Featured arts projects
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State of the art production centre for The Australian Ballet
Ballet and dance enthusiasts will soon experience the magic behind the scenes before the orchestra starts playing, the velvet curtains open and the dancers come onto the stage. -
Sold! Rare gold watch in safe hands
In a story that reads like a movie script, a rare 200 year old gold watch found on a victim of the ill-fated Loch Ard shipwreck of 1878 is being preserved in perpetuity after being purchased at a Sotheby’s auction following just one minute of bidding. -
‘Number one man’ wins national Indigenous art prize
Dickie Minyintiri is one of the most senior Anangu Pitjantjatjara alive today, and is therefore one of the most significant and important artists from the remote Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands in Western Australia. -
Kids join the conversation on Indigenous culture in Cairns
Far North Queensland is home to around a quarter of Queensland's Indigenous population. Every August, Indigenous musicians, artists and dancers from Cairns and the region's remote communities unite to celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures at the Big Talk One Fire Indigenous Cultural Festival in Cairns. -
CHOGM delegates journey down the longest stock route in the world
International delegates at the 2011 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) will get an insight into how art is providing a channel for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to share their stories and portray historical events through their eyes thanks to a groundbreaking exhibition. -
Physical theatre project unites sport and art in Greater Hobart
Circus and roller derby performers leapt and twirled, martial arts groups moved with precision, and netballers and footballers displayed drills and skills in a high-energy performance at Glenorchy's 2010 The Works festival in southern Tasmania. -
National Gallery of Victoria exhibition reveals Australia’s natural history
Australia’s national collecting institutions – galleries, libraries, museums and archives – play a vital role in our nation’s cultural life. They protect and celebrate our rich heritage and share it with people across Australia and around the world.