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Australia’s international cultural image

Troy Nankervis, ‘Australia’s international cultural image lacks cohesiveness’ ArtsHub 2 May 2014. Australian artists are well received on an individual scale but our broader cultural international reputation is a hard sell. What comes to mind when looking at Australia’s ‘culture’ with an outsider’s eye? Not much, according to the keynote presentation Australia’s International Reputation: how […]

Commission of Audit and Arts/Culture

The following items provide information on the potential impact of the Federal Government’s Commission of Audit recommendations on the arts and culture:   Katharine Viner, ‘Screen Australia faces 50% funding cut and merger, under audit proposal’ The Guardian, 1 May 2014 Major museums, such as the National Gallery, the National Museum and the National Portrait […]

NFSA Cuts

This article was first published in The Australian, April 16 2014. Selective cuts to the national memory Michael Bodey THE slashing of more than 10 per cent of the National Film and Sound Archive’s staff has passed with relatively little comment outside Canberra. Last week, Michael Loebenstein, chief executive of the National Film and Sound Archive […]

New Dutch National Museum

The Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam, the National Museum of Ethnology in Leiden and the Africa Museum in Berg en Dal from now on form the National Museum of World Cultures. The three museums already worked closely together. Financial commitments undertaken by the National Government in summer 2013 expedited existing merger plans. The new national museum will […]

Arts Debates Corporate Sponsorship

First published in The Australian 12 April 2014 Arts Funding Debate Ponders colour of money from corporate sponsors Sharon Verghis EARLY last month, London’s British Museum opened a new exhibitio, Vikings: Life and Legend, in the biggest show of its kind in 30 years. More than 50,000 visitors have so far flocked to the museum’s […]

Crowdfund tops $20m

This article was first published in The Australian, 15 April 2014 Pozible tops $20m as media finds crowdfunds Lara Sinclair CROWDFUNDING services are emerging as significant funding and marketing platforms for new media projects in Australia, as home-grown player Pozible last week reached $20 million in total funds pledged, with media and entertainment its biggest […]

Art and Cultural Diplomacy

The following article was published in The Australian 15 April 2014 Art of cultural diplomacy opens doors Elizabeth Ann Macgregor CREATIVITY has to be at the centre of the future economy. That’s the reason I accepted the opportunity to be a part of last week’s China leg of the Prime Minister’s trade delegation. This was […]