Michael Bailey

What promised to be a sugar hit for First Nations art sales in the US just became more of a slow burn.

Composer Ciaran Frame has an 18-month fellowship to test if artificial intelligence and virtual assistants can save and even grow jobs in the creative industries.

They range from 1960s throwback ‘Hair: The Musical’ to Lenny Kravitz and ultra-modern ballet.

Director Dean Bryant has done nine plays with Christie Whelan Browne, and wanted to “raise the bar” for their latest. To Bette Davis height.

A new report has laid bare the income Australian composers are foregoing because of streaming algorithms stacked against them.

The Melbourne gallery’s international reputation was to be burnished by a pioneering First Nations exhibition in Washington, but its host has had to close its doors.

A day after Federal Arts Minister Tony Burke threw shade on the festival, it’s been given a $200,000 lifeline and will go ahead in October.

British artist Thomas J. Price’s “Ancient Feelings” is the first of several commissions for the financially struggling museum gifted by the Balnaves Foundation.

Tony Burke accused the festival of not treating arts jobs like real jobs, while calling on a cultural tax summit for ideas to help the ailing sector.

In a year of political tension, war and worry about the cost of living and housing affordability, it was two stories about food that had Australia talking.

From TikTok’s favourite jazz singer to the ultimate gothic play, there’s plenty to get you out of the house next month. Here’s your guide.

The arrival of a bronze Joseph Banks, festooned with silver beetles, is a symbol of a more philanthropy-dependent future for the public institution.

A musical based on an Australian singing icon is the centrepiece of Sydney Theatre Company’s 2026 season, following two years of losses.

The demise of A Country Practice’s Molly Jones was watched by one-sixth of Australia in 1985. As a new play reimagines the event, its original scriptwriter shares her memories.

The racing and rugby league boss has teamed up with two billionaires, and several iconic actors, to revive the short film festival.

Art Gallery Of NSW employees say their jobs are being sacrificed in the name of lavish spending in other areas, including the Powerhouse Museum and Leichhardt Oval.

Visitors to Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art were declining even before it applied an entry fee, however the institution plans to be back in the black by 2026.

For the third time in four years, the country’s largest performing arts company will rely on Andrew Lloyd-Webber’s masked man to turn around its finances in 2026.

The founder of a local tech unicorn has donated a sculpture by Jeff Koons, the 1990s’ answer to Andy Warhol, and its estimated value is eye-watering.

Albert Tucker’s unsettling masterpiece was last bought by New York’s Museum of Modern Art in 1959, and has a temptingly low reserve.