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New National Drawing Centre brings Australia in line with global trend
Where better than to punch out the parameters of drawing in our times than an art school? The National Art…

Looking forward to NAIDOC Week: things to do
From a Deadly Denium Workshop to painted car bonnets, weaving workshops to Indigenous Dance Awards, streamed music, markets, and dawn…

How Miffy inspires Australian avant-garde artists
Miffy’s iconic minimalist design created by Dutch illustrator Dick Bruna has influenced artists in Australia, and all over the world.…

Reclaiming Australian history one gay at a time
Bushranger Captain Moonlite once rivalled Ned Kelly for notoriety. Was there an attempt to exclude him from the history books…

ICYMI: The week's top news in the arts
Opera Australia returns to the stage, Adelaide North Terrace one-day music festival, Freda's closing, state theatre companies launch 2021 seasons,…

Exhibition Review: Real Worlds - Dobell Drawing Biennial (AGNSW)
The Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial continues to be a pint sized power pack that ushers us through new thinking and…

On screen and on stage, disability continues to be depicted in outdated, cliched ways
As we move towards greater gender and race inclusivity at work and in the arts, the representation of disability should…

'We have humans in the building!' The enjoyment of art in a post-COVID summer
2020 has had many moods, as does Art Gallery of NSW's summer program, from Streeton and the Archibald Prize, to…

20x20: What to do when you're defunded
After the tears and the rage, what should your next step be if your funding is cut, or axed altogether?…

AIDC mentorship and $25k funding for documentary videogames
State of Play offers development funding and mentorship to strengthen and showcase the collaboration between nonfiction stories and gaming technologies…