Australia
Museum Directors unite against climate crisis
With trillions of animals impacted by drought, flood and the recent bushfires, Australia’s biodiversity is in threat. Museum directors have…
Coronavirus ban prevents Chinese artists from entering Australia
Recent travel restrictions have forced festivals and arts organisations to change or postpone upcoming programming.
Scientists make new discovery in Aboriginal rock art
You will never think of a wasp nest the same, learning that it can help provide age estimates for Australia’s…
ICYMI: The week's top news in the arts
Gritty, provocative artist talks in Adelaide and Melbourne, new work by female composers, Parramasala Festival returns, and more arts news.
Review: New Balance, Theatre Works/Midsumma Festival (VIC)
New Balance is a tender, insightful and intelligent look at the collective experiences of what it is to be queer.
Why we need to rehang our Australian art collections
The National Gallery of Australia has rehung its early Australian galleries, drawing on a broad curatorium to recontextualise our art…
Book review: The Lotus Eaters by Emily Clements
Melbourne-based memoirist Emily Clements delivers a complex examination of female autonomy and desire.
Farewelling 40 years of history as a new chapter begins
As Metro Arts prepares to relocate to a new home in Brisbane’s West End, the organisation is throwing a festival…
Book review: The Medicine by Karen Hitchcock
Karen Hitchcock’s insights into the healthcare system are refreshingly pragmatic, both compassionate and dispassionate.
BushfireBrandalism – artists act when governments won't
41 artists have taken to the streets with a guerrilla poster campaign that encourages people not to accept the government's…