Features

Why people choose arts experiences (the wombat's a clue)
Animal insights can help clarify what your audience is looking for and how they see you.

Productivity Commission drops copyright bomb
The Productivity Commission has released a draft report which hacks into existing intellectual property (IP) protection for creatives.

Eastern suburbs provide audience for the West
An increased flow of works and ideas between cultural organisations in Sydney’s east and west is helping to unify the…

What theatre can learn from video games
Dump the envy and bring the success of video games to the stage.

Why we need dance criticism
To preserve ephemeral art forms we need to write about them creatively and exactingly.

Filling big shoes
When your predecessor has been in the job for many years, making an arts organisation your own has particular challenges.

Aping America is not the key to success
Should Australian writers, directors and actors be internationalising their work? No, says a key American television creator.

The future of audience research
While data scientists and data visualisation may be the future of analysing research, the skill remains in talking to people.

O Canada, how can we be like you?
Funding for the arts in Canada is soaring as Australia plateaus. Why are two similar countries treating the arts so…

Oops! Biennale works that went off the rails
Unpredictable artists and inflexible bureaucrats force curators to be flexible in the face of failure.