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'In Transit' by Yona Lee at Fine Arts Sydney, Art Basel Hong Kong 2024, Discoveries section. Photo: ArtsHub. People gathering around a booth with stainless steel installations that make up a seemingly domestic setting, with benches, an outdoor umbrella, and fairy lights.
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Australian reflections on Art Basel Hong Kong 2024

ArtsHub speaks with Australia-based galleries on their perspectives of attending Art Basel Hong Kong this year, from first-time participants to…

Matthew Shepherd. Image is a black and white head and shoulders shot of a young blond man wearing a jumper and standing in a room in front of a window. His head is tilted to the left.
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Hate transmuted into theatrical gold in new staged reading of The Laramie Project

A Sydney reading of the verbatim play about Matthew Shepard’s murder will feature Shepard’s father, Dennis, reading his courtroom statement.

Excitable Boy. Image on left is a head and shoulders shot of a white man in his 30s wearing a blue shirt under a grey jumper. On the right is a book cover with a photo of a young ragamuffin boy standing on a garden path between bushes and with a cigarette in his hand.
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Book review: Excitable Boy: Essays on Risk, Dominic Gordon

Dominic Gordon's first book takes us down Melbourne's lesser known paths.

Rocks holding up. Simone Slee. image is two pieces of rock on a plinth. They are on top of each other with a bulbous glass artefact squeezing out from between them.
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Exhibition review: Simone Slee: Rocks holding up, Sarah Scout Presents

A suite of sculptural works that is reflective and playful.

Wild Dogs Under My Skirt. Image is a group of Samoan women on a stage sitting on chairs in a semi circle and holding their fists together in front of them. In the middle stands another woman in a grey dress raising her arms triumphantly. The camera is at the back of the audience so some silhouetted heads are in the foreground.
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Performance review: Wild Dogs Under My Skirt, Riverside Theatres

Poetry-based work about being a Samoan woman performed by a multi-skilled ensemble.

Ginklet art. Image is a ceramic two-headed grey creature with horns and big red lips.
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Exhibition review: Adrian Cox, Catriona Secker, Katie Gamb, Ginklet, Beinart Gallery

Melbourne’s world-class surrealist art gallery delivers again with incredible Australian and international talent. 

A woman of Asian appearance sits on a stool smiling at the camera. She has long dark hair and wears an orange-brown outfit. The background is indistinct.
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New musical celebrates Australian inventiveness

The creation of the black box flight recorder is the focus of a new musical theatre production opening at QPAC…

Dirt Poor Islanders. Image on left is an author shot from the thighs up of a young Islander woman all in black with long black hair and her arms crossed in front of her against a red backdrop. On the right is a book cover of an empty yellow drink can with pink flowers wound around it. Winnie Dunn.
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Book review: Dirt Poor Islanders, Winnie Dunn

Winnie Dunn's debut is the first novel to explore the diffusion of a Tongan-Australian culture.

Lake Taupo. A Maori rock carving in a cliff face above water.
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New Zealanders' relationship with the arts revealed

A look at Creative NZ’s recently released triennial survey, with some in-depth insight into how Aotearoa views the arts and…

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The Artist's Way Week 8: Recovering a sense of strength

This week we look at mourning and surviving creative loss and building the muscles of resilience.

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