Australia

Opportunities and awards
Carstairs Grant for socially-engaged art projects, call for artwork acknowledging Country, Queensland Literary Award winners, Melbourne Prize for Music and…

Why the Queen was a good ‘subject’
Aussie artists share why they were compelled to capture the Queen in their work.

How much has #MeToo achieved for safer arts workplaces?
Five years on from when women rallied over issues of sexual misconduct at work – how much has change in…

Vale Jack Charles
The Aboriginal actor, storyteller, activist and elder Jack Charles has died.

Musical review: Freaky Friday
Based on the beloved 1972 novel by Mary Rodgers and the hit Disney films, this musical continues to stay the…

Book review: Cut, Susan White
An incisive exploration of misogyny in a surgical setting.

Exhibition review: Cobi Cockburn
Finding new rigour in a signature practice, glass artist Cobi Cockburn pulls off a stellar exhibition that is demanding of…

Exhibition review: Fresh Hell
Ryan Presley's first solo show explores notions of power, race and colonialism.

Opera review: Iolanthe
Gilbert and Sullivan’s Iolanthe was given star treatment by the opera students of Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University.

Fringe Festival embraces pay-what-you-can model
Taking over empty space in the rocks and spilling through the precinct with music, comedy, food and art, SIDESHOW invites…