Jess Cole | 24 May 2013
Yarraville writer Maxine Beneba Clarke wins Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for her collection of short stories.
Jess Cole | 24 May 2013
Australia’s largest remote community festival promises to be bigger and better than ever due to new festival directors.
Sarah Adams | 24 May 2013
One pavilion, one event, one artist. How is our representative for the Olympics of international art chosen?
Matt Millikan | 24 May 2013
Five years ago Melbourne didn't have a literary centre. Soon it may have two.
artsHub | 24 May 2013
Our weekly wrap of who took home the top honours this week.
artsHub | 24 May 2013
Your must read guide to who took the top jobs this week.
Dianne Ooi | 23 May 2013
Acclaimed Australian novel The Secret River by Kate Greville will be adapted as a television mini-series by Jan Sardi.
Matt Millikan | 23 May 2013
There’s a new kid on the publishing block. Well, okay, maybe not a new kid, but an old friend wearing a new get-up.
Jerome Lee | 23 May 2013
A multi-million dollar funding and a long term lease ensures future world-class productions at Sydney Theatre Company.
Deborah Stone | 23 May 2013
A walk featuring quotes from performers about working in Melbourne is being planned but we know one that won't get a look in.
Matt Millikan | 23 May 2013
If anyone is going to sing the praises of the e-reader it's an airline right? Well, don't be so sure.
artsHub | 23 May 2013
Maitland Regional Art Gallery sweeps Museum Awards
Dianne Ooi | 23 May 2013
Jennifer Bott has been appointed as Chair of the Board of Directors of the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA).
Jerome Lee | 23 May 2013
The City of Perth's Winter Season 2013 sees an estimate of 200 events from WA’s leading and up-and-comers in the arts
Dianne Ooi | 23 May 2013
Leading Australian arts administrator Libby Christie is the Australian Ballet’s new Executive Director.
Matt Millikan | 23 May 2013
A new type of literature is taking stories from the page and spreading them through the city's streets and galleries.
Alex Prior | 23 May 2013
Museums can be both venues and inspiration for theatre but few have embraced the challenge.
Dianne Ooi | 23 May 2013
Jennifer Bott AO has been newly as Chair of the Board of Directors of the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA).
artsHub | 23 May 2013
A German Australian with no Indigenous connection is the unlikely founder of a key Aboriginal cultural website.
artsHub | 22 May 2013
Sing a song of joy in four different ways with an app that brings the subtlety of classical renditions to your smart phone.
Sarah Adams | 22 May 2013
Councils are spending more on public art but who gets them and do they make a living?
Mia Barry | 22 May 2013
The QAG Foundation is launching an initiative to complete the gallery’s holding of Albrecht Dürer's 'The Apocalypse'.
Deborah Stone | 22 May 2013
Organisations that succeed with a certain demographic may find they are typecast, preventing them from funding new projects.
artsHub | 22 May 2013
A popular Sydney dance coach has been arrested on charges of taking naked photographs of his female students for nearly a decade.
Mia Barry | 22 May 2013
You are invited to be an audience of one in the virtual reality theatrical experience of Kulturfiliale’s The Reality In Pieces.
artsHub | 22 May 2013
Just in time for the launch of the Emerging Writers’ Festival, applications for the Lord Mayor’s Creative Writing Prize are open.
Alex Prior | 22 May 2013
The board of Museums Australia has voted to move ahead with a national accreditation scheme for museums and galleries.
Jerome Lee | 21 May 2013
William Golding's iconic story of civilisation and savagery brought to the boards by a cast of nine female actors.
artsHub | 21 May 2013
It’s forty years since David Stratton founded the festival that takes the best on screen on the road to 17 regional locations.
artsHub | 21 May 2013
This archive is not just the story of the SFF over the past 60 years, it’s also a screen shot of the history of the nation.
Deborah Stone | 19 May 2013
Great expectations and a virtual world are among the megatrends changing the role of museums and arts organisations.
Ben Eltham | 15 May 2013
No news is good news as the Federal Budget locks in funding for Creative Australia.
