What does 30 years of arts touring look like? In our Darwin office, part of the answer is stored in more than 100 archive boxes. There are posters and flyers, photographs and slides, exhibition catalogues, CDs and DVDs, old VHS tapes and even floppy discs. There are tour itineraries, installation manuals, artist biographies, media releases,

Music has a way of taking us somewhere else. A song can return us to a particular place, person, or moment in our lives. It can carry memories across decades and become part of the stories we pass on to others. Vinyl Stories: an exploration of sound waves through storytelling and song brings three distinct

In August, our friends from Taiwan’s Indigenous Peoples Cultural Development Center (IPCDC) arrived in the Northern Territory for a packed week of art, culture, and conversation. The seven-person delegation visited Garramilla / Darwin and the Tiwi Islands from 4–11 August, returning the hospitality extended to a group of Northern Territory arts leaders who travelled through

A seven-person delegation from Taiwan’s Indigenous Peoples Cultural Development Center (IPCDC) will arrive in the Northern Territory next week, continuing a growing exchange between Indigenous artists, cultural leaders and organisations across Taiwan and Australia. The visit follows a recent trip to Taiwan by a delegation of Northern Territory arts leaders, who travelled through Taitung, Hualien

What began with a six-week residency in a Taiwanese mountain village has grown into a major First Nations collaboration. And this August it comes home to the NT. In 2018, dancer and choreographer Rachael Wallis travelled from North East Arnhem Land to the mountain village of Rinari in southern Taiwan. She expected to spend six

In June, we led a First Nations delegation of NT art leaders to Taiwan. A seven-day exchange visiting artists, studios, galleries, cultural institutions and performance spaces. Michelle Bell reflects on the journey.

In 2025, Artback NT marked 30 years of taking Northern Territory artists, stories and culture across Australia and beyond. It was a year of significant activity, new beginnings and national reach, with Territory voices continuing to resonate across remote communities, regional centres, interstate cities and international partnerships. As CEO Michelle Bell writes in the 2025

This week, we’re heading to Taiwan with a delegation of First Nations arts and cultural leaders from across the Northern Territory. The trip is part of a two-way cultural exchange, with the Australian delegation travelling around Taiwan from 17–24 June before welcoming a Taiwanese delegation to Garramilla / Darwin in August. For Artback NT, this

When Darwin fem rock trio TANG head to Nhulunbuy this Friday for Roadshow NT, they’ll be taking more than a setlist with them. They’ll be bringing songs shaped by Top End life and the kind of Darwin stories that are instantly recognisable to anyone who has spent any time in the north. The sold-out Roadshow

When poets Laurie May and Melanie Mununggurr travel to Nhulunbuy with Roadshow NT in May, they’ll be bringing much more than a performance. Across school and community workshops, the pair will also be creating space for people to write, experiment, share stories, and build confidence, while also opening up conversations about where poetry can take