Australia

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.

Exhibition review: Looking Up and Looking Down, Australian National Capital Artists Gallery
A joyful exhibition on looking that arose from a period of studio sharing between artists Lucy Chetcuti and Eve Fairhall.

Spears stolen by Captain Cook, returned home
A writing of wronged history comes with the milestone exhibition of the Gweagal Spears, returned to Botany Bay elders after…

Comedy review: He Huang: White Man's Burden, Portrait Room, Town Hall, MICF 2025
An edgy, confrontational and often hilarious slap in the sociocultural face.

Comedy review: Jenny Tian: Jenny's Travels, Supper Room, Town Hall, MICF 2025
Finnish-Chinese-Australian returns from London with a great new show as a souvenir.

Comedy reviews: Asian Allstars Gala, Cameron James: Broken Record, MICF 2025
A mixed assortment of comics and a muso storyteller.

Why radical hope is so much more than passive optimism
Horizon Sunshine Coast presents a wide array of art forms that explore the provocation of radical hope, including a bold…

Comedy review: Flo and Joan: The Joan and Flo Show, Lower Town Hall, MICF 2025
'I Drank Too Much' is as brilliant as ever but, happily, the seasoned comic duo have plenty more extremely funny…

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Better Boards Conference 25-26 July - SUPERHEROES, doing more with less!
Governance and Leadership conference for NFP Board members and CEOs. Master the Art of the Boardroom at the Better Boards…