National
On the Move: Latest sector appointments and departures
ADT appoints new Artistic Director, new staff join Circa, Craft ACT’s CEO resigns, and latest board appointments.
Stop-start arts
To vaccinate a nation of anxious people, how do you achieve a complex project management challenge while looking after everyone’s…
Arts funding in an interconnected ecology
A local council decision to cut funding echoes Federal Government’s ongoing slashing of the arts, according to David Pledger.
Creating a national arts plan
How can we get to a shared national plan for the arts? Kate Fielding, CEO of A New Approach, explains…
Theatre Review: The Cherry Orchard, Belvoir
A classic story updated to interrogate race, gender and sexuality.
Book Review: One Hundred Days by Alice Pung
A fractured fairytale exposing the thin line between love and control.
Growing up with trees: new books use story and science to connect kids with nature
Professor Kathryn Williams takes a look at a recent trend in children's literature – trees.
Melbourne artist Peter Wegner wins this year’s Archibald Prize, while in lockdown
As the iconic prize turns 100, a portrait of artist Guy Warren – who also turns 100 this year –…
ALP goes ballistic about the arts in Parliament, signals trouble for the government
The new regulations which strip advantages from the tax rebate system will have to go to Parliament, and the ALP…
Cannes Film Festival – Justin Kurzel’s ‘Nitram’ in competition
Based around the Port Arthur gunman, Nitram is the first Australian film in official competition in a decade.