News: Arts
Queensland Symphony Orchestra season video spotlights both music and tourism destinations
Queensland Symphony Orchestra has released a stunning 2023 season video that both spotlights music and celebrates some of the state’s most impressive locations – from the beach...
Oct 19, 2022
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Sydney Festival 2023 reimagines and revitalises forgotten spaces and familiar locations
Sydney Festival returns January 2023 offering an exhilarating program across 25 days from 5th-29th January 2023. Playing host to its largest lineup of international artists...
Oct 19, 2022
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Applications now open for round five of Live Music Australia program
With significant pressures and barriers still impacting businesses and artists, the Australian Government has opened applications for round five of the Live Music Australia...
Oct 19, 2022
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Sydney Opera House launches its year-long 50th anniversary celebrations
The Sydney Opera House has tonight launched its year-long 50th anniversary celebrations with a special new video work illuminating its famous sails. The 17-minute film...
Oct 18, 2022
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New and streamlined funding programs launched for Queensland arts sector
The Queensland Government has launched new and streamlined arts funding programs to boost creative employment and skills development, grow First Nations arts, provide increased...
Oct 16, 2022
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Queensland Government sponsors 15th annual Big Talk One Fire Festival
The 15th annual Big Talk One Fire Festival, run by UMI Arts and being held today in Cairns has been given $10,000 from the Queensland Government as part of their ongoing support...
Oct 14, 2022
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Screen Queensland appoints Courtney Gibson as new Chief Executive
Screen Queensland has appointed Courtney Gibson as their incoming Chief Executive. Gibson is one of the screen industry’s most experienced executives, having been Chief...
Oct 12, 2022
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Walsh Bay Arts Precinct to host behind-the-scenes architectural tours for Sydney Open 2022
Award-winning architecture firms Tonkin Zulaikha Greer and Hassell will guide behind-the-scenes architectural tours of Walsh Bay Arts Precinct as part of this year’s program for...
Oct 12, 2022
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Additional funding available for NSW multicultural community festivals and events
The NSW Government’s Stronger Together Festival and Event Grants Program is allocating a further $500,000 in funding for festivals and events that celebrate the rich cultural...
Oct 11, 2022
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Digital art platform CultureVault launches inaugural web3 festival
Leading Australian web3 and digital art platform Culture Vault has announced the launch of its inaugural RightClickSave festival to be held on Thursday 24th November at Sydney's...
Oct 10, 2022
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Sydney's Fox Studios renamed as Disney Studios Australia
Fox Studios Australia has today renamed to Disney Studios Australia (part of The Walt Disney Company’s Australian footprint) with the renaming coinciding with an Australian...
Oct 10, 2022
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Sonic Trophy presented to 2021 Women's Rugby World Cup Player of the Match recipients
The world’s first sonic trophy is being presented to the 2021 Rugby World Cup Player of The Match recipients with the trophy supported by Mastercard and created with Māori...
Oct 9, 2022
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New cultural destination officially opens at RACV Goldfields Resort
Regional Victoria’s newest cultural destination - ArtHouse - has officially opened in Creswick, located at RACV Goldfields Resort with the new venue housing exhibitions,...
Oct 9, 2022
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National Museum of Asian Art announces plans for its 100th anniversary
The National Museum of Asian Art has announced plans for its 100th anniversary which begins in November 2022 and continues through 2023. The museum will celebrate its centennial...
Oct 8, 2022
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RACV applauds West Gippsland Arts Centre
The Royal Automobile Club of Victoria has recognised the West Gippsland Arts Centre as one of Victoria’s top eight regional theatres. Located in Warragul, Baw Baw Shire’s...
Oct 6, 2022
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Chevron supports next Perth Festival but will end its association with the event after 2023
Chevron Australia has partnered with Perth Festival for 18 years to create memorable cultural moments for more than 2.5 million Western Australians but has advised it will be...
Oct 5, 2022
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SOUTHEAST Aboriginal Arts Market returns to Carriageworks for first physical edition since 2019
Sydney’s contemporary multi-arts precinct, Carriageworks will host the sixth annual edition of SOUTHEAST Aboriginal Arts Market, and the first physical edition since 2019, over...
Oct 5, 2022
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Hong Kong Palace Museum showcases European masterpieces to advance dialogue among world civilisations
Masterpieces by Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) and Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641), two of the most distinguished seventeenth-century European painters of the Baroque period will be...
Oct 5, 2022
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Australian Brandenburg Orchestra announces ambitious 2023 season
The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra has today announced an innovative program of six live concert series for its 2023 Season to be performed at Sydney’s City Recital Hall and...
Oct 5, 2022
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Central Goldfields Art Gallery transformation well underway
The transformation of the Central Goldfields Art Gallery – located in central Victoria and housed in the 1861 historic fire station - is well underway with the building project...
Oct 4, 2022
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Bega Valley regional gallery renamed to South East Centre for Contemporary Art (SECCA)
Ahead of its reopening next year, Bega Valley Shire Council has renamed its regional gallery the South East Centre for Contemporary Art (SECCA). The artistic program for the...
Oct 3, 2022
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Powerhouse Ultimo reveals details of major Carla Zampatti survey exhibition
Powerhouse Ultimo has revealed details of its major survey exhibition celebrating the life and legacy of the Australian fashion designer, Carla Zampatti, opening 24th November...
Oct 2, 2022
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Victorian Seniors Festival empowers older Victorians to connect and improve wellbeing
The Victorian Government’s Seniors Festival has commenced marking its 40th year celebrating the more than a million Victorians over 60 who make a profound contribution to the...
Oct 2, 2022
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Laneway Festival shifts to all-weather Sydney Showground site in 2023
With inclement weather often of concern to festival organisers, Laneway Festival organisers have opted to shift the music festval location in 2023 to the all-weather Sydney...
Oct 2, 2022
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