News: Culture
Hamilton City seeks public comment on future of Founders Theatre
As it assesses options for the future of the historic Founders Theatre, Hamilton City Council is encouraging the local communities to contribute their views. In February, the...
May 6, 2016
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Pompidou Centre to open first Asian branch in South Korea
Paris' Centre Pompidou is to open its first outpost in Asia next year – an exhibition space in the South Korean capital of Seoul. Denis Berthomier, Executive Director of the...
May 5, 2016
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399,127 visitors attend Andy Warhol and Ai Weiwei exhibition at NGV
The National Gallery of Victoria’s blockbuster exhibition Andy Warhol | Ai Weiwei closed at the end of last month with a final attendance of 399,127, making it the...
May 5, 2016
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Sydney seeks innovative ideas to boost young arts audiences
Unsold seats at theatre, dance and music performances across Sydney could soon be filled with school students getting their first taste of the city’s diverse cultural life for...
May 5, 2016
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Leisure winners and losers in the Federal Budget
Australian Treasurer Scott Morrison’s first Federal budget has revealed good and bad news for the leisure industry with the maintenance of funding for Tourism Australia balanced...
May 4, 2016
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Government's Catalyst arts fund makes allocations on eve of Federal budget
An Amy Winehouse exhibition and international tours by acclaimed Geelong art company Back to Back Theatre are among $10 million of arts projects to be supported by the Federal...
May 2, 2016
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Vale: Bangarra Dance Company Music Director David Page
David Page, Music Director of the Bangarra Dance Company, has died unexpectedly at the age of 55. A statement from the Company announcing the death advised “the Bangarra clan is...
May 1, 2016
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Tim Bray Productions celebrates 25 years of children’s theatre
Auckland’s Tim Bray Productions has been celebrating 25 years of making children's theatre by bringing back some of its favourite shows in 2016 – all of which include sign...
Apr 26, 2016
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Private Singapore art museum closes less than a year after opening
Less than a year after the Pinacothèque de Paris art museum opened in Singapore, the private attraction has closed its doors citing poor visitation and financial constraints....
Apr 25, 2016
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$2 million crowdfunding raised for New Zealand arts and creative projects
The Arts Foundation’s crowdfunding website Boosted has announced that it has raised $2 million for New Zealand arts. Boosted is Australasia’s only crowdfunding platform solely...
Apr 25, 2016
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Record numbers visiting Sculpture at Scenic World
More than 44,200 people have visited Blue Mountains attraction Scenic World In the two weeks that its Sculpture at Scenic World has been open - an increase of almost 25% on last...
Apr 23, 2016
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Planning tribunal approves demolition of Melbourne's Palace Theatre
Melbourne's Palace Theatre is to be demolished with a hotel and luxury apartments to be built in its place, after Victoria's planning tribunal rejected a passionate appeal from...
Apr 23, 2016
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Dreamworld and WhiteWater World to close on ANZAC Day
In remembrance of ANZAC Day, Gold Coast attraction Dreamworld and WhiteWater World will be closed this Monday 25th April. Partner attraction, SkyPoint - including the SkyPoint...
Apr 22, 2016
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Victoria’s creative strategy shifts into gear
An early example of how Victoria’s first creative industries strategy will boost the State’s creative and cultural economy has seen Shepparton’s Gallery Kaiela announced as a...
Apr 22, 2016
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Sydney cultural institutions launch new biennial survey of Australian art
The leaders of three of Sydney’s major cultural institutions - the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW), Carriageworks and the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA) –...
Apr 21, 2016
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Live Performance Australia calls for Federal Government to hand back arts funds
Peak industry body Live Performance Australia (LPA), has called on the Federal Government to hand back funds to deliver jobs and growth for the live performance industry in the...
Apr 20, 2016
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Village Roadshow Theme Parks to offer Chinese language and culture courses to staff team
Village Roadshow Theme Parks (VRTP) has joined forces with The University of Queensland’s Confucius Institute and Saint Stephen’s College in Coomera to provide Chinese language...
Apr 19, 2016
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National Trust receives largest gift in its 70 year history
The National Trust of Australia, New South Wales Division, has announced that it has received the largest gift in its 70 year history of conserving the built, cultural and...
Apr 19, 2016
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Victorian Government announces $115 million in new arts funding
The Victorian Government has moved to enhance its cultural credentials with the announcement of a new Creative Industries Strategy backed by $115 million in funding over four...
Apr 19, 2016
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Rally hears that South Australian arts funding at risk of being 'decimated'
State Theatre Company of South Australia Executive Director Rob Brookman has warned that arts funding in South Australia has reached crisis point with many leading arts...
Apr 18, 2016
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Indigenous community opens Olkola National Park to tourism
A Queensland Indigenous community who won a huge land title claim is partnering with a commercial tourism operator to bring visitors to the remote and seldom region. Global...
Apr 17, 2016
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Winton's Waltzing Matilda Centre to be rebuilt
The Winton Shire Council in central west Queensland has appointed an architect to rebuild its Waltzing Matilda Centre. The iconic attraction was gutted by fire in June 2015, but...
Apr 15, 2016
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Former Perth Concert Hall Manager leads prestigious UK venue
Andrew Bolt, former General Manager of the Perth Concert Hall, has taken on the role of Chief Executive of The Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, United Kingdom. Australian-born...
Apr 14, 2016
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Confirmed Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences Director to lead institution into a new era
The NSW Government has announced that Dolla Merrillees has been appointed Director of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (the former Powerhouse Museum) and will lead the...
Apr 13, 2016
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