$200 million fund ‘a landmark for arts philanthropy’

The Packer Family Foundation and Crown Resorts Foundation have jointly announced a new National Philanthropic Fund.

Ratings: Monday, 21st July 2014

Guys and Dolls

The Production Company gives us an unimaginative but enjoyable rendition of a hardy toe-tapper.

Out there: astronomical art

A science meeting is the unlikely venue for a heavenly art exhibition exploring the beauty of astronomy.

What the demise of Big Day Out means for the Australian music industry

The cancellation of the 2015 Big Day Out does not mean the rest of the music industry is in crisis.

Who says being popularist doesn’t pay?

Fetching $1.6 million under the hammer, Leonard Joel’s recent Pro Hart auction was a sellout.

The multilingual voices of Australia's next generation of writers

Australian kids are writing and publishing books in Nuer, Dinka, Arabic, Tetun, Fataluku & Mandarin as well as English.

10-minute bites on Asian Art a worthy chew

Former Asialink director, Alison Carroll, walks us through Asian art in a new series screened on ABC1 that targets schools.

SLAVE to good art

Christian Capurro’s new phone-video projection tips a hat to the minimalist light artist Dan Flavin, in an exhibition at ACCA.

Japan's erotic art tradition exposed

How different is circulating a 3D digital scan of a vagina from displaying a 17th Century Shunga print? Japan's obscenity…