Features
Small cities constrain experimentation
Artists outside Melbourne and Sydney feel more pressure to play it safe while investing in educating audiences.
Unpaid work exploiting women
Volunteering and unpaid internships are becoming standard career pathways but female-dominated industries such as the arts use more free labour.
What are the priorities for George Brandis, Minister for the Arts?
George Brandis has a heavy load to lift as Attorney-General – but his priorities for the Arts portfolio could be…
Is my art leaving on a jet plane?
With the rise of art fairs and biennales internationally, Australian artists are competing in global shopping malls that dictate the…
Branding lessons from the fashion industry
No one does branding better than fashion. What can the arts learn?
Arty merchandise sells
The shop has become a key component to the museum experience, but also a robust revenue stream vital to galleries…
You can’t put that there…the Public Art dilemma
Is an over-sized milk crate better than a bronze of another eminent white male? Multi-million dollar commissions make public art…
Can crowd-funding save journalism?
Crowdfunding is pioneering a different relationship between reader and writer.
Six rules of a good online booking experience
Great, someone wants to come to your show. But make booking too hard and they might give up or never…
Suicide risk increased by working in the arts
Sound technicians, roadies & stage crews may be more at risk of depression and suicide than their peers according to…