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NETS. Image is a display of First Nations artworks and artefacts in a black walled gallery.
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These are the stories that stay with you

Life-affirming and transformative, the exhibitions supported by NETS Victoria’s touring program are having a powerful effect on viewers.

Opportunities. Grenfell Art Group, recipient of the latest CASP funding. Photo: Supplied. A painting studio with a table in the middle and artwork hang on the walls. A person can be seen on one side of the table, working on a landscape painting.
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Opportunities and awards

Glass prize call-out, travelling scholarships, Country Arts Support Program (CASP) announces recipients and 2024 Indie Books Awards shortlist revealed.

Dark Mofo. Hall filled with neon crosses and diners.
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Paused in part, but not cancelled, Dark Mofo announces dates

Dark Mofo beckons, despite being a reduced event in 2024.

Melbourne Art Fair 2022. Photo: Marie-Luise Skibbe. People standing inside the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre surrounded by artworks. Seen in the photo are installations that look like weird colourful organisms.
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Melbourne Art Fair gearing up for ‘mammoth edition’

The 2024 Melbourne Art Fair program will feature large-scale installations, site-specific dance, conversations, experimentations and more.

Giant street puppet with girl. Little Amal, Adelaide Festival.
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Walk with Little Amal

Adelaide Festival has announced 'The Walk' will come Australia, featuring the street puppet 'Little Amal'.

Vale. Max Carter. Aged man sitting with hands on knees and art behind him.
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Vale Philanthropist Max Carter and Art Historian David Hansen

The year starts with the sad loss of a great arts philanthropist and a highly respected educator.

Curator. Image is a black and white shot of a woman with shoulder length hair, and a hand on her hip, wearing a black dress, and looking off to the site. her face is half in shadow.
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Pathways to becoming a curator

ArtsHub speaks to two curators to discover how they found their way to their current roles.

Left: Lavinia Fontana, ‘Mystic marriage of Saint Catherine’, 1574-77 oil on copper. NGV, Felton Bequest, 2021. Image: Supplied. Right: Artemisia Gentileschi, ‘Lucretia’, c.1630-35 oil on canvas. Private collection. Image: Supplied.
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Do you know the first female professional artists in Western history?

Lavinia Fontana, Sofonisba Aguissola and Artemisia Gentileschi sustained rewarding artistic practices with an entrepreneurial mindset.

University of Southern Queensland Higher Degree Research PhD candidate Lisa Hobbs (left) with School of Creative Arts Associate Professor Beata Batorowicz (right). Photo: Supplied. Two women standing in front of a wall of artworks, smiling at the camera.
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Art in oncology ward aiding patients and paramedics

Artworks with deep links to healing, recovery, health experiences and amplifying unheard voices.

Work by David Lee Pereira, 'Puppy play', 2023 (left) and Thao Tran, 'Serving Opulence', 2022-23 (right). Image: Supplied, courtesy of the artists. On the left is a painting of a cheetah wearing a bdsm mask licking its nose against a pink faded to blue background. On the left is the painting of a woman with long black hair lounging and holding a plate of oysters between her legs.
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'The artist is sacred' – holding space for queer narratives

The annual 'Summer Daze' exhibition returns to Off the Kerb Gallery. ArtsHub speaks to gallery owner and exhibiting artists on…

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