Opinions & Analysis
Why ‘COVID comms’ need more artists and less jargon
As Victorians emerge from lockdown, cartoonist David Blumenstein thinks governments need more artists to help them focus on how they…
20x20: Fighting the slaughter of arts journalism
We visit the state of art criticism, and ask have things worsened or is there hope yet for diverse Australian…
A litany of losses: a new project maps our abandoned arts events of 2020
A group of artists have put together a map of the abandoned artistic projects for 2020. It's a time capsule…
Australian news outlets fail migrant communities. Here's what needs to happen
The pandemic experience shows we can’t afford to ignore this problem any longer, argues multimedia producer Mary Tran. She offers…
Opinion: Greens support for the arts in Queensland
Amy MacMahon (Greens candidate for South Brisbane) and Kirsten Lovejoy (Greens Candidate for McConnel) spruik their party's arts policies in…
Opinion: The Palaszczuk Labor Government is backing the arts
Queensland Minister for the Arts, the Hon. Leeanne Enoch MP, outlines Labor's ambitions and plans for the arts if the…
All art collectors aren’t millionaires – but they deserve to be valued
It is usually artists who are heard complaining that galleries are not working for their commission. It’s not great news…
Opinion: Labor’s plan for Canberra’s creative recovery
With the ACT election coming up, we hear from the ACT's current Minister for the Arts, Creative Industries and Cultural…
Opinion: ACT Greens properly value the arts
Jo Clay, the ACT Greens' arts spokesperson and candidate for Ginninderra, explains what the Greens will do to support artists…
The Time to Tell
As media cycles and social media mix the messages of our times, David Pledger argues that artists have a unique…