The Australia Council for the Arts and the International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA) plan to co-host a mini-summit in 2008 on issues relating to the support of major performing arts organisations. As a first step, we have released D'Art 27 to identify critical policy issues and locate key personnel from national arts councils and ministries of culture to inform and focus debate at the mini-summit. The query, which also provides context about the topic, is available in three languages: Support for Major Performing Arts Organisations (English), Soutien apporté aux grandes organisations d’arts du spectacle (French), and Apoyo para las Principales Organizaciones de las Artes Escénicas (Spanish).