Opinions & Analysis
Arts advocacy in the era of the barbecue-stopper
It doesn’t always involve conflict or the hip pocket nerve, so how do arts advocates get government and media attention?
Changes to art market up close
Retail auction houses and online sales are the way of the future.
Critics: hated but never unread
The relationship between performer and critic is fuelled with a lust for revenge that would be psychotic anywhere but the…
How an awards judge thinks
Get help writing and don't worry too much about slick. After 10 years of experience, an awards judge reveals how…
Building the case for investing in the arts
We need better quantitative data on the arts sector to stimulate private and public sector investment.
What we know and what we need to know
The Australia Council ArtFacts reveals important information about visual arts but leaves some major questions unanswered.
Pimping and preening for producers
If you are a performing-arts-market-junkie addicted to flogging your arty arse to the global lions-den of presenters, read this.
10 ways the arts is Changing
As online petition site Change.org hits 1 million users, we take a look at the way that the arts are…
Should we mourn film?
Ideas are like photographs – they take time to develop. So what happens when film disappears and we move to…
Memo Justin Bieber: You owe Anne Frank a song
Justin Bieber upset many people with a flippant comment at the Anne Frank House but he was much less offensive…