Deborah Stone | 16 May 2013
The number of grants categories will be slashed from about 150 to no more than 12 under the vision of the new Australian Council CEO.
Matt Millikan | 22 May 2013
We talk to self-publishing authors who have sold over 1.5 millions books, signed publishing deals and generated additional income.
Karen Pearlman | 19 May 2013
From theatre to multimedia, collaboration is at the core of the creative process. The AFTRS journal Lumina is tackling the question of what it means to be engaged in a collaborative art form.
Melanie Fulton | 17 May 2013
Artists are making real life money from participating in the digital world of Second Life.
Deborah Stone | 20 May 2013
A massive cultural precinct development in Hong Kong promises jobs for museum, theatre and visual arts professionals.
artsHub | 22 May 2013
Just in time for the launch of the Emerging Writers’ Festival, applications for the Lord Mayor’s Creative Writing Prize are open.
Helen Carroll | 22 May 2013
The head of one of Australia biggest corporate supporters of the arts explains what’s in it for big business.
Deborah Stone | 14 May 2013
The Tax Office won't mind if you don't make money but you need to look like you tried.
Emma Waterman | 16 May 2013
Digital is not the Messiah that will save dying Indigenous language says academic.
Deborah Stone | 15 May 2013
Eleven artists have been awarded Australia Council Creative Australia Fellowships, six extras as well as the original five.
Stephanie Hume | 16 May 2013
We've picked out five of the best from Australia's largest photography festival.
Sarah Adams | 22 May 2013
Councils are spending more on public art but who gets them and do they make a living?
Paul Isbel | 13 May 2013
Book bums on seats with this telling advice from people who know what gets a show into schools.
Sarah Adams | 14 May 2013
The Victorian Coalition has announced major changes to its funding programs for arts organisations and individual artists.
Vincent O’Donnell | 13 May 2013
A court case in the US is likely to have a big impact on contemporary artists working with collage,mash-ups and appropriation art.
Jerome Lee | 14 May 2013
'Somebody That I Used To Know' won two Grammys for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance and Record of the Year but loses royalty money
Lachlan Bryan | 15 May 2013
Many community stations will be forced to ‘turn-off’ their digital radio services soon, forcing listeners to turn to other sources
Jerome Lee | 21 May 2013
Western Australia’s peak representative body for visual artists has given a vacant Leederville warehouse a new lease on life.
Deborah Stone | 19 May 2013
Two months after the big announcement, the budget is locked in. So how does the sector feel?
Matt Millikan | 20 May 2013
The winners of the 2013 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards were announced at the State Library of NSW over the weekend.
Sarah Adams | 17 May 2013
We ship our food and our resources off all around the world, but when it comes to art are we an imports only country?
artsHub | 16 May 2013
Arts Minister Tony Burke has announced Tony Grybowski as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Australia Council.
Paul Isbel | 13 May 2013
A new alliance of senior arts educators wants politicians from all parties to make creative arts education a national priority.
artsHub | 17 May 2013
There are new CEOs and festival directors, as well as curatorial and gallery appointments this week.
Sarah Adams | 24 May 2013
One pavilion, one event, one artist. How is our representative for the Olympics of international art chosen?
artsHub | 23 May 2013
A German Australian with no Indigenous connection is the unlikely founder of a key Aboriginal cultural website.
Matt Millikan | 16 May 2013
Enfant terrible novelist Bret Easton Ellis calls out 'the gatekeepers of politically correct gayness'.
Matt Millikan | 16 May 2013
A year after removing digital rights management from its books sci-fi publisher Tor made a surprising announcement.
Matt Millikan | 22 May 2013
We talk to self-publishing authors who have sold over 1.5 millions books, signed publishing deals and generated additional income.
Paul Isbel | 21 May 2013
SFF Director Nashen Moodley talks Austria, festival firsts and the Living Archive that keeps on giving.
Karen Pearlman | 19 May 2013
From theatre to multimedia, collaboration is at the core of the creative process. The AFTRS journal Lumina is tackling the question of what it means to be engaged in a collaborative art form.
Deborah Stone | 19 May 2013
Great expectations and a virtual world are among the megatrends changing the role of museums and arts organisations.
