Australia

$8000 chairs uncovered in backyard
Multiple fantasies fulfilled in Shapiro Auction's recent sale of 20th-century collector items.

The secret of good radio revealed
New research reveals that greater control of vocal chords is behind the best voices, but are such skills innate or…

AGNSW purchases 49 works
With an eye on the future, the AGNSW Trustee-endorsed acquisitions were a larger-than-usual injection of signature works, bolstering both its…

Quilty, Olsen among names in school art show
A 1000-piece art collection will feature at the North Parramatta King's 35th Annual Art Show.

Fringe ready to take over Melbourne
This year’s Melbourne Fringe Festival is the largest yet and may be appearing in a suburb near you.

Artist giving away money
While the Melbourne Art Fair prepares for record takings, one artist bucks the trend by giving money to consumers.

Glow Winter Arts Festival
Featuring the Exxopolis Luminarium, cabaret, comedy, food, film and augmented reality, Glow lights up August in Stonnington.

Swift-moving melodrama promises gothic thrills
Inverting the clichés of Paris as the City of Love, Gary Abrahams’s latest play is an intense tale of murder…

Hahan's punkish collision of comics and high art
With the quirky title 'Internationalism = less than 24 hour weekend', Indonesian artist Hahan rocks Sydney’s commercial circles.

Le Noir: The Dark Side of the Cirque
Following a sold out world tour, this electrifying performance arrives in Brisbane for its Australian premiere at QPAC.