News: Arts
Action on festival regulations welcomed by Live music industry coalition
Live Performance Australia, in alliance with the Australian Festival Association and Music NSW, has welcomed the motion in the NSW Upper House to disallow the NSW Government's...
May 12, 2019
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Victorian Opera Announces New Chief Executive
Victorian Opera has appointed Elizabeth Hill-Cooper as its new Chief Executive following a comprehensive national and international search which attracted stellar candidates...
May 12, 2019
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Australian Major Performing Arts Group welcomes Labor’s ambitious cultural policy
Australian Major Performing Arts Group (AMPAG) welcomes Labor’s ambitious cultural policy, launched yesterday, as a valuable starting point for a renewed conversation around the...
May 11, 2019
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LPA welcomes Labor vision for creative Australia
Live Performance Australia (LPA) has welcomed Labor’s cultural policy statement as a step towards restoring certainty and confidence and raising the ambition for Australia’s...
May 11, 2019
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Darwin sites transformed by Art to Street project
City of Darwin’s Art to Street project which will see the transformation of six sites across Darwin, is now underway with the painting of the first mural set to start this...
May 10, 2019
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The National Association for the Visual Arts releases Federal election report card
The National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) has released its Federal election report card calling on all of Australia's political parties to commit to investing in the...
May 9, 2019
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Global architects shortlisted to design new Western Sydney Powerhouse Museum
The NSW Government has announced a shortlist of six international and Australian architects who will submit designs for the Powerhouse Museum's new home on the banks of the...
May 8, 2019
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Historic Woodville Town Hall reborn as an inclusive live entertainment venue
Following an 18-month rebuilding process, the Woodville Town Hall in metropolitan it to reopen as a 900-capacity venue with a focus on diverse and inclusive programming. Set to...
May 8, 2019
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Theatre Network NSW considers options for its survival
Theatre Network NSW (TNN), the state’s peak body for providing back end support and advocacy for small to medium-sized theatre companies and professionals received only 60% of...
May 5, 2019
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Gold Coast's HOTA arts precinct continues to break box office records
The Gold Coast’s arts and culture precinct, the Home of the Arts (HOTA). continues to break box office records, selling more tickets, reaching more people and having more...
May 2, 2019
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Fremantle push to be the location for WA Indigenous Cultural Centre
The City of Fremantle is pushing for the Western Australian Government to build a major new Indigenous Cultural Centre adjacent to the Round House at Fremantle’s Arthur Head....
May 1, 2019
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Auckland Art Fair taps into fast-growing cultural tourism market
Now an annual event following its success in 2018, the Auckland Art Fair is using the city’s waterfront to showcase New Zealand and Pacific art. Aiming to stake its claim as...
Apr 30, 2019
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Mushroom Group launches new neighbouring rights venture
The Mushroom Group has announced that it has joined forces with neighbouring rights specialist Susan Cotchin to form a new neighbouring rights company, Good Neighbour....
Apr 30, 2019
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La Mama Artistic Director Liz Jones to receive Sue Nattrass Award
The 2019 Helpmann Awards, to be held at Arts Centre Melbourne in July, will see the presentation of the 2019 Sue Nattrass Award for exceptional service to the live performance...
Apr 28, 2019
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Delayed Guggenheim Abu Dhabi project now set for 2022 opening
The much delayed project to build a satellite of New York’s Guggenheim museum in Abu Dhabi is now “on track (and) on budget” to open in 2022. In a recent interview with Euronews...
Apr 25, 2019
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Bendigo Art Gallery Guides celebrate 30th anniversary
Past and present Bendigo Art Gallery Guides are celebrating the 30th anniversary since tours began at the gallery. During the past three decades, volunteer guides have been...
Apr 24, 2019
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Queensland Symphony Orchestra announces new Director of Artistic Planning
Timothy Matthies has been named as Queensland Symphony Orchestra’s new Director of Artistic Planning from 25th June. Matthies brings more than 25 years of artistic, operations...
Apr 23, 2019
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Opera Australia’s West Side Story breaks all box office records
Opera Australia’s first musical on the Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour stage, West Side Story, has broken all previous box office records. Critically acclaimed as one of the best...
Apr 22, 2019
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AEG Ogden appoints new General Manager for the Darwin Convention Centre
Peter Savoff, has been appointed as the new General Manager of the AEG Ogden operated Darwin Convention Centre. An executive with extensive experience in international hotels,...
Apr 22, 2019
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New Western Sydney Performing Arts Centre to be named Sydney Coliseum Theatre
Set to open in December, the new Western Sydney Performing Arts Centre at the West HQ precinct in Rooty Hill is to be known as the Sydney Coliseum Theatre. The $100 million...
Apr 18, 2019
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Ian Potter Southbank Centre now open to students and staff
More than 1000 students and staff have moved into the new state-of-the-art Ian Potter Southbank Centre, home to the new Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. Part of the University...
Apr 17, 2019
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New President named for Arts Centre Melbourne
Social entrepreneur Ian Carson has been named the new President of the Victorian Arts Centre Trust, overseeing the Arts Centre Melbourne. Australia’s largest performing arts...
Apr 16, 2019
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Tanks Arts Centre named one of Queensland’s Best Experiences
The Tanks Arts Centre, a performing and visual arts venue in Cairns, has been named a Tourism and Events Queensland (TEQ) 2019 Best of Queensland Experience with an impressive...
Apr 15, 2019
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Shortlist announced for 2019 NSW National Trust Heritage Awards
This year the National Trust Heritage Awards is celebrating its 25th Anniversary with National Trust (NSW) having today announced their awards shortlist. The awards acknowledge...
Apr 15, 2019
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