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Instrumental change: Dealing with music's growing garbage pile
Unwanted musical instruments aren’t the biggest waste disposal problem facing the world, but they’re an issue worth making a noise…
Post-COVID or post-burnout: less is necessary
Australian’s artists and arts workers are at breaking point, says Kate Larsen, with sector-wide burnout, It’s time to address the…
Who will show at the Australia Pavilion in Venice 2024?
While past stats of the Australia Pavilion show certain trends, a relatively new open call format and global rethink might…
How do we stop losing artists from the sector?Â
Arts leaders Zainab Syed, Emma Porteus and Dr Georgie McClean discuss the urgent matter of why artists and arts workers…
Fighting back, the survival of the National Circus Festival
Last held in the Mullumbimby showgrounds in 2017, the National Circus Festival is making a welcome return after a five-year…
Why the Queen was a good ‘subject’
Aussie artists share why they were compelled to capture the Queen in their work.
How much has #MeToo achieved for safer arts workplaces?
Five years on from when women rallied over issues of sexual misconduct at work – how much has change in…
Male artists dominate galleries
New research explored whether gender imbalance in galleries is because ‘women don’t paint very well’ – or just discrimination.
Is climate change turning the blowtorch on outdoor theatre?
Open-air staging has always been a gamble. Climate change is shifting the odds.
Art in regional Queensland facing rising cultural stakes
A recent case of 'censorship' in a regional Queensland gallery has again raised questions of ignorance over respecting professionalism.