Opinions & Analysis
Is a Master of Fine Arts the ‘new MBA’?
Enlightened universities are now embedding the principles of design and creativity into their business schools, as businesses recognise the value…
Artists building barricades against Trump
In difficult times, artists have more power than we think to influence the direction of politics and society.
Opera needs to evolve
The recent National Opera Review concentrated on the big fish - but innovation is often found with independent artists.
Venues defend programming decisions
The claim that regional venues support touring ahead of local artists is ill-informed and provocative.
A new campaign for the arts
Conflict over the roles of the Australia Council and the Ministry don't address the real policy failures so #freethearts is…
Craft artists will be forced to leave NSW
If planned changes go ahead it will be almost impossible to become a silver, glass or ceramic artist in NSW.
A challenge to arts presenters: dig where you stand
Imagine if regional presenters cared half as much for the artists who live in their own towns as they do…
Trump's win shows why we need the arts
President Trump is not the outcome of voters' dispassionate assessment of self-interest. The arts and humanities teach us that is…
PM awards art that's meant to disturb him
The winner of the PM's literary awards is a novel that attacks the incarceration and abasement of vulnerable human beings.
Where art criticism goes wrong
Australia's art critics are mostly obsolete old fogies, gushing insiders or fence-sitting press-release summarisers.