Opinions & Analysis
The return of Moon Mania, but are we asking the right questions?
Why Australia's space race is caught in nostalgia, when we should be asking if it’s responsible to glorify space advancement…
The Old Guard are indeed getting old
With the ageing of many senior figures in the cultural sector, Michael Reid makes a case for succession planning for…
How wall colour manipulates the audience
ArtsHub speaks with six curators on the merits of painting gallery walls to heighten audience engagement, build narrative or just…
From little things: the long gestation of my book
Finding and losing agents, drafting, re-drafting and forgetting about his book were all part of the publishing process for Peter…
Cuts sting cartoonists but new audiences are online
By axing daily political cartoons, The New York Times won't kill off cartooning. There is a healthy practice for cartoonists…
How libraries became tourism hotspots
Globally, libraries have been adapting. Professor Stuart Kells takes a tour of the world's best and discovers why they are…
The myth of the general audience
In her 2018 Philip Parsons Memorial Lecture, playwright Alana Valentine speaks about the power of the collective experience and those…
Art lessons from William Kentridge
William Kentridge shared wisdoms of life in the studio – including embracing stupidity, bastardry and saying no – during his…
Strengthening the status of the artist
NAVA’s Esther Anatolitis turns to UNESCO and Canadian legislation with the Status of the Artist Act as a guiding model…
Jacinda Ardern on why the arts need to be universally accessible
New Zealand's Prime Minister and Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage says art should be for the many, not the…