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Performance review: Vandemonian Lags, Melbourne Recital Centre

A reprisal of a musical production by Mick Thomas and friends about Tasmanian convicts and their stories.

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Arts news watch: this week’s trending topics

We report it – you read it. This week: thriving regional arts, a thriving regional micro-arts business, ‘Beetlejuice the Musical’…

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Michelle de Kretser wins the 2025 Stella Prize

Michelle de Kretser has won this year's Stella prize for her 7th novel, 'Theory & Practice.'

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Dance review: Tomorrow Makers 7, Dancenorth Australia

A varied yet captivating collection of six dance works.

Classical musicians like Australian duo TwoSet Violin are finding thousands of fans on TikTok. The photo shows two younger Asian-Australian men, both formally dressed and holding violins by their sides in their left hands, and violin bows in their left. The two men are standing in a wooden studio surrounded by light and a single, standing spotlight illuminates the scene.
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The TikTokification of Classical Music

Young musicians are trading the concert hall for the scroll, using short-form video to reshape the future of classical music…

A painting enclosed within an elaborate gold frame with words 'Louis Vuitton' depicted in the artworks' centre. Showing as part of the exhibition 'Tracey Jones: Cultural Baggage' at CBD Gallery, Sydney.
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Exhibition Review: Tracey Jones: Cultural Baggage, CBD Gallery 

The fleeting nature of luxury items captured.

Two photos of the Visiting Creatives artists collaged together side by side. On the left is Jeff Koons, a white middle-aged man wearing a blue long sleeve collared shirt. On the right is Jeffery Gibson, a middle-aged Native American man with a gray beard, gray hat, blue shirt, standing in front of a work with a diamond shape in psychedelic colours of blue, orange and red.
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Visiting Creatives Program brings Jeff Koons and Jeffrey Gibson to town

The US artists will be in Canberra this year to present public talks and help bring recognition to Australian art.

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Performance review: The Birds, Malthouse Theatre

This adaptation of 'The Birds' sticks far more closely to Du Maurier's tale than the Hitchcock film.

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Theatre review: Shadow Boxing, Explosives Factory

A remount of a production needs more signposting about the era.

The planned redevelopment of Bendigo Art Gallery will be one of the largest civic expansions the city has ever undertaken. The image shows a rendering of the new, expanded gallery: a large white cube-like building side by side with the older, Victorian-era, red brick original Gallery. A flight of white steps lined by native plants and gum trees lead up to the main doors; an access ramp is also pictured.
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Bendigo Art Gallery prepares for $45 million redevelopment

The Bendigo Art Gallery will close for two years as expansion and infrastructure upgrades begin in 2026

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