Launceston

Exhibition review: Gentle Protagonist: Art of Michael McWilliams, QVMAG
The disarming paintings of Michael McWilliams both delight and probe in their quirky environmental narratives.

From Venice to Tasmania: a design collaboration shifting thinking
Australia’s representation at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale returns home to Tasmania, for its Australian debut.

The festival at the junction of artistic innovation and tourism KPIs
Government support from Events Tasmania instead of Arts Tasmania in no way prevents Junction from offering a strong cultural program…

Surprises as most cultural Australian cities (per capita) revealed
Recent data shows that regional cities offer top cultural experiences.

David Walsh pulls the plug on summer festival Mona Foma
The festival’s most recent edition was ‘a poorly attended artistic triumph,’ according to Mona owner and founder David Walsh.

Waverley 150+ exhibition: celebrating Tasmania's first commercial woollen factory
Design Tasmania is hosting Waverley 150+ as an evolving exhibition.

Summer festival season heats up as programs launch nationwide
Adelaide, Perth and Sydney Festivals launched their 2024 programs this week, with Mona Foma waiting eagerly in the wings.

Radical optimism on the island
The final festival from Lindy Hume saw artists making a range of important statements about their life experiences.

Off the main stage
Many of this year's Mona Foma events were local in origin or involved protests on a topical issues.

Theatre review: The Director, reUnion district, Launceston
The Director merges the realms of theatre and funeral directing, alongside the tragic and the comic.