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AI doesnā€™t meanĀ human-madeĀ music is doomed. Hereā€™sĀ why

Human music-making isnā€™t going anywhere, argues the University of Melbourne's Alexander Crooke.

woman in hi-vis vest standing inside sculpture. Lindy Lee
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How do you move a 13-tonne sculpture?

Lindy Lee's enormous $14 million sculpture ā€˜Ouroborosā€™ makes its way to Canberra with a police escort across three states.

An Indian-Australian man dressed all in black sits on a low stone wall. Behind him in the distance stand the Pyramids, rising up from a desert landscape.
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Stuff the British Stole: Marc Fennell on repatriation, culture and the evolving museum sector

The second series of the successful Australian-Canadian television series lands on the ABC this month.

Nevada murals. A close-up of a giant hand being painted in a mural by a Caucasian man in a baseball cap.
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The Burner effect, part one ā€“ Nevada murals

The Nevada Free Range Art Highway, where civic walls are bright with murals and out-door museums are the norm, is…

A female acrobat hanging from silk ropes at height in front of stage curtains.
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Circus artists latest to be caught up in changing insurance market

Rising insurance costs are hitting some parts of the sector hard. Among the worst affected are independent circus artists, whose…

Regional Queensland performers in a musical in 2024.
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A new era for regional Queensland arts

A diverse group of bodies, old and new, are committed to providing opportunities for regional artists over the long-term.

Woman dressed in black seated on floor playing black guitar.
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The arts are being sidelined in the cost of living crisis

Itā€™s time we stopped framing the arts as aĀ luxury instead of a human right threatened by the cost of living…

Painting of man with long hair and t-shirt in big brushstrokes by Laura Jones.
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Who are the 2024 Archibald, Wynne and Sulman winners?

Another female artist wins this yearā€™s Archibald Prize, with a great portrait by Laura Jones of author Tim Winton.

Sprung Ensemble member, Sinead Skorka Brennan in ā€˜O, How I Dreamt of Things Impossibleā€™, 2020. Photo: Kate Holmes. A performer on a darkened stage with a colourful bodysuit. The performer lowered their body, supported by their arms and legs like a spider pose.
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What does a disability-led audition process look like?

With an ensemble call-out and funding for new work, Sprung Dance Theatre is building upon existing disability-led frameworks to expand…

Queensland performers on stage.
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Are Queensland performers still losing out?

It's been a year since unions and communities began pressuring Queensland companies to hire more locals. Has anything changed?

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