Art

Arts & Culture

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Opinion

Australia's stance on copyright means AI companies pay for the creativity they train on

The Albanese government has ruled out AI copyright exemptions in a new national framework. It's good news for Australian creatives. But much First Nations cultural knowledge sits outside copyright and risks going unprotected

Politics & Society

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Opinion

Human remixes pay creatives, AI just pays shareholders

Generative AI is built on the work of humans but these creatives are rarely remunerated. If we don’t protect them now, entire categories of labour risk being obliterated

Arts & Culture

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Analysis

‘Stakeholder’ should not be a dirty word in the arts

Taking lessons in stakeholder engagement from the business and government sectors can strengthen arts organisations and bring them close to their communities

Politics & Society

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Special Report

Video games combine every kind of storytelling – and invent new ones

Video games blend film, literature and theatre with something no other medium has – interactivity that makes you part of the story

Arts & Culture

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Research

Reuniting artist Reggie Uluru with his restored Ngintaka sculpture

When Aṉangu artist Reggie Uluru’s sculpture was damaged, conservators from the Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation repaired the work, ready for repainting

Arts & Culture

What the Paiwanese nose flute tells us about ‘intangible culture’

In Taiwan, Intangible Cultural Heritage – like the sound of a double-barrel nose flute – is being preserved not through recordings, but through practitioners

Sciences & Technology

The spambots are coming for your job, Aldous Huxley

Robotic ‘Spam’ tins recreating dystopian fiction ask us to consider the role of AI, art and animals in society – and how they intersect

Arts & Culture

Art can be anywhere

Project Anywhere, a ten-year-long global exhibition program, explores the where and when of art outside the traditional exhibition circuits

Arts & Culture

Shaping the future market for digital art

Buying art in cryptocurrency has seen record-breaking prices followed by a crash in recent years, but there are ways to remove the volatility to benefit both artists and buyers

Arts & Culture

The arts can help us recover from disasters - creatively

‘Creative recovery’ arts projects improve mental health and wellbeing, but better planning and resourcing is needed to support artists and communities