This extract from Currency House’s latest Platform Paper, written by departing Director Katharine Brisbane, addresses “Black Friday”, a devastating day of reckoning for the arts.

Wesley Enoch’s fifth and final Festival will be all Australian Made.

As Wesley Enoch prepares his fifth and final Sydney Festival, we look at the successes and controversies of his artistic directorship, and whether the self-acknowledged risk-taker might follow his sister into politics.

We are delighted at the positive response to our new-look publication, and excited to reveal what you will find in the November issue, now at the printer.

While live performance is returning, travel restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic mean virtually no international artists will tour here. Will we seize the chance to create a greater space for Indigenous, female and ethnically diverse voices to speak to us about Australia today?

Michael Cassel, Benjamin Law, Trudy Dalgleish, Eddie Perfect, Simon Phillips and Ursula Yovich are among 11 industry leaders participating in the new arts mentorship program.

Australian producer and former dancer Olivia Ansell will take up the position in November and present her first festival in January 2022.

From flygskam to hazardous air quality, the changing climate is increasingly having an impact on classical music and the arts. Angus McPherson considers how artists and organisations are rising to meet these challenges, and asks what role the arts can play in the face of a climate crisis.

Roland Peelman, Claire Spencer, Tim Minchin, Caroline O’Connor, Hugo Weaving and Wesley Enoch are among those recognised in the 2020 Australia Day Honours.

The little-known story of Australia’s first Indigenous sporting hero, Johnny Mullagh, finds its way to the stage.

Sydney Festival AD Wesley Enoch has expressed “great disappointment” at the cancellation of Opening Night starring Isabelle Adjani, but has announced a bushfire benefit.

Curator Daniel Browning and artists participating in Momentum at Barangaroo will be joined by Yo-Yo Ma next Tuesday.