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This week's arts news and trending topics

We report it – you read it. This week's top arts news stories.

Jewellery chains by Belinda Newick to feature at Radiant Pavilion 2024. A metal chain with ring-like ornaments held between two hands.
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Jewellery biennial to launch across Melbourne

Radiant Pavilion returns for its first in-person event since 2019, showcasing contemporary jewellery and object makers from far and wide.

Shadow of a woman on a stage with dramatic red lighting. Yirramboi Festival.
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6 signature projects for 2025 YIRRAMBOI festival

Cross-arts First Nations festival announces artist commissions that will define its 2025 event.

Graphic design with letters AI and purple tech inspired background.
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Do you want AI? ArtsHub looks at Senate inquiry submissions

We take a look at sector submissions to the Senate inquiry into the risks and opportunities of AI adoption in…

The angular buildings of Adelaide Festival Centre sit on the banks of the River Torrens, surrounded by parkland and taller buildings in the background. The photo is taken at the golden hour in late afternoon, and the buildings are blurrily reflected in the river.
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Adelaide Festival Centre theatres to temporarily close in 2025

Upgrades to the Space Theatre, Dunstan Playhouse and Festival Theatre from July 2025 onwards mean the theatres will be dark…

Lighting designer Paul Jackson nominated in the 2024 APDG Awards for 'Do Not Go Gentle', Sydney Theatre Company. A stage set lit in blue light depicting a group of five people huddling and finding their way in a harsh snowy landscape.
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Opportunities and awards

Matched funding opportunities, plus shortlist and nominees unveiled for Emerging Writers' Awards, Art Music Awards, National Architecture Awards and Bowness…

Photograph of Australian bush with white birds and artwork in landscape.
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$1.2 million boost for public art recognising women

The Victorian Government has committed funds to public art focused on women in Victoria.

2026 Adelaide Biennial curator Ellie Buttrose. A middle-aged woman with pale skin and short cropped brown hair, wearing red lipstick, an orange shirt and black blazer. She is looking off to the side of the camera and smiling.
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2026 Adelaide Biennial recruits Ellie Buttrose as curator

The role will be a victorious homecoming for curator Ellie Buttrose after she assisted the Golden Lion-winning Archie Moore at…

A hand cradling a small globe. Poetry Month
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Poetry Month 2024 goes international

This year, Poetry Month expands its remit to reach an overseas audience in a collaboration with a UK poetry and…

An urban roadway at night, with the blurred headlights and taillights of cars painting stripes of colour as they move towards and away from the camera.
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On the move: latest arts sector appointments

Our weekly round-up of Australian arts sector comings and goings.

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