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Winter warmers: 18 new art books to curl up with

Warm up with these new art publications hot off the press.

Mark Valenzuela, recipient of 2025 Porter Street Commission, in his studio. Photo: Rosina Possingham. A middle-aged man of Filipino descent with a shortly trimmed black beard smiling. He is wearing a brown cap with a green jacket and hands in his pockets. In the background is a studio setting with an array of objects on shelves.
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Opportunities and awards

Music Victoria Awards open for nominations, ATYP casting, plus winners of ceramic prize, and more!

A stack of six books. The tiles on their spines can be seen: 'Only Sound Remains', 'Hospital', 'Wall', 'Praiseworthy' and 'Anam.'
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Miles Franklin shortlist 2024

Small press publishers dominate the shortlist at this year's Miles Franklin Award.

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This week's arts news and trending topics

We break it – you read it. This week's top arts news stories.

Noel McKenna, ‘William Nuttall with horses in field’, 2023 (detail). Image: Supplied. Painting with soft blues and greens depicting a serene landscape of a couple of horses with one human figure petting the head of a horse.
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Opportunities and awards

Call for artworks from refugee artists, plus winners at National Portrait Gallery, recipients of the Regional Arts Fund and more!

Festival of Dangerous Ideas return to Carriageworks. Photo: Courtesy of FODI. A chaotic stage with a person wearing an earth globe on its head and the signs ‘it doesn’t have to be THE END’.
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Can a festival provoke for all the best reasons?

At the Festival of Dangerous Ideas, nothing seems to be off the table – from a meditation on genocide to…

Asian woman on lounge reading from laptop computer and wearing light blue sweater. Arts news.
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This week's arts news and trending topics

We break it – you read it. This week's top arts news stories.

A bearded man with a green top and brown jacket is standing next to a woman with glasses and short curly hair. There is a book case behind them. They are both smiling.
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Creativity boost as university partners with Island magazine  

A new collaboration will see benefits flow to writing students.

Darling Portrait Prize 2024 Art Handlers' Award winner, Nena Salobir, 'Self Portrait on Washcloth', 2024. Image: Supplied. The residue of makeup such as mascara and lipstick made an imprint on a white washcloth.
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Opportunities and awards

Entries open for digital literary award, plus winners of Art Handlers' Awards at the National Portrait Gallery and Creative Australia…

A town hall event will audience and colourful lighting in room. City of Sydney.
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What a $20 million lifeline for Sydney’s cultural life buys

‘Our creative workforce increasingly can’t afford to live or work here,’ Clover Moore, Lord Mayor. ArtsHub look at the City…

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