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Why do Australian festivals have a mania for moving their Artistic Directors on after only three or four years?

Part installation, part participatory performance; an evocative and meditative exploration of acquiescence and connection.

As the world is destabilised by a water crisis, art can play a role in stopping us taking for granted something we can't live without.

'Anywhere art' is now so widespread that the need for purpose-built galleries and theatres is being questioned.

The City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, in the Goldfields region of Western Australia, is home to one of the most prestigious regional art competitions in the country.

The Fisher’s Ghost Art Award keeps on giving life to the arts community, as one of the highlights of the Fisher's Ghost Festival.

The contemporary dance sector is a vibrant one, but is there anything about its work that is distinctively Australian?

No matter what you call it – Australia Day, Invasion Day, Survival Day – there’s no doubt that 26 January is a day of deep-rooted tension.

Australia has public holidays for agricultural shows, football finals and a horse race. Why don't the arts have a public day of celebration?

South Australia’s claim to be ‘The Festival State’ is still backed by the numbers despite Australia’s increasing number of festivals.

As "festivalisation" takes over our cities, one thing is increasingly left off the programing list – and that is the visual arts.

With the majority of Australians owning smartphones, smart arts organisations are using interactive games as a way to attract and engage audiences.

How important is Indigenous programming within festival culture, and has it moved beyond mere box-tick politics.

Our major festivals are increasingly finding themselves in competition with the growing number of festivals initiated by arts centres.

Never miss another festival. Performing arts festivals, writers' festivals, art fairs, music festivals, folk festivals and more.

If you dream of being a festival director travelling the world picking the best of the global arts offerings for a grateful audience, you had better read this first.

As the number of arts festivals across Australia mushroom, is it time to consider the point of such cultural clustering?

One theatre head departs, another is appointed, and the AD of a major festival steps down.

A thriving arts ecology ensures a wide range of events and activities for the discerning cultural tourist.

Gold Coast City Art Gallery is seeking artists to transform two sheds into vibrant masterpieces for their street art exhibition.