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New appointments for the Australia Council
Two new chairs have been appointed to the Australia Council for the Arts Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Board…
Short film Cockatoo selected for esteemed festival
The Australian flickerfest winner, Cockatoo has been announced as a participating feature of the prestigious North American festival, CFC Worldwide…
Maiden. Monarch. Superfreak. The Queen's in town
Monarch. Maiden. Superfreak. She makes lady Godiva look like a saint, but then again it’s not easy being a Queen
Destroying art for art’s sake
Chinese contemporary artist Ai Weiwei has had his work smashed by another artist without his permission but he has no…
Pay TV to sponsor Zanzibar Film Festival
An East African pay TV broadcaster has announced their sponsorship of the Zanzibar International Film Festival.
Austrian artist sparks Interpol murder hunt
An artist who took photos of herself posing as a corpse was surprised to find out that police had launched…
Filipino artist Anita Magsaysay-Ho dies at 97
One of the greatest female Filipino painters, Anita Maysaysay-Ho, has passed away at the age of 97.
Dutch artist uses Google Maps as art
Google Maps may be a source of everlasting humour for some, but for Dutch artist Mishka Henner it has become…
Professor John O’Toole, National Curriculum Arts
The National Curriculum for the Arts is at the draft consultation stage. The lead writer is Professor John O’Toole. His…
Wendy Lorenz, head of Noteworthy at the CSO
Pianist and teacher Wendy Lorenz heads the Canberra Symphony Orchestra the Noteworthy music education program for schools in the ACT.