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Destroying art for art’s sake
Chinese contemporary artist Ai Weiwei has had his work smashed by another artist without his permission but he has no…

Pay TV to sponsor Zanzibar Film Festival
An East African pay TV broadcaster has announced their sponsorship of the Zanzibar International Film Festival.

The artist as media activist
An active artist is automatically a media activist. The new media is a natural extension of what artists do.

Chris Drummond
Chris Drummond is Artistic Director of Brink Productions.

Arts Minister appoints top spots
Arts Minister Simon Crean has announced new posts to Australia’s national cultural institutions.

Jean-Hubert Martin
Former director of the Centre Georges Pompidou, Jean-Hubert Martin is the curator behind Theatre of the World.

Melbourne vs Sydney – Australia’s true art capital
Old rivalries flare up as the nation’s two arts heavyweights go head to head.

Facing off with Richard Tognetti
So what does the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s charismatic leader really think about music, orchestras, politics and the meaning of it…

No tragedies in Opera Australia’s annual report
The opera powerhouse gets back in the black in 2011.

Melba to lose all its government funding
The well-endowed Melbourne label, a champion of local artists, was the envy of the Australian record industry... until the Australia…