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How 65,000 years of culture can inform contemporary questions of identity
Every year the Cairns Art Gallery hosts exhibitions of Indigenous artists to coincide with CIAF. In 2024, a diversity of…
![on the move. image is bottom half of person wearing pink trousers and green shirt on a skateboard in a skatepark.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/pexels-ana-arantes-1457565-2944542-e1719181499222.jpg?w=310)
On the move: latest arts sector appointments
New appointments this week include incoming CEOs at Hobart's Theatre Royal and Geelong Arts Centre, plus a festival favourite signs…
![A grey-hair Anglo-Australian man wearing a black suit with a dark red pocket square smiles at the camera. Behind him is a green lawn and trees.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Rochard-Watts-OAM-e1717938691511.jpg?w=310)
Richard Watts receives Medal of the Order of Australia
ArtsHub’s esteemed Performing Arts Editor is recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours List for his services to the arts and…
![Suddenly Single at Sixty. Image on left is black and white head and shoulders shot of a 60-something Caucasian blonde woman with short wavy hair. She is smiling. On the right is a yellow book cover with an illustration of a hand holding a glass of sparkling wine.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Untitled-design-271.jpg?w=310)
Book review: Suddenly Single at Sixty, Jo Peck
A splendid and heartfelt response to the oldest cliché in the book – the husband who leaves the writer for…
![RISING: A group of three First Peoples and a Caucasian man performing in a rock band with an arch of stage lights behind them. Two are playing guitars, the lead singer is standing on a packing case and one is waving drum sticks.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/BNNB-Rising-Low-Res-38-e1717390017165.jpg?w=310)
Performance reviews: RISING Festival, first weekend
RISING Festival is now off and running. Here is ArtsHub's round-up of the performing arts offerings on the first weekend.
![Hornsby Art Prize. Image is of a blond haired white man in his 30s holding a bunch of flowers and standing in front of his painting, which depicts a young woman lying across a red armchair with big gold hooped earrings, rolled up brown trousers, a green and white crop top and high heeled brown and white zebra print shoes, with various hands and arms reaching in from the edges of the frame holding balloons, striking a match, making gestures at her. She looks off to the right.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Hornsby-e1716789178899.jpg?w=310)
The validation of being judged by your peers
The Hornsby Art Prize is a gift for artists, offering so much more than simply the financial rewards, says last…
![Painting of Julian Assange looking through a slit, like Ned Kelly, and swathed in blue. His head is the balloon of a hot-air balloon with a basket beneath and the US flag across the bottom.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/A-spangled-symbolist-portrait-of-Julian-Assange-floating-in-reflection-1-e1717048690514.jpg?w=310)
Archibald, Sulman and Wynne finalists revealed, along with Packing Room Prize
The finalists for the three high-profile art prizes have now been announced, with the winners due to be revealed next…
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A Portrait of Love review: behind every great man there is … another one
Molly Reynolds’ intimate documentary uses the home movies of Roberto Meza Mont to shine a spotlight onto his life with…
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This week’s arts news and trending topics
Our weekly wrap of the stories our readers loved and those you may have missed.
![A young white smiling white man holds up one arm and in the other holds a Harry Potter book.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Scott-Hoatson.jpeg?w=310)
Theatre review: Potted Potter, Athenaeum Theatre
Hogwarts inspired mayhem with hilarity and beach balls...