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Why we need to invest in Australian illustrators
Is Australia facing an illustrator drought, or are the lack of local funded initiatives to blame for their poor visibility?

Q&A with MCA’s Anna Davis
For Anna Davis curating is a kind of laboratory where you can test out ideas and discover new things. Having…

The future of festivals
Fragmenting audiences, decolonisation, and arts centres muscling in on their territory: what do the coming years hold for our arts…

The Archibald finalists – and why Tony Albert deserves to win
What was once seen by the curators as the worst exhibition of the year has become a serious fundraiser and…

Freeing the arts from the yoke of neoliberalism
A pervasive ideology has encouraged us to see individuals, not a society; to think of competition as natural and emphasise…

How fast cars and Sixties sculpture impact architecture
Award winning architect William Smart speaks with ArtsHub about what fuels good design, creative cities and Starchitect museums.

How maths helps us understand why music moves people
Can mathematics help us measure what’s sublime or ineffable about a piece of music?

The little theatre that could: 50 years of La Mama
This month La Mama Theatre celebrates its 50th anniversary. How different would Australian culture be without it?

Why non-Indigenous Australians should read First Nations writing
Reading can be a political act, an act of solidarity, an expression of willingness to listen and to learn from…

How to reduce sexism in screenplays
Before cameras even begin to roll, female characters suffer sexism in how they are described on the pages of screenplays.…