Art and Politics

Australian governments at all levels have been engaged with arts and culture in many different forms since the beginning of European settlement. The way this has occurred is documented and analysed here, both from an historical and critical perspective.

Josephine Caust is a Principal Fellow (Honorary) and Associate Professor in the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne, Australia. She was Founder Editor of the Asia Pacific Journal of Arts and Cultural Management and has authored works such as Arts Leadership in Contemporary Contexts (Routledge 2018), Arts and Cultural Leadership in Asia (Routledge 2015) and Arts Leadership: International Case Studies (Tilde University Press 2013). She is a regular arts commentator for The Conversation.

TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION GOVERNMENTS AND THE ARTS THE USES AND CONTROL OF ARTS AND CULTURAL PRACTICES BY GOVERNMENTS ARTS AND CULTURE AND THEIR APPLICATION IN AN AUSTRALIAN SETTING AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS AND ARTS AND CULTURE NATIONAL CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND THE ARTS CENSORSHIP AND POLITICAL INTERVENTIONS CULTURAL POLICY CHANGING APPROACHES TO THE ARTS SECTOR AND THE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC POSSIBLE FUTURES FOR THE ARTS AND GOVERNMENTS