Melanie Fulton | 17 May 2013
Artists are making real life money from participating in the digital world of Second Life.
Deborah Stone | 16 May 2013
The number of grants categories will be slashed from about 150 to no more than 12 under the vision of the new Australian Council CEO.
Ben Eltham | 15 May 2013
No news is good news as the Federal Budget locks in funding for Creative Australia.
Emma Waterman | 14 May 2013
In the internet age, paper is becoming the province of obscure and eclectic niche subjects.
Paul Isbel | 13 May 2013
Bangarra resident composer David Page collaborated with electronic ace Paul Mac on the music for the company’s new production Blak.
Emma Waterman | 13 May 2013
The show must go on but a world-first study is asking, at what price to performers' health?
Matt Millikan | 10 May 2013
artsHub investigates why a successful national organisation was quietly defunded, leaving state writers' centres reeling.
Sarah Adams | 08 May 2013
Angry creditors who performed at Peats Ridge have joined the queue of artists asking what they can do when they don't get paid.
Richard Watts | 07 May 2013
In the rush to embrace our Indigenous arts, is the unique culture of the Torres Strait being overlooked?
Peta Mayer | 06 May 2013
The mobility of an arts career is an advantage but re-establishing yourself can be another full-time job.
Alex Prior | 01 May 2013
SBS Studio and Foxtel`s Local Production Fund will spend approximately $2 million per year on Australian arts programs with plans for more.
Deborah Stone | 29 Apr 2013
The arts are a powerful tool for social change but it takes more than good intentions for an arts project to really make a difference.
Deborah Stone | 29 Apr 2013
Prostitute, drug addict and this week, a prisoner with a history of abuse: racist typecasting is dictating Shareena Clanton’s career.
Paul Isbel | 28 Apr 2013
Tasmania’s dark convict past is revived in a stage show that makes its debut at Dark Mofo 2013.
Jerome Lee | 26 Apr 2013
Artists are key beneficiaries of the Creating Spaces movement, which has established programs across the country.
Sarah Adams | 25 Apr 2013
A WA artist is taking legal action after his commission was cancelled for an off-the-shelf imported work almost twice the price.
Sarah Adams | 23 Apr 2013
Ben Quilty reveals the complex and profound role of a war artist, and tells us how his perceptions shifted after Afghanistan.
Matt Millikan | 19 Apr 2013
Award-winning playwright behind Jersey Boys and The Addams Family tells us what writers can learn from advertising, listening, exercise and gin.
Richard Watts | 19 Apr 2013
Queensland has had a massive coup securing an exclusive season of the Bolshoi Ballet but the tour is an expensive gamble.
Jasmeet Sahi | 17 Apr 2013
New research shows that watching live TV is not dead yet. Many of us still catch our favourite TV shows in telecast time.
Troy Nankervis | 16 Apr 2013
Playwrights are doing less writing and more listening as they rework true-life stories from gay parenting to race riots.
Troy Nankervis | 15 Apr 2013
A 30th birthday is a target many people set themselves for making it in an arts career. But is it realistic?
Deborah Stone | 09 Apr 2013
Arts industry leaders say the new Australia Council Act fails to protect freedom of expression and leaves key cultural sectors at risk.
Paul Isbel | 09 Apr 2013
The Federal Government has some homework to do before the education sector embraces Creative Australia.
Anne Phillips | 09 Apr 2013
Cashed-up buyers are creating a heady market for some lesser known genres including Chinese porcelain, post-war painting and even kitsch.
Andrew Einspruch | 08 Apr 2013
A city’s culture is its heart and soul. Take away its culture, and you’re left with everything that is boring in life.
Sarah Ward | 24 May 2013
Director Niels Arden Opley brings secrets to the forefront in a new gangster film exploring symbolic retribution and vengeance.
Suzanne Rath | 23 May 2013
Ensemble Theatre's latest production of David Williamson's Happiness doesn't break new ground, but will strike a chord with some.
