Opinions & Analysis

Why I will never be a starving artist
You are no less an artist if you have a day job that doesn't require you to live on cheap…

Census fails artists
The 2016 Census will fail to record the work of the majority of artists who are not working full time…

‘A wiseman’s art’: Twelfth Night and cross-mobility casting
Veteran actor Keith Robinson returns to the stage after a ten year recovery from a severely disabling variant of Guillain-Barre…

Proving the real value of the arts
The arts needs to stop trying to justify itself in economic terms and embrace the real public value it delivers.

What’s wrong with excellence in the arts
Excellence sounds like a motherhood concept but it is actually a code word for a narrow conservative agenda.

Cuts and concealed censorship
It's no coincidence cuts are directed at arts, education and science, where strong voices are not compliant with Government ideology.

Michael Gow on the agony of theatre
Struggle is the essence of drama proposes playwright Michael Gow in his keynote address at the National Play Festival 2016.

Should artists pay their taxes in art?
How can artists make a living wage? Mexico’s policy approach might offer a suggestion how.

David Williamson on what's wrong with Australian theatre
Rip down thousand-seat mausoleums and replace them with multiplexes, says Australia's most successful playwright.

Arts in the new Turnbull Government
The Minister has not changed but the Shadow Minister has been replaced. What does that mean for arts policy in…