Features
Ironically, ISIS' destruction shows the importance of curators
The war on culture by Islamic State demonstrates that the study of history, art and antiquity is a powerful and…
Cash-free ways to earn a living
The arts are seeing a return to the bartering economy where cash is replaced by deals focused on time, goods…
Essential guide to working for free
Creative professionals are bombarded by requests to work for free. Check on these guidelines for when to say yes, how…
Holding the Man: from page to stage to screen
The ‘monumentally loved’ memoir by Timothy Conigrave is now a feature film: we track its convoluted journey to Australian cinemas.
Top Ten Picks: Melbourne Writers Festival
With more than 500 international and local authors, scriptwriters, bloggers and thinkers, punters need help trawling the Melbourne Writers Festival…
Ten dos and don'ts for thinking about arts funding and the NPEA
Artists must take the opportunity to sharpen their minds as well as their rhetoric.
Working in Asia: No place for the individual
The artists as individual, innovator or iconoclast are Western archetype unhelpful in working with Asian art.
Eight radical ways to change arts funding
Were any arts funding bodies or philanthropists brave enough to implement these suggestions from the US they might come close…
Cultural capitals: Canberra
There's more to Canberra than politics and public servants, as the latest instalment of our Cultural Capitals series shows.
What science and the arts can teach each other
Not everyone can be Leonardo da Vinci, but working collaboratively across disciplines enriches us all.