News: Arts
Kane Constructions announced as Shepparton Art Museum builder
The City of Greater Shepparton has announced that the construction contract for the Shepparton Art Museum has been awarded to Kane Constructions Pty Ltd. Following a two-staged...
Feb 26, 2019
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Sydney Mardi Gras community parade grant helps to raise artistic levels of parade entries
The Mardi Gras Community Parade Grants Program is designed to fund and support a diverse range of community ideas and provide grants to individuals, community groups and...
Feb 26, 2019
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Public gets first view of restored Christchurch Town Hall
The people of Christchurch have been able to gain their first view of the restored Christchurch Town Hall at an open day event following a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the...
Feb 24, 2019
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Architects partner to redesign Melbourne Arts Precinct
Melbourne design practice HASSELL, in partnership with New York’s SO-IL, will lead a local and international team to design the new public space that will form part of the...
Feb 20, 2019
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Pop-Up Globe celebrates 1000th Performance
International smash-hit theatre initiative Pop-up Globe celebrated its 1000th performance last weekend with world premieres of Hamlet and Measure for Measure. In the three years...
Feb 20, 2019
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New strategies developed to protect Pilbara rock art
The Western Australia Government is taking steps to better protect the world's largest collection of Aboriginal rock art (petroglyphs) in Western Australia's Pilbara region....
Feb 18, 2019
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Sydney's live music institution The Basement to be saved by new owners
With Sydney’s live music scene having been battered over recent years, the city’s oldest licensed live venue, The Basement, is to reopen under new owners. Forced to close its...
Feb 17, 2019
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Art Stage Singapore placed under provisional liquidation
Art Stage Singapore, the company behind what was once Singapore's main visual arts fair, was placed under provisional liquidation on 31st January. Considered the country's most...
Feb 14, 2019
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WA Maritime Museum presents touring exhibition Kylie on Stage
While the new museum for Western Australia is being developed in Perth, WA Maritime Museum in Fremantle is giving Kylie Minogue fans an opportunity to go behind the scenes of...
Feb 14, 2019
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Report highlights Sydney’s untapped potential in the cultural, live event and sporting sectors
A new Deloitte report, ImagineSydney, Play, highlights that although Sydney-siders’ participation in social, cultural and sporting events - during the day, and increasingly at...
Feb 14, 2019
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Carriageworks and Kaldor Public Art Projects partner for major art presentation
Kaldor Public Art Projects and Carriageworks have announced New York based artist Asad Raza will create Kaldor Public Art Project 34, a new work presented free to the public...
Feb 14, 2019
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The City of Perth invites creative and cultural concepts to revitalise its urban spaces
The City of Perth is revitalising and activating its urban spaces into thriving new centres, in an effort to attract new creative and cultural industries to the state’s capital....
Feb 12, 2019
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Court Theatre reunited with costume collection
Christchurch’s The Court Theatre is being reunited with some of its oldest costume pieces as the restoration of the Arts Centre te Matatiki Toi Ora advances into its second...
Feb 10, 2019
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Oral histories of The State Library of Western Australia recognised by UNESCO
The State Library of Western Australia's Migration Voices collection of oral histories will be recognised by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization...
Feb 8, 2019
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Consultation process commences for planned National Gallery for Aboriginal Art and Cultures in Adelaide
The South Australian Government has commissioned a scoping study on its plans to develop a new National Gallery for Aboriginal Art and Cultures on the old Royal Adelaide...
Feb 7, 2019
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New digital platform promotes Western Australian regional museums and collections
A new digital platform that will share regional Western Australia's extensive collection of cultural and natural material with a worldwide audience is being developed, as part...
Feb 6, 2019
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Northern Territory Arts Trail Campaign to Boost Tourism
The Northern Territory is being billed as ‘The world’s biggest art gallery’ in a new latest bid to attract more tourists. The Northern Territory’s rich art and culture is a...
Feb 5, 2019
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NSW Politicians make election pledges to parks and the Newcastle Art Gallery
With the NSW state election approaching, politicians from both the governing Liberal and Nationals Coalition and the opposition Labor Party have made significant announcements...
Feb 3, 2019
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Perth Festival set to deliver a number of world premieres
Celebrating 66 years as Australia’s longest-running arts festival, Artistic Director Wendy Martin’s fourth and final Festival program for the 2019 Perth Festival, running from...
Feb 2, 2019
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Ten Days on the Island 2019 festival program launched
Tasmania’s Ten Days on the Island Festival was officially launched today marking the 10th anniversary since Australia's only multi-arts statewide festival began. Celebrating...
Jan 31, 2019
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Queen Victoria Market development to provide community facilities and art gallery
Alongside the $250 million Queen Victoria Market Precinct Renewal program, the City of Melbourne plans to provide $70 million in community facilities in the Munro development...
Jan 30, 2019
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Design teams shortlisted for new Queensland Performing Arts Centre theatre
A $150 million new theatre for Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) is one step closer, with the announcement today of a shortlist of firms that will participate in a design...
Jan 28, 2019
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New art fair opens in the wake of cancelled Art Stage Singapore
A new boutique art fair S.E.A. Focus has opened this week, following on from the sudden cancellation of Art Stage Singapore, which was supposed to have run from today until...
Jan 24, 2019
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Adelaide Film Festival appoints new Chief Executive
Experienced film festival curator Mathew Kesting has been appointed as the new Chief Executive and Creative Director of the Adelaide Film Festival (AFF). Kesting who has...
Jan 22, 2019
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