Opinions & Analysis
A Miles Franklin that Stella would have loved
Touching, ferocious and poetic, the Miles Franklin shortlist is worthy of your attention.
Olympics vs art: the price of victory
Each gold medal at the Olympics costs taxpayers approximately A$12M; how does that compare to Australia's expenditure on culture?
Getting what you need in the arts
In this video discussion from Arts Access Australia’s Meeting Place 2016, panellists discuss advocacy in the arts and disability sector.
Copyright attack 'an unusually destructive force'
'Massive, unjustified, poorly researched and based on a remote and disconnected economic ideology of unusually destructive force.' That's what the…
Open rehearsals changing audience perceptions
Open rehearsals are not just an audience development strategy. They change public understanding of how art is made.
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.