Reviews
Exhibition review: New Dog Old Tricks, Ngununggula
This summer exhibition demonstrates the complex roles dogs play in society and taps into the human condition.
Musical Theatre review: The Choir of Man, Arts Centre Melbourne
Singing and dancing in a pub setting brings frothy joy to all.
Book Review: The Buddhist and the Ethicist, Peter Singer and Shih Chao-Hwei
A flawed and occasionally reprehensible dialogue between a Buddhist monastic and a moral philosopher on issues such as animal welfare,…
Exhibition review: John Nixon – Four Decades, Five Hundred Prints, Geelong Gallery
An expansive collection of prints by John Nixon reveals his philosophy about blurring the boundaries between art and life.
Book review: Letters to a Critic: Alan McCulloch’s World of Art, Rodney James
An invitation to know the artist, cartoonist and critic, Alan McCulloch, more intimately than through his writing alone.
Exhibition review: LISA GORMAN + MIRKA MORA: To breathe with the rhythm of the heart, Warrnambool Art Gallery
A lyrical and symbiotic pairing of fashion design, sculptural installations, painting, embroideries and more by two Australian icons.
Concert review: Spirit of Christmas, QPAC
The Christmas spirit was well and truly alive at QPAC.
Exhibition review: John Meade: It’s Personal!, McClelland Gallery
Humble in scale, but deliciously rich, John Meade’s solo exhibition plays on form and entices intimate viewing.
Cabaret review: A Very Naughty Christmas, Alex Theatre
A Christmas-themed show that felt divorced from anything remotely boundary-pushing, gender-bending or creative.
Performance review: Gatsby at the Green Light, The Studio, Sydney Opera House
Craig Ilott and Stuart Couzens have adapted 'The Great Gatsby' into an exhilarating performance set in a 1920s bar.