Your front row seat to the arts, culture and ideas, Critics Corner brings fresh perspectives from ABC Radio National's leading voices across film, music, literature, and the visual and performing arts...

Plus a book fundraising update, my August reading recs, and more...

Victorians love the arts and culture. A 2024 government report found that 99% of Victorians aged 15 years or over engage in creative and artistic events; millions of Victorians enjoy cultural experien...

Plus all of my resources on Palestine as a governance issue, July reading recs, and more...

My incomplete and imperfect list of Australian arts and cultural orgs accused of censoring or harming their own artists, cultural workers or audiences is now up to 80 orgs over the last 3 years alone. Here’s my latest update. Who have I missed?……….If this work, or my other writing or rabble-rousing on arts, cultural and non-profit governance have been helpful for you, I am grateful to all those in a position to share or support the fundraising campaign to help publish my new governance book this year. Thanks to the @AusCulturalFund, all grants, donations or publishing partnerships over $2 are fully tax-deductible (at link in bio). #KateLarsen #Governance #ArtsGovernance #Censorship #ArtsCensorship

Arts boards, did you know that you don’t need a Chairperson? And that you don’t need a Treasurer either?