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Why the arts sector loves long lead announcements
Revealing the centrepiece of your program months in advance has become a common tactic, but what value do such announcements…
Fringe themes reveal artistsâ deepest concerns
Open access festivals like Sydney Fringe and Melbourne Fringe provide a snapshot of the current cultural zeitgeist.
How to create an Australasian city
Arts organisations committed to long-term cultural engagement with the Asia-Pacific have transformed Brisbane; Bjelke-Petersen would barely recognise his old fiefdom.
Long term collaboration reaps rich rewards
The 31 year creative partnership between Susie Dee and Patricia Cornelius shows no signs of slowing down.
Exchange, don't appropriate
Is cultural appropriation a racist act or just run-away political correctness? And how can the arts ensure a more sensitive…
When smaller is better
The impact of an arts festival is easily diffused in a major population centre. If you want your festival to…
Monumental errors: how Australia can fix its racist colonial statues
Australia is littered with monuments to old wars and colonial victors, but where are the monuments to the Frontier Wars…
A five point action plan for the arts
In this time of Trump and Brexit, when the far right are on the rise and arts funding is more…
Singing death: why music and grief go hand in hand
Sometimes the music surrounding death tells us as much about the mourners as it does about the dead.
Collaboration appears to be the new curatorial model
A growing trend stimulates a rethink and a conversation about the effectiveness of curatorial collaborations as a new model for…