Features
Architecture competitions are risky … but we can build on that
Are architectural competitions opportunities for unique propositions, or unnecessary risks that lead to unrealistic design ideas?
Flexibility, foresight and forbearance: mounting a national tour
From regional venues to major performing arts centres, adapting a work for touring requires patience, imagination and homework.
Brandis' leaked anti-piracy proposal is unrealistic
The Australian Government has proposed ISP monitor and punish Australians who download and infringe copyright law.
Mary, Queen of Scots was a poet – and you should know it
Some 39 poems have been attributed to the ill-fated Mary I of Scotland - so why do we know so…
Designing for zero-cars and zero-carbon
The first Australian suburban development designed for zero-carbon emissions doesn't need air-conditioning for comfort.
Acing an online interview
Interviews are hard enough without a camera staring you in the face. Here are some tips for being interviewed via…
Play on: challenges for sustaining performance organisations
The management achievements of the ACO and ABO are a model for other arts organisations but can they sustain it?
Festivals shrink as ticket sales decline
New data confirms what the recent cancellation of the Big Day Out foretold: the era of juggernaut festivals is drawing…
Is this the exhibition of the future…or just a web page?
How Vegemite-loving flies prompted the thong dress is just one of the stories in the NFSA’s first online exhibition.
Fiona Hall show drops clues for Venice
The Federal Government is retreating from environmentalism but our Venice Biennale entrant is increasingly an eco-warrior.