The Australian Ballet and comedians Matt Okine, Zoe Coombs Marr and Nazeem Hussain have joined the outpouring of support for Fairfax arts journalists.
Fairfax arts writers and editors have joined the strike, and been near-universal in their public condemnation of the cuts.
Eleven former Fairfax arts editors – three decades’ worth – have signed an open letter to Fairfax CEO Greg Hywood, pleading for his company to save the arts coverage at both newspapers.
The arts pages of both the Age and the Sydney Morning Herald have been shrinking consistently over the past five years, but the cuts are emblematic of declining arts coverage in Australia more broadly.