Australia
Labor puts arts at core of social agenda
A rallying call by the Labor Opposition has set a firm path to developing a National Arts Policy framework with…
Who got the Australian Council international residencies?
Dreams come true for 21 artists heading off to residencies in London, Berlin, Paris and New York.
Calamity Jane
Virginia Gay as Calamity Jane is superb.
Blackrock
A focus on male culture through a male perspective unwittingly reinforces ingrained chauvanism.
The familiar can also be radical
A telephone call changed the way American artist Georgia O’Keeffe is viewed and was the catalyst to introducing three artists,…
Cold Light
A smart, sassy adaptation of Frank Moorhouse’s seminal novel of the coming to age of Canberra.
On the move: latest appointments and resignations
QAGOMA gets a new Deputy Director and changes to the Arts Centre Gold Coast Board.
An exhibition that wants to send you to sleep
From sleeping at the Venice Architecture Biennale to sleeping with others is a sculpture park, Matthew Bird alters our perception…
Richard 3
It’s rare that a play receives such hype and attention before its debut, and rarer still when it so deserves…
Why we need to get serious about comedy
No one doubts Shakespeare's comedies are art but contemporary comedians are often dismissed in discussions of cultural value.