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Is the secret of arts marketing really to 'know thyself'?
A recent international study into arts marketing practices casts light on how an organisation’s core values play a part in…
Alarming cost increases for arts organisations not in line with funding levels
How many more arts organisations will have to cancel or reduce their programming under the weight of rising costs?
How art trails are building pipelines of new gallery audiences
Artists’ open house art trails are often very popular events in their own right. But they are also a big…
Why are we still watching La Bayadère?
Will this popular ballet join the likes of 'Miss Saigon' and 'Turandot' as a work deemed too culturally insensitive for…
Artist helping Venice Biennale move beyond its history
This year’s Venice Biennale calls for greater diversity and change, and one of its exhibiting artists is part of that…
Portraits of the future cast light on 'truths' of today
Is the prevalence of AI shifting our perceptions of who we really are? A new exhibition speculates on these questions…
New philanthropy models bringing in much needed funding
Which new philanthropic arts initiatives are making high-value contributions to independent arts projects?
4 things arts managers are noticing in their best workers right now
ArtsHub surveyed a range of arts managers to find out what their top workers are bringing to the table right…
Major new museum show unshackles convict stories from myth
The exhibition spotlights freedom fighters among Australia’s early convicts to reframe well-worn narratives around their fates as dispossessed victims. Instead,…
Artists showing women’s bodies as (still) a battleground
In the week of International Women's Day, ArtsHub speaks to two artists whose recent work explores the politics of women’s…