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12 spring – summer art book releases
12 recently published arts books, worthy of a read.

This week's arts news and trending topics
We report it – you read it. This week's top arts news stories.

Griffin Theatre Company’s 2025 season celebrates immediacy and finds common ground
In 2025, Griffin thematically bridges social and generational divides while also celebrating theatre’s ability to predict the future.

Queensland Theatre launches 2025 season with AD’s role still vacant
A triumvirate of Associate Artistic Directors have programmed the company’s 2025 season, which includes two world premieres of very local…

Opportunities and awards
Call-out for contemporary textile exhibition and mid-career leadership program, plus winner of 2024 Newcastle Poetry Prize and more!

Exhibition review: The Art World Came to Us: Macquarie Galleries, Ngununggula
A look a how three women gallery directors nurtured and shaped Australian art history.

NGV unveils a three-metre lamb sculpture made from discarded wool
Dutch designer, Christien Meindertsma reveals her NGV commissioned sculpture repurposing waste wool.

Modern new staging installed at Theatre Royal Sydney
The new, modular stage has been built utilising sustainable materials, while the old wooden stage has been repurposed and donated.

'Revealed' revelation – Aboriginal art fair enters important new partnership
After 10 successful years at Fremantle Arts Centre, WA’s most prominent exhibition and art market for emerging WA Aboriginal artists…

Major survey show to spotlight 50-year career of acclaimed Australian ceramicist
The first major solo show of internationally acclaimed WA ceramicist Sandra Black will open soon at the Art Gallery of…