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That was the year that was: 2024 in review

Flip back through the pages of 2024 with our annual round-up of the year's arts headlines.

24 Dec 2024 14:43

Richard Watts

2024 in review: arts headlines. A digital image showing 2024 sinking into the ground and 2025 atop it.

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As we prepare to farewell one year and welcome another, we look back on the arts headlines of 2024. Photo: Shutter Speed, Unsplash.

It’s that time once again when we look back at the major stories and news headlines that defined the last 12 months.

Including hard news stories and opinion pieces inspired by current affairs, as well as features exploring particular topics in detail, we’ve attempted to summarise another action-packed, intense and sometimes challenging year for the Australian arts sector.

And if you’re looking for other summaries of the year that was 2024 in the arts, look no further:

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts