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Cult of the Lamb’s Steam release is already exceeding expectations for this indie Australian game studio

Cult of the Lamb is designed for novices and seasoned gamers alike: "We want your grandma to be able to pick it up and play with it,” says its designer.

ABC News · Aug 13, 2022

Indigenous artist Megan Cope has created an oyster reef on Quandamooka Country

Celebrated Quandamooka artist Megan Cope is planting oyster poles on Country as part of an ongoing artwork that draws attention to colonisation, climate change and cultural practice.

ABC News · Aug 12, 2022

Tim Winton on Blueback, Ningaloo, and 40 years of writing

The Western Australian writer and environmental activist says the "clock is ticking" on human existence — but there's still an important place for art and writing.

ABC News · Aug 6, 2022

Rising Festival review: New Melbourne festival had world-class arts, but it was the small moments that made the biggest impact

As the long-awaited replacement for White Night and the Melbourne Festival, Rising set out to deliver a monumental program of public and international arts, but the small moments are perhaps its best feature.

ABC News · Jun 17, 2022

Dark Mofo festival in Hobart committed to change after controversy in 2021. How has it followed through?

As Dark Mofo approaches its final weekend, a promised First Nations advisory group and seed funding are still works in progress, but the festival maintains it is committed to doing better.

ABC News · Jun 16, 2022

Bangarra Dance Theatre’s incoming artistic director Frances Rings takes over later this year, but first she revives the award-winning Terrain

Frances Rings joined the contemporary Indigenous dance company in 1993 and, after nearly three decades, will take the helm as the company’s first Indigenous woman artistic director later this year.

ABC News · Jun 6, 2022

George Haddad and Omar Sakr centre bisexual Arab Australian protagonists in their debut novels

They grew up without queer role models but now these two debut novelists turn to fiction – and to bisexual protagonists – to address complex personal and political histories.

ABC News · May 28, 2022

Portrait of an artist: The making, unravelling and reinvention of Eryn Jean Norvill

The actor at the centre of the Geoffrey Rush vs The Daily Telegraph defamation trial is finally finding fame — and acclaim — for the ‘right’ reasons: her art.

ABC News · May 6, 2022

Arts organisations in the Northern Rivers are taking on a pivotal role in rebuilding a community devastated by floods

Artists and arts organisations like NORPA, Lismore Regional Gallery and Arts Northern Rivers are leading conversations about how to rebuild the arts – and Lismore – after the floods.

ABC News · May 1, 2022

Stella Prize won by young First Nations poet Evelyn Araluen for her provocative debut collection Dropbear

For its 10th anniversary, the Stella Prize has been won by young First Nations poet Evelyn Araluen — in the first year that poetry has been eligible.

ABC News · Apr 28, 2022