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Unique factors contribute to burnout in Australia’s arts and culture sector. Preventing burnout will require long-term, sector-wide commitments.
The Art Gallery of Ontario and the Royal Ontario Museum are among art institutions that have struggled with responses to the Israel-Hamas war. The Art Gallery of Ontario seen in Toronto in 2008.
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Especially in a time when trust in political leaders and institutions wanes, arts leaders, patrons, policymakers and artists face daunting but critical questions about the value and role of artists.
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New research investigates the state of contemporary arts journalism and proposes two pathways to strengthening this sector.
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Our new research has tracked the gender of artists working at Australian opera companies and found evidence of pervasive gender inequality.
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The continued reductions in arts funding seem counter intuitive given the negative impact of COVID on the arts and cultural sector.
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Years of cost-cutting measures have left Australia’s national galleries, libraries, archives and museums in dire straits.
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Aotearoa’s arts and cultural sector remains on an emergency footing following the last three years of pandemic disruption.
The UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development was held in Mexico in September.
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Revive is the first step into a new global landscape for which we barely have a language.
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The centre will importantly function as a point of contact and referral for arts workers who have nowhere else to go for support.
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This is not quite a game changer, but it is going in a healthier direction.
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For a long time, arts organisations retained staff attracted to the ‘romance of being creative’. That’s no longer enough.
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Pitting parts of the country against each other in the battle for arts funding will only further hurt a sector still reeling from the pandemic.
Art installation ‘Liverpool, Love of My Life’ by Chila Kumari Burman, part of the city’s 2021 River of Light trail.
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New research shows the region’s arts organisations were a critical source of support for vulnerable people during lockdown
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Arts Minister Tony Burke says the government is waiting for its new cultural policy. But artists are struggling now.
The Australian cast of SIX: The Musical are currently performing in Adelaide.
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The nine shows include two 2022 Tony Award nominees – and three more Broadway productions are set to open in coming months.
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With plans to trial a universal basic income for artists and push streaming platforms to invest in local content, The Greens have a big-picture blueprint for cultural policy.
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We asked five experts to analyse and grade the Coalition and ALP arts and cultural policies.
Gough Whitlam delivering the 1972 election policy speech at the Blacktown Civic Centre in Sydney, 1972.
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Cultural policy has scarcely featured in the 2022 campaign – when Whitlam campaigned in 1972, the arts were centre stage.
Artist Sofia Minson working on a mural of musician Tiki Taane in downtown Auckland.
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Art has value well beyond the financial, including proven health and well-being benefits. It’s time this was recognised in the way the sector is funded.
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A new scheme in the Republic of Ireland provides a compelling model for supporting Australian artists.