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Artists bypass gallery system at affordable art fair

Artists bypass gallery system at affordable art fair

While the Affordable Art Fair presents more than 60 galleries, it also showcases artists who've left the gallery system behind to succeed on their own.

Theatre bar walks the tightrope of live show venues

Theatre bar walks the tightrope of live show venues

Theatre bar walks the tightrope of live show venues

Theatre bar walks the tightrope of live show venues

Brisbane theatre and cocktail bar The West End Electric opens with the Queensland premiere of Limbo - The Return. But will they make it under the limbo stick?

Australian Ballet leaps into new venue with 2025 slate

Australian Ballet leaps into new venue with 2025 slate

Australian Ballet leaps into new venue with 2025 slate

Australian Ballet leaps into new venue with 2025 slate

The Australian Ballet's 2025 season features two world premieres, by Stephanie Lake and William Forsythe, and the return of Nijinsky, Manon, and Carmen.

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Moving opera Innocence to headline Adelaide Festival

Moving opera Innocence to headline Adelaide Festival

The contemporary opera Innocence, directed by Australian Simon Stone, will headline the 2025 Adelaide Festival.

Peter Garrett to conduct review into cancelled concert

Peter Garrett to conduct review into cancelled concert

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra's managing director has left the organisation as former arts minister Peter Garrett leads a review sparked by a cancelled concert.

Online 'satire' driving division, distrust in society

Online 'satire' driving division, distrust in society

Fake news loosely dressed as satire is making its creators a pretty penny at the expense of cohesion and trust in society, experts warn.

Artist puts High Vis glare on Australia's colonisers

Artist puts High Vis glare on Australia's colonisers

In an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, works by artist Joan Ross use lurid colours to talk back to colonial paintings.

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It's Now or Never - for a Massive Attack on the system

It's Now or Never - for a Massive Attack on the system

It's Now or Never - for a Massive Attack on the system

It's Now or Never - for a Massive Attack on the system

An artwork that tracks an overwhelming amount of real-time information, such as daily heartbeats, kicks off the Now or Never technology-arts festival.

New home for heritage railway shed at stadium site

New home for heritage railway shed at stadium site

New home for heritage railway shed at stadium site

New home for heritage railway shed at stadium site

Renders of Hobart's planned AFL stadium have shown how a heritage-listed railway shed will be incorporated into the project.

Collectors battle Game Over to save video game heritage

Collectors battle Game Over to save video game heritage

Collectors battle Game Over to save video game heritage

Collectors battle Game Over to save video game heritage

The world's most innovative video games could be lost without more resources to look after them, according to the first major global survey on preserving games.

Don't Dream it's Over: Crowded House at final Bluesfest

Don't Dream it's Over: Crowded House at final Bluesfest

Don't Dream it's Over: Crowded House at final Bluesfest

Don't Dream it's Over: Crowded House at final Bluesfest

Organisers of the the final Bluesfest are promising it will be 'one for the ages', featuring Crowded House, Vance Joy, Ocean Alley, and Tones and I.

Trent Dalton takes Love Stories to the street and stage

Trent Dalton takes Love Stories to the street and stage

Trent Dalton takes Love Stories to the street and stage

Trent Dalton takes Love Stories to the street and stage

Bestselling author Trent Dalton is returning to the streets of Brisbane to collect love stories. He'll have a typewriter, but will he bring his Logie?

History-making Australian art gifted to top galleries

History-making Australian art gifted to top galleries

History-making Australian art gifted to top galleries

History-making Australian art gifted to top galleries

Months after winning the prestigious Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale, Archie Moore's kith and kin has been gifted to the Tate and the Queensland Art Gallery.

Hitting the wrong note: musicians say AI will take jobs

Hitting the wrong note: musicians say AI will take jobs

Hitting the wrong note: musicians say AI will take jobs

Hitting the wrong note: musicians say AI will take jobs

Thousands of musicians say they will no longer be able to support themselves due to the impact of Artificial Intelligence, according to a major survey.

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Orchestra to conduct review after cancelling pianist

Senior figures at the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra have been asked to stand down by musicians in a no-confidence vote after a pianist's concert was cancelled.

Modelling icon helps next generation hit the runway

At a workshop in Darwin, young Indigenous models learn about makeup, runways and photo shoots as they try to launch their careers.

Newcomers join veterans as kids' book awards turn page

A mix of debut creatives and experienced authors have made the list for the Children’s Book Council of Australia's 2024 Book of the Year Awards.

Cancelling pianist for Gaza comment an error: orchestra

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra says it was an error to remove a pianist following his comments on Gaza.

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Live music 'extinction event' as Bluesfest tunes out

A long-running blues and roots festival is the latest live music show to call time, with its organiser pleading for help to save an industry "on its knees".

Jack White, Offspring come out and play at Always Live

US rockers The Offspring along with Jack White feature in Victoria's Always Live music program - but does the it help the struggling live music industry?

Bollywood celebrates as Australia embraces Indian film

Melbourne is set to host the biggest annual Bollywood festival outside of India and some of the nation's biggest film stars.

Vivid festival allure dims with big drop in visitors

The shine has come off Sydney's Vivid Festival with a big drop in visitor figures from the previous year and some blaming prices for its decline in popularity.

Long road to Australia's top Aboriginal art award

Tjuntjuntjara artist Noli Rictor drove 25 hours to Alice Springs and then flew to Darwin to receive Australia's most prestigious award for Aboriginal art.

'Beautiful' Langton tribute the public Archibald choice

The artist whose portrait of an esteemed Indigenous activist won the Archibald People's Choice says the prize is a platform to speak about important people.

Ticket hesitation hits The Forum line-up, inquiry told

Artists have been pulling out of hoped-for gigs at famed live music venue The Forum as fans leave ticket purchases to the last minute, an inquiry has been told.

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