ARTS AND CULTURE
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Government support helps the arts sector flourish; that's where Keele comes in
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A master at bringing Hollywood stars and studio dollars to our shores
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They’re the rudely talented, wildly contemporary young theatremakers dominating main stages
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The MUP boss got Latham, Costello and Abbott's tomes on the shelves
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The man with the cheque book at cashed up Opera Australia
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After turning Brisbane into an arts hot spot, Ellwood's returning to Melbourne for an even bigger gig
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They've brought the glitz to the STC and made the company profitable
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Denton is a colossus in TV land
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He crafts the playlist at triple j and can make or break Australian artists
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The professional gambler's driving the tourists to Tasmania with his sex and death-themed attraction MONA
The arts have disproportionate influence on society when compared to the size of their patronage. That's as it has been for centuries, partly because the arts are an important public platform for wealthy Medicis, partly because powerful people like to be judged by their artistic endeavors, partly because most arts power-wielders are very articulate, persuasive and well-connected, and partly because ideas flow in the culture sector and ideas attracts attention.
One to watch: MCA's Elizabeth Ann Macgregor
With her gallery, the Museum of Contemporary Art, re-opening today after a stunning $53 million makeover, Elizabeth Ann Macgregor's star is burning brighter than almost anyone else in the Australian arts world.
Bob Brown's Q&A star turn, sexism in Aus theatre, Rinehart v Rio
Bob Brown revels in an ABC swan song, Gina Rinehart teams up with an old foe and where are the influential women in theatre?
The world of Arts and Culture
Wherever you sit on the scale between rabid culture vulture and unrefined philistine, chances are you've come across those who have made our Arts and Culture Top Ten.
Twenty influential people in arts and culture
This week we're beginning a new countdown looking at the most powerful people across Australia's vibrant arts and culture sphere. Here, Tom Cowie presents the shortlist.
Who wins from the One Direction tidal wave?
A fortnight ago you didn't know who they were, now their Anglo-Irish haircuts are everywhere. So who's riding the barely-legal boy band behemoth that is One Direction?
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One assumes the PM's not texted Rebekah Brooks his commiserations with lol this time around.