Australia

O Canada, how can we be like you?
Funding for the arts in Canada is soaring as Australia plateaus. Why are two similar countries treating the arts so…

The new biennial on the block
Move over! A new biennial survey of Australian art called "The National" brings the AGNSW, Carriageworks and MCA together in…

Oops! Biennale works that went off the rails
Unpredictable artists and inflexible bureaucrats force curators to be flexible in the face of failure.

Selby and Friends - Just 'C'
Selby and friends delight with works from nineteenth and twentieth century masters.

Why literature is a force for good
The Stella prizewinner nearly gave up on her novel. Here's why she didn't.

Jedi art warriors could save our society
The arts may contain the answer to a failing society but only if we stop buying in to the dominant…

Eight lessons from the arts that could save our souls
The keys to successful creative art are also the keys to a good life.

Public art celebrates Indigenous histories
With the City of Sydney call out for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists to activate a terrace in Redfern,…

Hay Fever
Noël Coward’s 1925 comedy is brought to vibrant life by director Imara Savage.

Flaunt
Inspired by her own family history, choreographer Claire Marshall conducts a whistle-stop tour of women’s status through time