Opinions & Analysis
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…
Upholding the philosophy: 40 years of Metro Arts
Brisbane's Metro Arts has been part of the city's cultural landscape for four decades and now it is re-inventing itself.…
Support for workers...but not arts workers: Your thoughts on the Budget
This week's Budget 2020-21 was handed down with not a single mention of the arts, culture or creative industries. This…
Finding the balance between working and writing
Make your vocation your vacation as the saying goes but today it means giving up holidays and every waking hour…
20x20: Disturbing, not pleasing, should be art’s role
This week the theatre world farewelled a giant – Belgian festival director and curator Frie Leysen. We revisit her 2015…