Features
What is the future of opera?
A three-day forum in Brisbane will interrogate the operatic form and consider opera’s place in contemporary culture.
Eugenia Lim takes global topics to the regions
As a self-appointed ambassador in a gold lamé suit, Lim takes conversations about identity, dislocation and racism into regional SA…
Artists take VR to the next level
The criticism plaguing VR is that while it is great technology the content is dismal. Artists are pushing the form…
What the arts sector wants from Budget 2019
From small companies to peak bodies, we’ve canvased the country for expectations of the Federal Budget.
Why WA’s Chamber of Arts and Culture is a good model for all
Essentially a lobbying body, WA’s Chamber of Arts and Culture sits between and across government, business, philanthropy and arts organisations…
Exit Interview: Stefano Carboni, in hindsight
After a decade of steering the Art Gallery of WA through the highs and the lows, Director Stefano Carboni prepares…
Inside the mind of an art patron
What drives a collector to amass artworks, build a multi-million dollar museum to house them, then happily hand it over?
How it feels to be trapped by your environment
A new installation created by Perth-based artist Bruno Booth gives insight into the hostile infrastructural environment which people living with…
Exit interview: Geordie Brookman, State Theatre Company SA
Brookman looks back on the challenges and highlights of his term as Artistic Director after seven years at the company’s…
Onstage Dating: a comedy about intimacy and power dynamics
After several seasons of her live art comedy, Bron Batten has realised the show says more about how men behave…