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Sweaty, silly, off-the-cuff: This is the TV Australia’s missing

Lenny Ann Low Journalist November 5, 2025 — 2.00pm

If you’re a lover of the arts, there are plenty of Australian-made TV programs probing its parameters. Documentaries, interviews, chat shows, awards ceremonies and reality arts series. Right now, you can watch a number of visual artists paint a celebrity’s portrait in-situ ( Portrait Artist of the Year , Anh’s Brush With Fame ) or talented “everyday” pianists unknowingly ply their skills before two famous musicians ( The Piano ) and both will almost certainly make you cry.

But something’s missing. We’re missing the feel of the arts. The thrill, the danger, the torrid toil and clanking failure of it all. The su

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