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VCA Launch exhibition
For a taste of the theatre of the future, check out the VCA Production Graduate Launch exhibition.

Stiff competition in Bad Sex Awards
‘Squeak like a rubber shoe on linoleum tile’ and ‘inside the door of her womb’ are phrases that will win…

Who is getting the grants? AusCo reports
What are your chances of getting an Australia Council grant? We crunch the numbers from the AusCo annual report.

Queensland Ballet Artistic Director named as the state’s Australian of the Year 2014
Announcement follows Director’s debut season with the company

Black Swan State Theatre Company announces new General Manager
Perth’s State Theatre also welcomes new member to Board of Directors

Concerns over changes to Monash's performing arts degree
University administration has failed to address fears around possible staff and subject cuts, say students.

Arts glaring absent from Tourism Awards
Only one arts organisation got a guernsey among the 33 winners in the Victorian Tourism Awards.

The world’s most expensive painting: Bacon sells for $152 million
More than friends, Francis Bacon’s triptych of Lucian Freud set world record last night at Christie’s New York sale.

Gertrude Contemporary appoints new Director
Melbourne institution Gertrude Contemporary sets for a new future.

Lily Allen returns, packing heat for feminism
The comeback song from the indie pop songstress takes aim at sexism in the music industry, changing the meaning of…