Features
Ai Weiwei has pulled his work from Denmark – should Melbourne be next?
Weiwei has taken Denmark to task for its asylum-seeker policy. Australia, for now, is another issue.
Rebranding Design
Object has become the Australian Design Centre, and with that rebrand new definitions for future design
Staying awake: the art of the epic
Despite claims social media has destroyed our attention spans, audiences still flock to endurance-length theatrical epics: but why?
What could you do with $1 million?
Arts and the imagination go hand in hand: in the wake of the new Australian Ballet residence we asked other…
A year of directing dangerously
Going to work in a prison revived this theatre-maker and reminded him why he makes theatre.
Indigenous literary festival a place to learn, laugh and participate
The inaugural Indigenous literary festival Blak & Bright will promote and celebrate a diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander…
Great expectations set students up for a fall
Course outlines can offer tantalising visions to prospective students but some who go in planning a creative arts career are…
Overcoming creation guilt in the arts
Should being busy really be a badge of honour? The mounting pressure for artists to create more, more, more may…
Conferences shouldn't only be a talkfest
Creating different avenues for learning can turn conferences from a talkfest into an important space for practical education in the…
Beyond Bangarra: the centrality of Indigenous art in Australia
With Stephen Page celebrating his 25th year at Bangarra, we explore how white Australia’s attitude to Indigenous art and culture…