Arts In 30
Your ultimate guide for staying in the know and getting inspired. An essential wrap-up of arts news and the best interviews, brought to you by the Arts team at ABC Radio National.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 34 minutes
- Episodes
- 36
- Years Active
- 2025
Weekender: The case for genre fiction in the Top 100 and a new Australian supergroup
Welcome to the Arts in 30 Weekender, where we're setting the news aside and sharing our tips on what to check out and what to skip from the world of the arts.
With voting for the Radio National Top …
00:24:51 |
Fri 12 Sep 2025
Meanjin to close after 85 years and Anthropic agrees to $1.5 Billion dollar settlement with authors
Meanjin is set to shut down after 85 years, with the board of their publisher, Melbourne University Press, saying that it’s a purely financial decision.
But is financial viability the metric that a…
00:29:51 |
Wed 10 Sep 2025
Tropfest lives, and filmmaking under the eye of the Iranian government
Tropfest, the biggest short film festival in the world, has been resurrected six years after it was last staged. With a slew of sponsors and partners, the new Tropfest must contend with a world which…
00:55:22 |
Wed 03 Sep 2025
Major changes in Opera Australia leadership and Campbell Addy's eye for movement
After a challenging 12 months, which saw the exit of the CEO and artistic director and a ten million dollar operating deficit, Opera Australia has announced a new leadership team: new CEO, new Chair,…
00:49:40 |
Wed 27 Aug 2025
More than 50 authors withdraw from Bendigo Writers Festival and celebrating the best poetry of the century
More than 50 writers pulled out of the Bendigo Writers Festival over the weekend, as did the festival's official bookshop, after organisers sent a code of conduct to some speakers less than 2 days be…
00:44:20 |
Wed 20 Aug 2025
Productivity Commission considers a copyright exception for AI companies and awards season in Darwin
Last week, the productivity commission published their interim report on Harnessing data and digital technology. Among the ideas under consideration is a 'fair dealing exception' that would cover the…
00:43:25 |
Wed 13 Aug 2025
Should credit companies decide what content is allowed? And award-winning science photography
Two online game platforms, Steam and Itch.io, have removed hundreds or thousands of games that are tagged as including adult content. They've said that the move was necessary because they were at ris…
00:38:35 |
Wed 06 Aug 2025
A 10 year plan for the arts in Australia and a short history of street art
What will the arts look like in Australia in a decade? And what could it look like with a plan and strategy that’s looking that far into the future? A new paper is recommending a 10 year national art…
00:36:47 |
Wed 30 Jul 2025
Judging a film festival and how Taylor Swift inspired Pete Murray
Winning a film festival prize can launch an independent movie far beyond the festival circuit, leading to critical attention and international distribution deals. But in a space as subjective as the …
00:35:36 |
Wed 23 Jul 2025
Another round of layoffs hit the games industry & an amibitous start for Creative Futures
After a fourth round of layoffs have hit Microsoft's games division, what does it mean for the industry at large? And with comments from competitors like "I don't think Gamepass can co-exist with oth…
00:33:05 |
Wed 16 Jul 2025
Is there any appetite for risk at Creative Australia? And the story behind the art of Emily Kam Kngwarray
Khaled Sabsabi is once again Australia's representative to the 2026 Venice Biennale, after the Board of Creative Australia reversed their previous decision to rescind his invitation. Elizabeth Ann Ma…
00:35:16 |
Wed 09 Jul 2025
Politicians and musicians clash over Glastonbury chants and Anna Wintour steps away from the role that's defined her career
UK punk duo Bob Vylan have the political world in an uproar after their set at Glastonbury Festival, which included some inflammatory language about Israel and Gaza. But Bob Vylan were far from the o…
00:40:58 |
Wed 02 Jul 2025
"It has never been harder to make a living in the creative sector." What's gone wrong in Australia's arts capital?
For decades, the assumption has been that if you're from one of the smaller towns in Australia and you want a career in the arts, you'll have to move to Melbourne. But, according to a new report tabl…
00:34:58 |
Wed 25 Jun 2025
Hollywood studios sue AI company and Creative Australia takes aim at music listening habits
"A bottomless pit of plagiarism." That's how Disney and Universal have referred to Midjourney — a generative AI platform — in a new lawsuit that alleges significant copyright infringement. Reid South…
00:36:38 |
Wed 18 Jun 2025
Marg Horwell takes home a Tony and the Perth Cabaret Festival ceases operations
Marg Horwell has taken home the Tony Award for best costume design for a play for the Broadway production of The Picture of Dorian Grey, adding to her collection after taking out the Olivier Award fo…
00:40:37 |
Wed 11 Jun 2025
Is the government ignoring evidence of rock art degradation at Murujuga? And Daniel Browning hangs up the headphones
The Federal Government has given a proposed approval for an expansion of Woodside's North West Shelf gas project near Karratha in Western Australia. But Professor Benjamin Smith — an expert in world …
00:43:08 |
Wed 04 Jun 2025
Judges quit the Queensland Literary Awards over Black&Write decision & Michelle de Kretser wins the Stella Prize
K.A. Ren Wyld won the Black&Write! Fellowship, only to have it withdrawn at the last minute over comments she had made on social media. Since then, at least seven judges have stepped down from their …
00:39:04 |
Wed 28 May 2025
Behind the scenes at Eurovision and major losses at national companies
Eurovision is a phenomenon in Australia, with more than 450-thousand people tuning in for the final this year. But what's it like to compete in this global extravaganza? And what impact does it have …
00:37:52 |
Wed 21 May 2025
The value of cultural diplomacy and the winner of the Archibald Prize
Over the last few years, the European Union has set out to include art and culture in their diplomatic work in Australia. Around the opening of their latest exhibition, Inside Pompeii: Origins of a E…
00:30:21 |
Wed 14 May 2025
International musicians to platform local artists in NSW under Michael's Rule, and curating a brand new biennale in Mongolia
NSW has become the first state to reinstate Michael's Rule for touring musicians, with the Minn's government offering a $20,000 discount on the hire of state owned venues for international acts that …
00:28:35 |
Wed 07 May 2025
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