Australia

Do we need another portrait prize?
First time portrait prize entrant, art teacher Anthea da Silver, wins the inaugural $75,000 Darling Prize with a portrait that…

Review: The Doctor, Adelaide Festival (SA)
Exquisitely written and performed, this drama about identity, gender, faith and science is mesmerising and utterly of the moment.

Covid-19 bashes screen sector as future still unknown
Don't trust your calendar for some time. At least we have sick leave unlike our American friends.

Rethinking the slippery truth in photography
Peeling back our hinged relationship with photography as a purveyor of truth, Isobel Parker Philip's exhibition 'Shadow catchers' is a…

Under pressure, Rhana Devenport says the only way is up
A year in, AGSA Director Rhana Devenport speaks on surviving the shifting cultural landscape in SA, and how to hold…

Review: Going Down, The Butterfly Club (VIC)
Modern-day social media spiritual guru The Truru returns in another satire.

Review: Japanese Modernism, NGV International (VIC)
Curated as a kind of ‘cabinet of curiosity’, the NGV’s exhibition celebrates a lively and energetic period of Japanese history.

Review: The Winter’s Tale, La Mama Theatre/Asia TOPA (VIC)
An enjoyable version of Shakespeare’s plot-heavy potboiler moves the action to 1920s Hong Kong and 1970s Australia.

Top 12 articles to empower women in the arts
We went back through the archives, here are our most read stories around empowering women in the arts and debunking…

Cook through the eyes of five curators
How do you get your head around Captain Cook in the 21st century? We asked five curators how they've retold…