Australia
Comedy reviews: Lou Wall: Breaking the Fifth Wall, Eddie Pattison: Dad Genes, MICF 2025
An award-winner questions the veracity of everything, while new talent Pattison shares their experience of losing a father, just as…
Masterpiece by Edvard Munch gifted to the National Gallery of Australia
The National Gallery of Australia is screaming for joy over a new Munch acquisition... no, it's not that one.
Comedy review: Jon & Jero: The Forgotten Tales, ACMI, MICF 2025
Fun improv comedy for the kids.
Theatre review: Antilton, Explosives Factory
An ant-inspired musical based on 'Hamilton'. What could possibly go wrong?
Opportunities and awards
National Still Life Award entries open, call-out for art on billboards in NYC, plus winners of emerging composer wards.
On the move: latest arts sector appointments
Our weekly round-up of appointments and departures in the Australian arts sector – and, sometimes, further afield.
Australian museum director offers insight into mood of US cultural sector after University of Michigan trip
As the Trump administration’s executive orders ramped up, an Australian museum director was touching down in Michigan. Their first-hand insights…
Music review: Katie Noonan and Karin Schaupp: Songs of the Southern Skies Volume 2, Melbourne Recital Centre
Katie Noonan and Karin Schaupp’s musical mastery, focusing on Australian women composers in arguably our best chamber concert venue.
Lake Macquarie City Council
Allison Moore: Fresque Grotesque
Fresque Grotesque is a generative video mural inspired by opera, mythology, and the decorative grotesque painting style of the Italian…
Lake Macquarie City Council
John Waters: Radio Luxembourg
Come celebrate the timeless songs of the British Pop Invasion with the iconic John Waters!