Australia
Aussies make it into Museum Dance Off 2016
Forget Eurovision - four Australian museums are contending in the Museum Dance Off, which shows staffers are not as stiff…
Small publishing imprints you should know
We speak to local publishers to get their highlights for the Melbourne Art Book Fair.
Australian culture in the Age of FANG
FANG – Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google and their ilk now dominate global culture. Where does that leave Australian identity?
The River
Like the schools of fish in the eponymous River, the latest from Red Stitch Actor’s Theatre is is teeming with…
Funeral planners look to art to replace religion
A third of Australians don't align themselves with religion when they are alive so there's a big market for an…
Arts budget 2016 doesn't hurt (much) but doesn't heal
For the arts, the 2016-17 budget is steady as she goes: it neither inflicts major damage nor helps heal the…
There's a better way to back creative workers
Victoria's new creative industry policy promises new programs to develop creative talent. But research suggests it may not be smart…
Exposing the creative industries fallacy
The idea of creative industries is based on an economy that has no way to count the things that matter.
Blonde Poison
A fascinating depiction of how human beings try to absolve themselves of wicked deeds.
The Cherry Orchard
Chekhov’s tragicomic classic gets a more modern treatment focusing much more on its tragic dimensions.