Suzanne Yanko | 23 May 2013
In this concert, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra presented the music of two great composers who do not make an obvious pair
Roz Bellamy | 23 May 2013
Sydney radio presenter Alan Jones' infamous comment that women are destroying the joint inadvertently gave rise to a new movement.
Carol Flavell Neist | 23 May 2013
Jade Dewi Tyas Tunggal was commissioned by the Arts Centre, Melbourne, to create a 20-minute Australian/Indonesian dance piece.
Zoe Barron | 23 May 2013
Robots take over the world, brutally execute most of the human race, and force the survivors to work extracting minerals
Revelly Robinson | 22 May 2013
As the ominous reverberations of the electrically charged soundtrack bellows over the stage, the intensity is set.
Sarah Ward | 22 May 2013
The feature proves a hangover in every sense of the word.
Sarah Ward | 22 May 2013
‘The Rock’ has played to his strengths, transferring his showmanship, comedic timing and muscles from the ring to the screen.
Nerida Dickinson | 22 May 2013
A comedic piece of thought-provoking theatre, Wedlock covers all the angles on marriage and the big day in our modern era.
Bevan Leviston | 22 May 2013
The opening minutes of Victorian Opera’s production of Nixon in China threw down a number of challenges.
Suzanne Yanko | 22 May 2013
The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra rounded off its season of Mozart with two well-received concerts in Melbourne.
Nerida Dickinson | 22 May 2013
Gordon Southern’s ambitious show tries, with truth and lies, to take all of history ever and make it funny.
Colleen Edwards | 20 May 2013
The Danger Ensemble’s production Sons of Sin is a complex beast – most of the time it's engaging but sometimes banal.
Liza Dezfouli | 20 May 2013
Jane Miller's latest asks big questions about romance, showing how fantasies of love can create monsters of us all.
Emma Perry | 20 May 2013
The GriffithREVIEW reaches its 40th edition by embracing the much discussed, digested and mulled over topic - Women & Power.
Inga Cahill | 20 May 2013
2013: When we were idiots, is interactive theatre at its energetic best.
Sarah Ward | 20 May 2013
'One of the many things I’ve learned is to live life in danger,' a fearful but defiant Josephat Torner opines.
Colleen Edwards | 20 May 2013
The fun and clever pairing of Star Wars and Shakespeare works a lot better than you might initially expect.
Leon Marvell | 16 May 2013
The stalwarts of the European gothic tradition are returned home and given a revivifying jolt of cinematographic juice.
Nerida Dickinson | 16 May 2013
A Pakistani contribution to the Perth International Comedy Festival demonstrates the universal human experience and sense of humou
Sama Hugo-Giali | 15 May 2013
An in depth look at this important artist’s output, in particular it focuses on the paintings executed within his own personal oas
Sarah Ward | 15 May 2013
My Brother the Devil dissects the constitution of communities that spring up in the shadows of towering apartment blocks.
Nerida Dickinson | 14 May 2013
The Cathedral Concert Series continues to delight Perth audiences.
Reuben Liversidge | 14 May 2013
Making movies into musicals is all the rage. This oneis a fantastic example of how to successfully translate a film to the stage.
Colleen Edwards | 14 May 2013
In a non-descript house perched on the corner of their street live Mr and Mrs Jones; a typical 1950s couple – or are they?
Travis Englefield | 14 May 2013
Travel book, adventure memoir, epistolary paean to a friendship, every-man’s guide to cross-country cycling.
Nerida Dickinson | 14 May 2013
This stage adaptation has its merits, but will disappoint those looking for the strong messages of book or film.
Sarah Ward | 13 May 2013
Many films are laden with the label of "unique"; few actually earn it. This melancholic yet endearing tale of two parts does.
Sonia Nair | 13 May 2013
Hailed as Australia’s foremost literary journal on progressive culture, Overland #210 Autumn 2013 exemplifies this epithet again.
Rupert Myer | 23 May 2013
The Australia Council chairman makes a plea for valuing guides and their relationship with the public, not just collections.
Scott Rankin | 22 May 2013
Theatre that changes lives needs to make the invisible visible.
Helen Carroll | 22 May 2013
The head of one of Australia biggest corporate supporters of the arts explains what’s in it for big business.
