Australia

Unveiled: This week's program announcements
A sneak peak at Sydney Festival, a film noir musical, and artworks inspired by Shakespeare are among this week's announcements.

On the Move: latest appointments and resignations
From architects to orchestras, we gather this week's appointments and resignations in the arts.

Energies and Actions: Conferences to activate the MCA
The Energies in the Arts and Civic Actions conferences bring participants together to interrogate practices & ideas.

SSO appoints inaugural Artist in Residence
Conductor, composer and violist Brett Dean will be Artist in Residence at the Sydney Symphony for three years from 2016.

Everyman
Despite the spectacle, Rufus Norris's Everyman is a bit too everyday.

Thirty years of the Melbourne Festival
The 2015 program features increased opportunities for conversation and engagement, as well as the chance to reflect on the Festival's…

$22.2 million for Indigenous Visual Arts Industry
A top-up of promised funds will help bolster resources to nearly 80 Indigenous-owned arts centres and art service organisations.

What does it mean to live ‘The Good Life’?
Inspired by the theme of this year’s Bendigo Festival, The Good Life, we inspect what it really means to lead…

Kudos: Leading the pack this week
Six scholarship named for Sculpture by the Sea, distinguished composer and scientist are honoured for their services, and Victorian Museums…

$100,000 to support NIDA fellowship
Funding for fellowships to support the artists and creative professionals who are set to become our next cultural leaders.