
Michael Bailey
Rich List Editor and Arts Reporter at Australian Financial Review
Australian Financial Review Rich List editor and Arts reporter.
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afr.com | Michael Bailey
Singing in English used to be thought a good thing for the prospects of Australian musicians. Certainly, AC/DC would not have sold 50 million copies worldwide of Back In Black had it been in Swahili. But whatever brings Australian songs closer to those huge markets in the US and UK also brings songs from those markets closer to us. Loading...
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afr.com | Michael Bailey
Apr 10, 2025 – 6.11pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Spotify’s boss has hit back at those who blame its algorithm for the lack of new Australian music on the charts, saying the vast majority of the song choices made by its 13 million local users are actively made by them.
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Apr 8, 2025 – 5.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Philanthropist Geoff Ainsworth has given the National Gallery of Australia the biggest gift of artwork in its history, buying it a major painting by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch.
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afr.com | Michael Bailey
Apr 4, 2025 – 6.38pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? The Art Gallery of NSW has lost two of its most senior executives in the fortnight since Maud Page became its first female director, as details emerge of a rift in the major institution. On Friday, chief operating officer Hakan Harman departed, believed to have resigned.
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afr.com | Michael Bailey
Apr 2, 2025 – 7.26pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? The National Gallery Of Victoria’s eight-figure investment in Yayoi Kusama has paid off, with the 96-year-old Japanese artist’s career retrospective set to become the most popular ticketed art show in Australian history. The NGV’s summer blockbuster surpassed 425,000 paid attendances this week.
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