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Vale Richard Gill, the acclaimed conductor and generous music educator, who has passed away at age 76: ab.co/2EXK8fo
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Autistic teenager Bradley Hennessey is making video games to show players what Asperger's is really like: ab.co/2OZ4k5b
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Fake Aboriginal art diminishes authenticity of the whole industry, ACCC says: ab.co/2JmetTo

Fake Aboriginal art is hurting the whole industry: ACCC

The ACCC steps in to address the issue of companies making and selling fake Aboriginal art, saying the lack of authenticity is causing the wider industry to be "impacted negatively".

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Is The White Album the best album of all time? #JFiles ab.co/2CKdbQG
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In 1976, the ABC visited Sidney Nolan in his studio to watch him work on a new painting. #RewindABC

Sidney Nolan in studio | Rewind

In 1976, the ABC visited Sidney Nolan in his studio to watch him work on a new painting. #RewindABC

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Ken Done's Australia signs from World Expo '88 have been saved and restored to their former glory: ab.co/2OUe54e

Australia signs from World Expo '88 saved and restored to their former glory

The iconic signs painted by Ken Done for Brisbane's Expo '88 have been unveiled after an eight-month mission to save and restore them.

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Voice and dialect coach Leith McPherson mostly works in the theatre but her biggest ever job was helping actors find their voice in The Hobbit trilogy!

Elves and Accents | The Hub on Stage

Voice and dialect coach Leith McPherson mostly works in the theatre but her biggest ever job was helping actors find their voice in The Hobbit trilogy!
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A controversial 2004 video game that let players roam around the Woomera immigration detention centre is still frighteningly relevant today: ab.co/2PZdlHR
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Around 1 in 10,000 people have "perfect pitch," which means they can identify musical notes by ear alone. @dangolding's mum is one of those people.

What is Perfect Pitch? | What is Music

Around 1 in 10,000 people have "perfect pitch," which means they can identify musical notes by ear alone. Lucky for us, Dan Golding's mum is one of those people.

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The new Halloween sequel just smashed the US box office. Here's why that's important: ab.co/2PX5jiv
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Roxy Theatre in Parramatta set for new life, as calls grow for music and arts focus: ab.co/2PUeu3a
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"[For] my entire politically conscious life ... the treatment [of asylum seekers] has been a stain on our country." Excellent piece from @the_tezatron & @ABCArts on the intersection between refugees, human rights and video games. abc.net.au/news/2018-10-26/l…

Refugee video game offers players glimpse inside detention centre

A new live gaming experience allows audience members to play the controversial game Escape From Woomera, while listening to former detainees.

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On #StopEverything at 10 @RadioNational or later on pod: ➡️ @SUPERWOG1 & @Superwog_ on their @ABC_COMEDY hit 📺 ➡️ Taige Jensen on @nytopinion's satirical 1-844-WYT-FEAR ☎️ (CALL IT, IT'S REAL) ➡️@RhiannaPatrick on @bbcdoctorwho's meeting with Rosa Parks @ABCRNTheHub @ABCArts
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Vincent van Gogh was proud to call Australian painter John Russell his friend.

Van Gogh's Friend | Australia's Lost Impressionist

Vincent van Gogh was proud to call Australian painter John Russell his friend.

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Steve Carell gives a haunting performance in Beautiful Boy, a moving adaptation of an addiction memoir: ab.co/2D31t4v
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Jamie Lee Curtis (@jamieleecurtis) treated @jdrrr to a reading of her favourite literary passage, taken from John Steinbeck's classic novel East of Eden.

Jamie Lee Curtis on John Steinbeck | The Hub on Screen

Jamie Lee Curtis (@jamieleecurtis) treated @jdrrr to a reading of her favourite literary passage, from John Steinbeck's East of Eden
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Arts on RN @ArtsonRN
25 Oct 2018
We're so happy to hear that our Eddie will be presenting Weekend Breakfast on @ABCClassic from next year. You can catch Eddie on The Hub on Art on Wednesdays at 10am on @RadioNational for the rest of the year and into 2019 too!
Eddie Ayres @EadricAyres
25 Oct 2018
Err just to be clear...I will be doing the Hub on Art as well on Wednesdays. I love those artists!
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Jamie Lee Curtis (@jamieleecurtis) treated @jdrrr to a reading of her favourite literary passage, taken from John Steinbeck's classic novel East of Eden.

Jamie Lee Curtis on John Steinbeck | The Hub on Screen

Jamie Lee Curtis (@jamieleecurtis) treated @jdrrr to a reading of her favourite literary passage, from John Steinbeck's East of Eden

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Can a queer, female-led story set in Australia's Tivoli circuit be the next Great Australian Musical? ab.co/2R7Rf62
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Christie's in New York will become the first auction house in the world to sell a work created by artificial intelligence: ab.co/2AqFDpd
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