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Broadway in a year of reckoning
What is the responsibility of theatre-makers towards live shows that either were created or are set in the past –…

Short term contract, long-term exhaustion
Working on the festival circuit is like a fairground ride: fast paced and exhilarating, but also exhausting and hard to…

How to handle criticism and naysayers
For any artist, the sting of criticism is inevitable. Here’s how to distinguish when it’s useful, how to handle it,…

A beginner’s guide to the foggy wilderness of ambient music
Brian Eno’s 'Music For Airports' celebrates its 40th anniversary this month. To celebrate, we explore the ambient genre.

How ArtChain will revolutionise the art market
The art world is embracing blockchain technology but what is this global trend? And why is this Australian innovation leading…

Social practice: embedding art in community
Looking back over 12 years of social practice in Sydney’s West, Curator Anne Loxley speaks to ArtsHub about how C3West…

No laughing matter: comedy in the wake of #MeToo
The #MeToo movement has revealed the widespread extent of sexual harassment, and brought down comedy legends like Louis CK. What…

Tate Director delivers hard line on the future of museums
Maria Balshaw is no stranger to strong talk; in a conversation with ArtsHub she tackles the topics of gender equity,…

Why there need to be more autistic characters in children’s books
The limited and skewed portrayal of autism means it is often misrepresented rather than represented in fiction, which can be…

Auckland’s top gallery director talks tight budgets
Rhana Devenport has a vision, but the Auckland Art Gallery's budget is insufficient to deliver it.