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Little trust in Creative Australia after Venice snafu

Trust in Creative Australia is at an all-time low due to the Venice Biennale controversy, but the decision to reinstate the artistic team may bring healing.

AAP

Apology for hurt and pain as Venice arts duo reinstated

The federal arts funding body has apologised to an artist and curator axed from representing Australia at the Venice Biennale, but who have now been reinstated.

AAP

Creative Australia chair to retire following Khaled Sabsabi biennale controversy

Robert Morgan is expected to be replaced by the First Nations playwright and creative director Wesley Enoch

The Guardian - AU

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Morning Mail: supermarkets under scrutiny, world’s hottest year record ‘smashed’, Trump immunity tested in court

Government eyes supermarket pricing in bid to ease cost of living; and Trump’s lawyers argue for immunity from prosecution

The Guardian - AU

'Trying to find the truth': Play looks at 1788 through Indigenous eyes

Jane Harrison's play was inspired in part by 12 Angry Men.

The Canberra Times

Arts organisations say they want to be 'cultural leaders' – but are they living up to their goals?

When the date of the referendum was announced, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra (TSO) quietly cancelled its Last Night of the Proms concert scheduled for the night before.

The Conversation

The Visitors review – Wesley Enoch at his best in play that thrums with fresh potency

Jane Harrison’s play tells of the first fleet landing from the perspective of the First Nations people watching. It’s a story set in the past – but its most potent questions are about the future

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‘The government has listened’: Australia’s peak bodies praise $300m federal arts policy

Launched by Anthony Albanese at Melbourne live music pub the Espy, the policy offers welcome support for the beleaguered industry

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Body image activist Taryn Brumfitt honoured, Albanese fights for voice

Body image activist from South Australia takes the top national award; PM urges opponents to see the national interest; and pro-Russian tennis fans quizzed by police

The Guardian - AU

Is A Raisin in the Sun just as relevant in 2022 Australia as it was in America in 1959? Some say very much so

The Australian main stage debut of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun offers audiences a reality check, without beating you over the head, according to some of its cast members.

ABC News

Sydney Theatre Company’s A Raisin in the Sun is an enormous achievement with superb cast, direction and staging

Review: A Raisin in the Sun, directed by Wesley Enoch for the Sydney Theatre Company.

The Conversation

Dropping plans for Indigenous cultural centre at Barangaroo a ‘backward’ step, Aboriginal leaders say

NSW government under fire after scrapping proposed standalone venue at the Cutaway site

The Guardian - AU

Indigenous musical The Sunshine Club, a tribute to Brisbane's postwar dance halls, returns to Queensland Theatre

The Sunshine Club celebrates the postwar equivalent of social media for Indigenous people, says writer and director Wesley Enoch: “The only way you got the gossip, or you met new people, or you got to exchange knowledge.”

ABC News

First XI of 1868: The story of the all-Aboriginal cricket side that was Australia's first sports team to tour overseas

It's a great sporting story but you may never have heard of it. The director of a play about the First XI of 1868, an all-Aboriginal cricket side, wants to change that.

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