Deborah Stone | 19 May 2013
Two months after the big announcement, the budget is locked in. So how does the sector feel?
Sarah Adams | 17 May 2013
We ship our food and our resources off all around the world, but when it comes to art are we an imports only country?
Graham Walne | 15 May 2013
Elizabethan audiences sat between the legs of those behind. Today’s audiences expect leg room and clear sight lines.
Lachlan Bryan | 15 May 2013
Many community stations will be forced to ‘turn-off’ their digital radio services soon, forcing listeners to turn to other sources
Ben Eltham | 13 May 2013
Content aggregators now have the power and access that used to belong to agents and artists' managers.
Sarah Adams | 10 May 2013
As baby boomers reach retirement age their love of Australia’s cultural institutions remains steadfast.
Vincent O’Donnell | 08 May 2013
Without a national identity function for the Australia Council will we sink into national dementia?
Tamara Winikoff | 08 May 2013
How does an arts advocate successfully argue the case before the Senate Inquiry into the Australia Council Bill?
Sean Smith | 08 May 2013
The arts and entertainment industry needs to create new marketing products for the internet age.
Andy Donovan | 03 May 2013
This weekend the Australia Council for the Arts will bring together 60 of Australia’s leading practitioners and thinkers in experimental practice.
Deborah Stone | 02 May 2013
Think people won’t pay for creative content because so much is available online for free? That’s not what the numbers show.
Nigel Featherstone | 01 May 2013
It doesn’t always involve conflict or the hip pocket nerve, so how do arts advocates get government and media attention?
Esther Anatolitis | 01 May 2013
The changes in funding and policy are rippling through the entire ecology of the arts and cultural sector.
Peter Bridgeman | 26 Apr 2013
Get help writing and don't worry too much about slick. After 10 years of experience, an awards judge reveals how he decides.
Lawrence Mooney | 26 Apr 2013
The relationship between performer and critic is fuelled with a lust for revenge that would be psychotic anywhere but the entertainment industry.
Anne Phillips | 26 Apr 2013
Retail auction houses and online sales are the way of the future.
Warwick Hemsley | 22 Apr 2013
We need better quantitative data on the arts sector to stimulate private and public sector investment.
Sarah Adams | 17 Apr 2013
As online petition site Change.org hits 1 million users, we take a look at the way that the arts are petitioning for change.
Phillip Adams | 17 Apr 2013
If you are a performing-arts-market-junkie addicted to flogging your arty arse to the global lions-den of presenters, read this.
Tamara Winikoff | 17 Apr 2013
The Australia Council ArtFacts reveals important information about visual arts but leaves some major questions unanswered.
Deborah Stone | 15 Apr 2013
Justin Bieber upset many people with a flippant comment at the Anne Frank House but he was much less offensive than the response of his ignorant fans.
Erika Addis | 15 Apr 2013
Ideas are like photographs – they take time to develop. So what happens when film disappears and we move to the digital instant?
Linda Swinfield | 12 Apr 2013
One teacher who has felt the cost of cuts to TAFE funding urges others to take action.
Xavier Toby | 11 Apr 2013
Comedian and some time reviewer Xavier Toby gets a taste of his own medicine when his comedy shows are reviewed by others.
Paul Isbel | 11 Apr 2013
What’s a Queensland Minister doing buying in to a Victorian music inquiry? Education Minister Peter Garrett has a hunch.
Andrew Montell | 10 Apr 2013
Marketing jargon has tried to hijack street cred but artists are fighting back.
