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The “intangible benefits” of arts are absent from the policy documents of the three main parties. (Mural by Hobart artist Robert O'Connor). petahopkins

The curious business‑speak of Tasmanian arts policy

Lucy Hawthorne, University of Tasmania

This Saturday’s Tasmanian election is the first since Hobart’s Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) opened on January 21 2011, and it’s no surprise that the creative arts and industries have featured heavily…
The Museum of Old and New Art isn’t the be-all and end-all. Brett Boardman/AAP

Hail MONA! But what about the rest of Tasmanian art?

Lucy Hawthorne, University of Tasmania

Another article about Hobart popped up in my Facebook feed recently. Writing about MONA (Museum of Old and New Art), the author used the all-too-familiar phrase: “Tasmania’s cultural renaissance.” “The…

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