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Handing over the power of the pen
Playwrights are doing less writing and more listening as they rework true-life stories from gay parenting to race riots.
Do you have to make it before you turn 30?
A 30th birthday is a target many people set themselves for making it in an arts career. But is it…
>[sdc]< (Simon Currie)
Contemporary visual artist Simon Currie, also known as >[sdc]< is a Sydney-based painter, photographer and printmaker.
Hot trends: Buddhas, Bacon, Barbara Cartland
Cashed-up buyers are creating a heady market for some lesser known genres including Chinese porcelain, post-war painting and even kitsch.
Teachers dissatisfied with Creative Australia
The Federal Government has some homework to do before the education sector embraces Creative Australia.
Arts leaders protest missing freedoms in OzCo Act
Arts industry leaders say the new Australia Council Act fails to protect freedom of expression and leaves key cultural sectors…
Time to have your say
A city’s culture is its heart and soul. Take away its culture, and you’re left with everything that is boring…
Do we need so many arts administrators?
Funding spent on management can't be spent on creating work so why are arts administrators such a key part of…
Amazon continues to cannibalise book industry
Amazon swallowed up book enthusiast site Goodreads last week, raising concerns over the monolithic e-tailer’s ongoing monopolisation of book industry.
Rich brain, poor pocket? Welcome to the class
Where do you fit in the new class system? A British study has exposed the power of cultural capital to…