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Opportunities and awards

The Lighthouse Award and Australian Life photography competition open now, plus the winner of the Peter Porter Poetry Prize and…

Man walking past a large street art mural at dusk. Wall to Wall festival
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A town of street art welcomes the return of Wall to Wall Festival

Many Australians wouldn’t know where Mordi Village is, but it is on the radar for many international street artists.

LON Gallery Booth C2 with a duo presentation of Jeremy Eaton and Stephen Benwell, installation view, Melbourne Art Fair 2025. A white walled space inside a grey convention centre. On the walls are canvases of soft yellow, green, orange and purple hues, while small earthenware sculptures are lined up on a plinth in the centre of the space.
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Best of Melbourne Art Fair 2025

ArtsHub's annual round-up on what to see at Melbourne Art Fair.

Much to celebrate as Rockhampton Museum of Art approaches its third birthday

From V8 Interceptors to wrestling rings … a look back at RMOA’s first three years and the milestones achieved.

The entrance of TarraWarra Museum of Art's new Eva and Marc Besen Centre, designed by Kerstin Thompson Architects. A rectangular steel structure framed by green leafy branches with an entrance way into a contemporary education and visible storage centre.
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From visible storage to new photography centre, major builds drive regional traffic

TarraWarra Museum of Art is delivering an education space with visible storage while Ballarat’s National Centre for Photography reveals opening…

'Swingers – The Art of Mini Golf' has been announced as the first event for RISING 2025. The photo is a close-up of someone wearing glamorous high heeled shoes, standing on a fake putting green. Their right foot rests on a golf ball and they are leaning on a mini golf club. The dramatic space of the Flinders Street Station Ballroom is visible in the background.
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Swingers have their moment to shine at RISING 2025

The first event for Melbourne’s winter festival RISING has been announced: a playable art exhibition celebrating the game of mini…

Creative Australia has been widely criticised by its decision to drop Khaled Sabsabi and Michael Dagostino from the 2026 Venice Biennale.
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Resignations and uproar follow Creative Australia's Venice Biennale decision

Within hours of announcing its controversial decision, Creative Australia faced multiple high-level resignations and widespread industry backlash.

Thomas Buchanan is the inaugural Brown Falconer Artist in Residence program. A man kneeling on the ground on top of a round platform making expressive marks with black pigment.
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Opportunities and awards

Georges Mora Fellowship open for applications, plus Li Cunxin honoured with Lifetime Achievement and Matilda Awards nominees revealed.

Keep your eye on this week's top arts news stories with ArtsHub's arts news watch column. Photo depicts a woman in a white sleeveless dress standing amidst the bright green leaves of a tree; her face is obscured by a giant cartoon eye.
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Arts news watch: this week’s trending topics

We report it – you read it. Keep your eye on this week's top arts news stories.

A portrait photo of two men rendered in black and white.
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Creative Australia back-pedals on 2026 Venice Biennale selection in response to ‘divisive debate’

Khaled Sabsabi and Michael Dagostino have been dropped as the artistic team with a Senator criticising earlier work featuring the…

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