Australia

ICYMI: The week's top news in the arts
From restoring Pollack's Blue poles to EOIs for new Craft Festival; success for Adelaide Festival while MSO embraces the footy,…

What the arts can learn from Black Lives Matter
To really change the arts, we need to change arts leadership. Travis de Vries thinks we should make bigger systemic…

Women, First Nations composers under-represented in orchestral repertoire: new report
Analysis of the repertoire of nine major organisations, including the QSO, MSO, SSO, TSO, ASO and WASO, reveals that only…

Book review: Providence by Max Barry
As a plot for a guns-a-blazing space opera, this novel could well be a huge success.

$250M Federal Government Arts and Entertainment Package
Arts sector to share in $250M COVID-19 relief package comprising new loans and grants.

What the arts sector says about the Fed Government's $250M relief package
While it is much-needed money, views are divided over the Federal Government’s arts relief package.

Applause: Latest funding and awards announced
ATYP announce recipients of Ambassador initiatives, Flying Fruit Fly Circus names projects supported by COVID seed funding, finalists announced for…

Dear Australia: 50 playwrights explore our new normal
Fifty monologues reflecting on the challenges and opportunities facing Australians as we emerge from lockdown will serve as an invaluable…

Helping universities' threatened humanities
The recent fee increases for university humanities degrees will have knock-on effect for the arts. Fleur Kilpatrick argues that now…

New report gives thumbs up for Australia’s public galleries
Findings from the Australian Public Galleries Snapshot are hopeful for the small to medium sector, supported by 16.5 million visitors…