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Takashi Murakami 'Cherry Blossoms Fujiyama JAPAN' (detail), 2020, acrylic and platinum leaf and gold leaf on canvas mounted on aluminum frame, 50 × 212.5 cm © 2020 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
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Takashi Murakami: major retrospective of Japanese artist to be held in Sydney this year

An exhibition of work by acclaimed Japanese artist Takashi Murakami will be presented in Sydney in December 2026.

Applications open now for Dance Rites 2026. Image: Daniel Boud/Sydney Opera House | Minjil performs at Dance Rites 2024.
News

Best opportunities, grants & awards for creatives: 23 to 29 March 2026

This week brings opportunities for Indigenous dance groups and emerging writers, plus lucrative artist residencies.

Alex Hines & Sarah Stafford's Birds at Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2026.
Features

12 shows to see at Melbourne International Comedy Festival

Almost 800 shows are presented at MICF this year. To make selecting what to see easier, here are 12 festival…

Ilya Gringolts performs in the ACO's The Devil's Violin. Photo: Charlie Kinross.
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The Devil’s Violin review: ACO brings style and flair to a lively program

In The Devil's Violin, the ACO musicians showcase their strengths on stunning Golden Age instruments.

Moulin Rouge! Image: 20th Century Fox.
Features

Moulin Rouge! at 25: how Baz Luhrmann reinvented the movie musical

Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge! may be more akin to opera than musical films of the past.

Lee Lei, author of Cannon. Image: Giramondo Publishing.
Analysis

Cannon by Lee Lai lingers as a quiet and powerful work

Cannon is a reminder that exhaustion, obligation and the search for connection rarely fade neatly with time.

Zelda Moon and Lazy Susan in The Witchy Girls. Photo: Nicole Squelch/Iris Arc Pictures.
Interviews

DIY magic and fan funding: The Witchy Girls conjures a new model for making Aussie TV

After funding rejections, RuPaul's Drag Race champ Lazy Susan and her sister Zelda Moon are turning to live audiences to…

Daniela Farinacci on the set of MTC's 2026 production, West Gate. The actor, playing a grieving widow, sits in a reproduction of a 1970's kitchen surrounded by the wreckage of the collapsed West Gate Bridge.
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West Gate review: a flawed but powerful play about the loss of 35 lives

The collapse of Melbourne's West Gate Bridge is dramatised in this new MTC production by playwright Dennis McIntosh and director…

La traviata West Australian Opera: a photograph of an opera performance showing two Spansih matador style masked dancers posing in front of a opera chorus ensemble in Victorian-era costume on a stage.
Opinions & Analysis

Timothée Chalamet’s words on Gen Z audiences say far more than his views on opera and ballet

Social media turned on the actor after his remarks that ‘no one cares’ about opera and ballet, but the debate…

Fernando Poyón, Bringing joy to the earth, 2025. Pencils, concaste, bamboo. Installation view, Rememory: Biennale of Sydney, Penrith Regional Gallery. Commissioned by the Biennale of Sydney and Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain. Photo: Maja Baska. Courtesy: the artist.
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Biennale of Sydney review: Western Sydney shines in this international showcase

In our second review, ArtsHub looks at the Biennale of Sydney's Western Sydney venues.

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