Features
Why a First Nations museum should start with an act of co-creation
Indigenous voices are finally being acknowledged as important voices in Australian galleries and museums.
Learning curves: Mitchell Butel, Artistic Director, STCSA
Assembling an entire subscription season in just three months was the first of several challenges actor-turned-Artistic Director Mitchell Butel faced…
Flights of fancy: When art meets science
A new song-cycle explores an important Australian invention, the now ubiquitous black box flight recorder.
Can we ever make waste-free art?
From upcycling to reducing packaging, artists look at how they can limit the damage their work does to the environment.
The Blue Room celebrates 30 years by looking to the future
Perth’s home of independent theatre has nurtured the careers of countless artists over the last three decades. Now its management…
Why open access won’t work for UWA Publishing
The decision to move UWA Publishing to an open access model is an experiment doomed to fail writes Emmett Stinson.
Learning from our art mistakes (from the archives)
We learn by failing, but rarely talk about it. Here, artists and arts workers from diverse sectors reflect on what…
Is Mike Parr Australia’s greatest artist?
Whether draining his own blood to use as paint, burning his artwork or painting a gallery white-on-white, Mike Parr has…
Born from chaos, Barking Gecko Theatre is 30 years strong
Given the current state of arts funding, Artistic Director Luke Kerridge is taking hope from the turbulent birth of Barking…
The destruction of Sydney’s cultural spaces is creating a city of ghosts
Moving properties from public hands to private developers radically shifts who has access to these spaces and the culture they…