Valentina Maxwell-Tansley | 04 Apr 2013
Some Hollywood companies use geospatial modelling to predict ticket sales but there are simpler techniques for calculating your likely audience.
artsHub | 24 May 2013
Paul Blackmore is a Sydney based photographer who's work investigates the depth of human relationships in all their forms.
artsHub | 24 May 2013
One of the world’s most important composers Maria Schneider is coming to Australia as a guest for the Melbourne Jazz Festival.
artsHub | 21 May 2013
Mix, sip and relax with acts and talks at the free festival venue that is the only place to buy $10 tix for select next-day screen
artsHub | 21 May 2013
The Apple Store hosts a free series of four talks and Q&As from the makers of Wadjda, Mystery Road, The Rocket and Stories We Tell
artsHub | 21 May 2013
Trailers, shorts, red-carpet coverage and more from the SFF fill the big screen at Martin Place Amphitheatre every festival day.
artsHub | 21 May 2013
For the first time in over 40 years the SFF crosses the Bridge for 23 screenings at the Art Deco Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace Cre
artsHub | 21 May 2013
Two major Sydney festivals overlap and intersect with shared events featuring film, culture, ideas, projections, storytelling and
artsHub | 17 May 2013
William Yang is a visual artist whose multidisciplinary work explores personal stories of sadness, heritage, death and life.
artsHub | 09 May 2013
Sean Woon has left the banking world and the 9-to-5 slog to invest himself fully into his start up and pipedream, allnewART.com.
artsHub | 02 May 2013
Dr. Danielle Wilde pairs technologies with the body in novel ways, to understand how to poeticise experience and is a 2012 Sidney Myer Creative Fellow
artsHub | 02 May 2013
Ireland's Karoline Rose O’Sullivan speaks with artsHub about her career as a performer and what she's been up to since moving to Sydney last year.
Emma Waterman | 30 Apr 2013
The body is the most invaluable resource of self-expression for contemporary dancer with Bangarra Dance Theatre, Beau Dean Riley Smith.
Emma Waterman | 30 Apr 2013
A recent graduate from the Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts, Kaine Sultan-Babij’s dances share ancient stories with a contemporary audience.
artsHub | 28 Apr 2013
Travel and accommodation packages are designed to create your own escape to Tasmania for as long as you like when you come to see The Red Queen.
artsHub | 28 Apr 2013
The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra plays a live score in the dark to the Disney masterpiece Fantasia for Dark Mofo.
artsHub | 28 Apr 2013
Joanna Dudley and Dirk Dresselhaus and Schneider TM take inspiration from electronic music pioneers Louis and Bebe Barron in an experimental new work.
artsHub | 28 Apr 2013
Artist in residence at Detached, Ian Burns, is preparing a show for Dark Mofo.
artsHub | 28 Apr 2013
Two senses, two artists in combo, two festivals in synch, two locations, two months to do it all, too much for one mind.
artsHub | 26 Apr 2013
Since graduating from WAAPA in 2004, Petra Kalive has worked as
an actor, dramaturg and director.
artsHub | 18 Apr 2013
Nicole Sabatino, will dance in the world premier of Blak. The internationally acclaimed Bangarra Dance Theatre will tour nationally across Australia.
artsHub | 18 Apr 2013
Sally Gawley, National Music Coordinator with The Australian School of Performing Arts, talks to artsHub about her infectious passion for music.
artsHub | 18 Apr 2013
WAAPA graduate Bryce Youngman speaks with artsHub about his upcoming performance in, Death in Bowengabbie and his involvement in Poetry in Action.
artsHub | 17 Apr 2013
Mitch McDonald is one third of Perth-based band The Love Junkies, who will be performing at Groovin’ the Moo in Bunbury on 11 May.
artsHub | 17 Apr 2013
Sue Peacock is preparing to unveil the world premiere of contemporary dance performance Reflect, produced by Performing Lines WA.
artsHub | 15 Apr 2013
Contemporary visual artist Simon Currie, also known as >[sdc]< is a Sydney-based painter, photographer and printmaker.
artsHub | 12 Apr 2013
Stratosfunk are a high-energy soul band performing hits from the Motown era.
artsHub | 11 Apr 2013
Max and Ivan are polite British comedians Max Olesker and Ivan Gonzalez.
artsHub | 11 Apr 2013
Brent Hill has triumphed in an exciting career of theatre, television and musical theatre.
artsHub | 11 Apr 2013
For Windmill Theatre, Jonathon has designed Boom Bah!, The Wizard of Oz, Fugitive, School Dance and Pinocchio.
artsHub | 11 Apr 2013
Seth Sentry is an Australian hip hop artist from Melbourne.