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Prize money increased for female portraitists
The trust Company has boosted the prize money of the Portia Geach Memorial Award for women artists by 40%.

Sydney Symphony Fellowship program open to applications
The Sydney Symphony and Credit Suisse have announced applications for the 2014 Fellowship program are now open.

After costume it’s a spectacle of music video at ACMI
ACMI has announced its next major exhibition to open in September, Spectacle: The Music Video Exhibition

MSO Concertmaster retires from her post
After more than 10 years of service, Wilma Smith has decided to step down as Concertmaster by the end of…

The most exhibited artist you have never heard of
With work on display in all Australian capital cities, you'd think that Bruce Brown would be a celebrated figure in…

Greens double commitment to arts
The Greens have called for another $10 million in annual funding for the Arts, this time directed to Regional Australia.

Fringe making money for Adelaide
Adelaide Fringe is celebrating a spike in economic impact but Vivid Sydney is finding crowd-control challenges in its success.

A moment for Melbourne
Melbourne's arts precinct has a new public sculpture and it needed a code and map to get it in place…

New Russian legislation gags artists
In the wake of the Pussy Riot saga Russia has passed a bill to hand out jail terms to those…

New board for Queensland Theatre Company
QTC welcomes back seven members and takes on three new Directors for their 2013 -2016 Board.