Australia
Two books win the SPN Book of the Year Award 2021
Echoes and codes: experimental winners in the small press world of publishing.
Comedy review: Hot Chick/Tired Mum, Steph Broadbridge, Laugh Outta Lockdown
A dark and glittering new show from the ukulele-wielding comedian.
Vale Doug MacLeod
MacLeod, whose career spanned children's books and musical theatre to television comedy, is much missed.
Smartphone feature film production rises and rises
As the funding environment gets worse, smartphone filmmakers get organised and grow their aesthetic.
ICYMI: the week's arts news
The latest arts news, from festival updates, what's coming to our stages, and hitting the galleries this weekend.
Heritage hall to become indie theatre hub
A heritage-listed Canberra hall will become the new home of four independent theatre companies.
Exhibition Review: Doug Aitken – New Era
'I see the experience of the exhibition as being authored by the viewer', says Doug Aitken, ensuring that IRL immersive…
Concert review: Seraphim Trio, Musica Viva
Chamber music played with confidence and exuberance.
Exhibition review: Found and Gathered, NGV Ian Potter
Two Australian women artists sensitively paired together to showcase their commonalities and differences.
Exhibition Review: Matisse Life & Spirit
'Matisse: Life & Spirit' delivers in doses, living up to the blockbuster tag, but moreso it taps our contemporary psyche…