Australia

Melbourne Design Week launches inside Australia’s only inner city timber mill
Revival Projects channels the ethos of zero footprint in the circle of life, plus insights from 2024 Melbourne Design Week…

5 tips to beat writers' block
Easy steps to start writing again when you are creatively blocked.

First Nations multimedia artist and political activist dies aged 67
Mob and arts sector colleagues mourn the loss of the renowned First Nations artist.

How music in youth detention can create new futures
Music allows incarcerated youth with opportunities to redefine themselves from young offenders to young artists, writes Alexis Anja Kallio.

This week’s arts news and trending topics
Our weekly wrap of the stories our readers loved as well as those you may have missed.

Fashioning a memory
Discover the hidden tales of African diasporic textile artists that reveal unique cultural influences and creative processes.

Performance review: FAKE, The Rechabite
This interactive exploration of our online 'realities' and our true selves proves a stirring journey.

The slippery nexus between sculpture and design and the agency of materials
Canberra Museum and Gallery has a new exhibition: Materiality… but not as we know it.

BookPeople marks its centenary year
The peak body for Australian booksellers celebrates a milestone birthday.

Not your inspirational quote – the dark and humorous side of text in craft
Artists working with text in craft are interrogating the usage of language through humour in dark times.