Tuesday, May 19, 2020
The shock felt by Australia’s cultural sector during the coronavirus pandemic cannot be overstated – theatres, art galleries, music venues and museums have been closed, while the already…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 10:56PMCritical Stages Touring, Australia’s national touring theatre company, has announce the launch of Come to Where I Am – Australia, a new playwriting program in partnership with the UK’s…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 03:08AMThe Roald Dahl Story Company has brought together Academy Award-winning filmmaker, Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok, The Mandalorian, Jojo Rabbit) and a host of global stars to retell the belov…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 02:28AMThe Art Gallery of New South Wales has revealed Together In Art New Work – a series of new artworks created by contemporary Australian artists for exhibition online. The series forms part …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:46AMMonday, May 18, 2020
Bell Shakespeare has announced that it will open its archives for a special limited release of production recordings from its recent history, exclusively for schools. From Monday 25 May 2020…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 11:23PMCineteca Milano is renowned for its silent film holdings. With a collection of more than 35,000 Italian and international films dating back to the 1890s, it was both coincidental and fortuit…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 09:23PMContemporary cultural precinct HOTA, Home of the Arts has announced it will commission up to 20 Australian artists to create a suite of new work for a major exhibition to be presented in its…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 08:43PMWhile the global music industry is rapidly shifting in the face of the COVID-19 crisis, musicians are finding innovative ways to continue collaborating and learning. Southern Cross Universit…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 03:12AMSix government agencies are collaborating with an international team of researchers to track how Australian audiences feel about attending arts and culture events in the context of the COVID…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 02:40AMPresented by The Opera Conference, the new production of the Indigenous musical Bran Nue Dae, that was scheduled for a full national tour in 2020 to celebrate the show’s 30th anniversary, …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:49AMSydney will soon be home to the state’s first museum dedicated to the history of Chinese people in Australia. The Museum of Chinese in Australia (MOCA) will be a cultural centre and museum…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:27AMSunday, May 17, 2020
Adelaide Cabaret Festival is going digital with a curated collection of bite-sized clips from artists who were set to feature in the 2020 program. Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2020: Bite-Sized …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 11:46PMAustralian performer Claire Lyon has found herself in the unprecedented situation of starring in the only major production in the world due to the current Covid-19 pandemic. Sir Andrew Lloyd…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 10:55PMFriday, May 15, 2020
Australia’s first major survey of contemporary Indigenous Australian textiles and fashion will now open at Bendigo Art Gallery in September 2020, postponed from the original opening date o…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 05:29AMCairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF) has unveiled its locally produced theme song and program dates after announcing last month its 2020 event will go ahead using an innovative, digital platfor…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 04:32AMOn 10 March 2020, Skagit Valley, Washington – a town with no known cases of COVID-19 – held a choir rehearsal. There was hand sanitiser at the door, no direct contact between choristers,…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 03:19AMThursday, May 14, 2020
Disney Theatrical Productions Australia has released a statement postponing the Australian production of Frozen the Musical at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre until December 2020. “Disney Theat…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 08:03PMWho is Kerrie Stanley? An award-winning milliner who has been one of Australia’s most sought after milliners for almost two decades. A multi-faceted talent, she is also a highly sought aft…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 04:29AMFollowing its temporary closure due to the COVID-19 restrictions, the Art Gallery of South Australia has announced it will reopen its doors to the public on Monday 8 June 2020. AGSA will ope…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 03:00AMSydney Theatre Company (STC) has announced Anchuli Felicia King as the 2019 Patrick White Playwrights’ Fellow, with Keziah Warner the recipient of the Patrick White Playwrights’ Award fo…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 02:34AMAustralia’s literary journals are produced in a fragile ecosystem propped up by a patchwork of volunteer labour, generous patrons and, with any luck, a small slice of government funding. T…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:17AMWednesday, May 13, 2020
The Australia Council for the Arts has provided grants to 166 individual artists, groups and small to medium arts organisations to provide a boost to creativity at a critical time. “Creati…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 11:12PMThe Walt Disney Company, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeffrey Seller and Thomas Kail have announced that Disney+ will fast track the premiere of the filmed version of the original Broadway production…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 03:23AMA team of researchers from the Black Dog Institute and UNSW has received an innovation grant to further investigate a mixed-reality experience which improves people’s mood and potentially …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 02:23AMState Theatre Company South Australia has announced an expansion of its core artistic team to include Anthony Nicola, Alexis West, and Sasha Zahra. Alexis West, who officially commences her …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 01:52AMTuesday, May 12, 2020
Australasia’s premier international contemporary art fair, Sydney Contemporary has announced it will return in September 2021. First presented in 2013 and presented annually since 2017, Sy…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 11:29PMThe Victorian Government is backing Victorian sport, tourism and creative industries, with $150 million to save jobs and ensure our best experiences are available on the other side of the co…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 08:48PMThe City of Port Phillip, through the St Kilda Film Festival, has unveiled Your Place – a digital film competition aimed at encouraging filmmakers in regional Victoria to create short film…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 05:19AMThe Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) has announced the appointment of international piano virtuoso Paavali Jumppanen as its new Artistic Director commencing in January 2021. “Af…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 03:22AMCasula Powerhouse Arts Centre (CPAC) have collaborated with globally renowned design and engineering firm Arup to present a free 3D virtual exhibition, Seeds of Our City. Fortifying the con…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 02:27AMThere are few bands whose influence was such that it can unequivocally be said that modern music would sound different without them. Kraftwerk, co-founded by Florian Schneider, whose recent …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 01:23AM 
