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Audiences gather outside a brightly-lit venue in Prince's Square. They, the building and the night sky are reflected in a dark pool of water in the foreground.
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The festival at the junction of artistic innovation and tourism KPIs

Government support from Events Tasmania instead of Arts Tasmania in no way prevents Junction from offering a strong cultural program…

An overhead photograph of an adult dance class, showing groups of couples circling around the floor.
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Sports policy focuses on the grassroots: is this missing from arts policies?

Should Australian arts policy focus more on participation instead of audiences, asks Margaret Seares.

Iridescent pink web sculptures pictured hanging in a pitch black setting.
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Artists navigating environmental costs of AI art

AI is opening new doors for artists, but there are environmental costs to consider. Two artists share their views and…

Woman with grey straight hair and black top standing in art gallery. Julie Rrap.
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6 women artists over 60 having survey exhibitions

Does age matter? A look at six Australian women artists who are all presenting major survey museum exhibitions.

A courtyard of a performing arts space seen through an archway. The Pleasance.
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Edinburgh Festival Fringe: blood, sweat, tears and a truckload of money

Have the costs of taking a show to the biggest Fringe Festival on the planet finally become too much?

Silence & Rapture. A female dancer with slicked back dark hair has one leg bent with her foot touching her other knee and one arm stretching up and the other across to a bald headed man standing and playing a double bass. They are in a wharf building converted to a studio/stage space.
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The rapturous reunion of the Sydney Dance Company and Australian Chamber Orchestra

Sydney Dance Company has teamed up with the Australian Chamber Orchestra once more on a heavenly tour.

L: OzAsia Festival 2024 Artistic Director Joon-Yee Kwok. A portrait photo of a middle-age Chinese Australian woman with chest-length black hair wearing black rimmed glasses and a spotty top. R: OzAsia Festival 2024 cover art by Jessie Hui. An illusrtation featuring cratoon cats and dumplings.
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OzAsia Festival's 2024 Artistic Producer shares career insights and what to look out for in this year's program

What took Joon-Yee Kwok from a young POC actor dreaming of becoming the next Nicole Kidman to producing OzAsia Festival?…

Two aging men in old-fashioned clothes stand in a dimly lit room, evocing a traditional Western movie stand-off but their expressions and positioning hint at queer undercurrents to their relationship.
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Streaming August 2024: new shows to stream on Netflix, Stan, BritBox, ABC iview, Prime, AMC+, SBS On Demand and more…

Your guide to the best new shows and films on major streaming platforms in August 2024.

Girl with blonde hair and black t-shirt sitting in artist studio. Zoe Grey.
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I’m an artist in my twenties, and I don’t want to leave Tasmania

Painter Zoe Grey wins Australia’s richest landscape prize, further cementing her love of Tasmania’s wild country.

Two young boys are looking through a picture book in a field of grass. They are seated. The left one has an orange hat, the right one a blue one.
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Working with illustrators in children's literature

What are some of the processes behind collaborating with illustrators when you are writing a book?

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