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Novelist David Mitchell and composer Michel van der Aa team up for multimedia opera
David Mitchell and Michel van der Aa have joined forces to create multimedia opera ‘Sunken Garden.’
Thomas Adès directs 2013 Metropolis New Music Festival
The prodigious Thomas Adès directs and curates this year's Metropolis New Music Festival in Melbourne.
New York’s Metropolitan Museum sued for deceptive entrance fees
A class-action lawsuit has been launched against New York’s Metropolitan Museum for its ‘deceptive’ admission policy.
Broadway’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s producers invite Capote’s ashes to opening night
Truman Capote's cremated remains were invited to Broadway debut of Breakfast at Tiffany's, but didn't attend.
Angelina Jolie visits Congo and Rwanda as part of sexual violence campaign
Actress Angelina Jolie has joined foreign secretary for Rotherdam William Hague on a trip to Congo and Rwanda on a…
Uncertain future for Tasmania's Makers' Workshop
Burnie City Council has sold off the Makers' Workshop as part of a land deal with the University of Tasmania.
This week’s arts appointments
While parliament was reshuffling the arts didn’t want to be left behind. Here are this week’s appointments.
Trailblazing Nigerian writer dies
Nigerian author Chinua Achebe dies aged 82 after lifetime spent detailing oppression of colonisation.
Yoko Ono sued over fashion copyright
Yoko Ono is being sued by Brooklyn designer Haleh Nematzadeh for allegedly stealing her fashion designs.
Japan reopens kabuki theatre with high-tech makeover
Thousands of people gathered in Tokyo to celebrate the reopening of the Kabukiza Theatre.