work closer together…
The true picture of visual arts sector incomes
What is current data on visual arts workers’ incomes telling us? And are there better ways to track what’s really…
Some practical steps to truth-telling in museums
Calls for First Nations truth-telling are growing louder in Australian politics. What does that look like within the museum sector?
Artswashing dilemma continues to plague festivals
Darwin Festival is the latest arts organisation to fall afoul of protestors demanding the festival divest itself from a sponsorship…
Making art heard for vision impaired audiences
Galleries and museums could be doing more through co-design and collaboration to expand access for blind and low vision audiences.
What every museum reveals about past, present and future
Museums have important roles across multiple timespans, according to futurist and museum director Kristin Alford.