Arts

Full-time artists in rapid decline

Less than one in 10 Australian artists work full-time in their field, a drop of more than 60 percent in under a decade. A recent Creative Australia-commissioned report

Cinderella ballet adapted for younger audiences

A condensed version of Cinderella will be performed especially for tiny fans of the most famous of fairytales in Queensland Ballet’s upcoming My First Ballet

Leanne Benjamin - new Queensland Ballet artistic director - Newsreel

Paper towels balance perfection en pointe

London’s poshest hotel restaurants played a little-known part in helping to support the career of Queensland Ballet’s new artistic director Leanne Benjamin. In her

What Taylor Swift can teach us about Olympic stadiums

By Shane Rodgers There was something very curious about two sets of economic data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in the past couple of weeks. They

Rampaging Taylor Swift closes in on Beatles records

Music powerhouse Taylor Swift is continuing to break chart records, moving to the top of the historic soloist number one album ranks. Swift’s latest album, The

Four Brisbane shows in Billie Eilish tour

American entertainer Billie Eilish has included four Brisbane concerts as part of her Australian tour in 2025. The HIT ME HARD AND SOFT: THE TOUR shows will be at the

French ballet given Aussie twist in comic tale

Classical French ballet Coppélia has been given an Aussie twist in Queensland Ballet’s adaptation of the comic tale. The new version by Greg Horsman draws inspiration

Aussie Shore provides FNQ a dose of reality

Far North Queensland will be the backdrop to the first Aussie version of the reality television franchise which created Jersey Shore. Aussie Shore will start filming in

Kin lifts Aussie artist to prestigious Golden Lion

Queensland artist and QUT alumni Archie Moore has won the Golden Lion for best national participation at the 2024 Venice Biennale – the first time an Australian

Is recreational reading plunging towards a death spiral?

By Shane Rodgers I hate to be the one to have to declare it, but reading for recreation may be in a terminal decline. And the thought terrifies me. There is a quote from

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