Australia
Looking at art can help us see ourselves
Self-understanding often comes from looking outside the self, through the lens of a filmmaker or the eye of an artist.
Who owns Indigenous stories?
Theatre risks offending and cultural appropriation when it tells Indigenous stories, as a recent STC production illustrates.
Is Instagram art?
A picture is worth a thousand words; an algorithm is worth a billion pictures - how is Instagram altering creativity?
Viral activism: art form of our times
Artist responses to Charlie Hedbo, creative protests to the Ferguson verdict, and a mattress performance on US campus have gone…
Unveiled: Latest program announcements
The year is heating up with program announcements in theatre, film, music, visual arts and a big night out for…
New writers’ festival takes note
A new writers’ festival promises to rejig the festival format and revive the literary scene in Canberra.
As You Like It
Glenn Elston’s latest annual summertime offering in Melbourne’s Botanic Gardens is charming but patchy.
The philosophy of philanthropy
Knowing why philanthropists want to give to the arts instead of to other sectors can help you leverage their support.
Blind students bring new vision to dance teaching
In dancing without sight or stability, disabled students offer dance teachers a new insight into the art form.
Should you do a curating degree?
New tertiary curatorial programs are raising the bar for graduates looking for work in the visual arts.