Opinions & Analysis
University Art Galleries: Behind closed doors
22 University Art Museums across Australia are pivoting online in different ways during COVID-19 closures. But is the surrogate experience…
Artists shouldn’t have to endlessly demonstrate their value
Conservative leaders used to get the arts, so why has it by and large vanished from Coalition beliefs and values?
Death by a thousand cuts: Is Australia’s Craft and Design sector in peril?
Can the Craft and Design sector recover from the recent AusCo funding cuts on top of COVID-19 setbacks? We speak…
Poll Results: Dealing with Centrelink ‘easy’ say majority of respondents
While many respondents have described applying for JobKeeper and JobSeeker support as difficult and confusing, the majority of participants in…
Embracing the complicity of caring
Reflecting on personal experience, playwright Lachlan Philpott says that asking our friends if they’re ok in the current crisis is…
Why Gladys needs to channel her inner Jacinda, as Arts Minister
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian recently took over the portfolio of Arts Minister with the resignation of Don Harwin, but does…
Five things about solitude: Reflections on self-isolating alone
While writing her book She I Dare Not Name: A Spinsters Meditation on Life, Donna Ward thought a lot about…
Time for a real estate breakout and rethink of prime locations
Gallerist Michael Reid says it’s time to review the ways in which we use buildings and land, as the use…
It’s time to talk about investment, not funding
Once the Great Pause is over the world will need to hold new conversations, and by making the right investment,…
The privilege of pandemic safety
Privilege is playing out in how we respond to COVID-19 and Carissa Lee argues coronavirus could hit First Nations Australians…