Australia
Our voices run through our blood…
2023 National NAIDOC Male Elder Award recipient, William Tilmouth, speaks on the referendum results, the state of youth education in…
Upskilling by responding to young people’s needs
Propel Youth Arts WA’s dedicated professional development program, PIVOT, returns with a fresh outlook drawing on past learnings.
2024 Australian arts festival programs come into focus
From Adelaide Cabaret Festival to Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, here are more festival highlights for 2024.
Pumpkin patch – Yayoi Kusama acquisition revealed
The latest vegetable-inspired artwork from the famed nonagenarian artist has now been installed in a regional Victorian outdoor sculpture garden.
This week’s arts news and trending topics
Your regular summary of the major headlines and our most read stories of the week.
Opening of new Melbourne library, narrm ngarrgu, and return of Koorie Heritage Trust
Melbourne's first new library in almost a decade opens and the renovated Koorie Heritage Trust centre returns.
Powerful collaboration drives dance residency
First Collective Residencies by Australasian Dance Collective and BlakDance will run for two years with eight First Nations resident choreographers.
Theatre Review: Dirty Birds, Heath Ledger Theatre, WA
'Dirty Birds' explores the off-centre symmetry of sisterhood in a context of anxious absurdity.
Music review: Chopin and the Mendelssohns, Adelaide Town Hall
The Australian Chamber Orchestra made fine music with pianist Polina Leschenko.
Theatre review: A Very Jewish Christmas Carol, Southbank Theatre
A repurposing of Dickens' classic tale with a gingerbread golem and a miser called Scroogavitz.