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Check here for the latest news from the Minister for the Arts, Arts Victoria and the arts portfolio. For news and media releases prior to January 2011, please visit our News Archive. For more news from the State Government visit the Premier's media centre.

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24 May 2013
Unpublished Manuscript winner takes readers to Foreign Soil
Minister for the Arts Heidi Victoria has tonight welcomed an exciting new voice to Victoria’s literary landscape with the announcement of the 2013 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript.

16 May 2013
Shortlist announced: Premier’s Award for an Unpublished Manuscript
Minister for the Arts Heidi Victoria has today announced the three shortlisted works that will vie for the $15,000 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript.

10 May 2013
Monet’s masterpieces in bloom at NGV
Melbourne’s winter arts calendar is already in full swing with the opening of the city’s second Australian-exclusive Melbourne Winter Masterpieces exhibition for 2013 – Monet’s Garden: The Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris – at the National Gallery of Victoria.

7 May 2013
2013-14 Victorian Budget
Victoria’s reputation as a leading centre for arts, creativity and culture, will be backed with $28.9m in new funding delivered in the 2013-14 State Budget.

7 May 2013
New arts programs to drive innovation and public benefit
The Victorian Coalition Government funding programs for arts organisations and individual artists will be streamlined, more strategically focused and boosted, with major changes announced today by Minister for the Arts Heidi Victoria.

7 May 2013
Budget delivers funding for fresh approach at the State Library of Victoria
The Victorian Coalition Government will invest $3 million over the next two years into Victoria’s oldest cultural institution, the State Library of Victoria, to assist its bold transformation into the public library of the future, Minister for the Arts Heidi Victoria said.

6 May 2013
$8.5 million boost for new summer blockbuster season and a renewed NGV
As the National Gallery of Victoria gears up for its 2013 Winter Masterpieces season, a major Victorian Coalition Government funding boost will help the gallery turn up the heat with a new season of blockbuster art in summer.

23 April 2013
Lights, camera, costume! Hollywood Costume exhibition opens at ACMI
The glamour of Hollywood has arrived in Melbourne with the opening of the Australian Centre for the Moving Image’s latest blockbuster exhibition Hollywood Costume.

17 April 2013
Regional arts on show at Regional Victoria Living Expo
Regionally-based artists including musicians, circus performers, hip hop dancers and stilt-walkers will bring their talents to the city as part of the free Regional Victoria Living Expo.

26 March 2013
Tapestry with a Royal touch unveiled at the Northern Hospital
Minister for the Arts Heidi Victoria visited The Northern Hospital in Epping today to unveil North Facing, a stunning new work by the Australian Tapestry Workshop.

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