Opinions & Analysis
Fair pay for artists in world-leading Irish policy
With their Paying the Artist policy, Ireland has a new groundbreaking approach that Australia could learn from, according to Esther…
I’m so sorry, Shirley Curly: an artist's mistaken identity
Artist Andrew Bairn tells hist story of knocking on the doors of the artistic establishment based on an extract from…
Can you ever have too much Beethoven?
University of Sydney’s David Larkin asks, is Beethoven at risk of overexposure?
Olafur Eliasson on the tipping points for artists to act
Danish/Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson offers views on climate action, self-confidence in criticism, the eroding value of culture, and why artists…
Some solutions to the world of the disappearing arts
With the Arts disappearing as a Federal Government department title, David Pledger looks around the world to see how other…
8 curators pick artists to watch in 2020
Who's hot in 2020? We asked eight curators to name the visual artists who are on their radar for the…
Open Letter to the media on climate change denial
A group of writers calling themselves Writing for the Environment – organised by Alys Jackson, Leah Kaminsky and Gretchen Miller…
Three tricks to performing your writing on stage
Spoken word artist Miles Merrill and teacher Narcisa Nozica know how to stand up in front of a crowd. In…
Art, empathy and crossing borders: a provocation by Yaron Lifschitz
From the 2020 ISPA Congress in New York City, Circa's Yaron Lifschitz discusses the urgency of empathy and art as…
Iranian cultural sites as political targets
While Australia fights to save its cultural assets after bushfires, the USA threatens to destroy cultural sites across Iran.