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Malevo. A line-up of five bare-chested males raise their drumsticks above their heads and over the drums attached in front of them.
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Performance review: Malevo, Sydney Opera House

The South American all-male dancing and drumming troupe makes its Australian debut.

Australia has a black history. Image is a photograph of a group of black clad protesters in the streets of Sydney. A young woman with braided hair, a Black Lives Matter t shirt and a placard is in the centre.
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Exhibition review: Barbara McGrady, Australia Has a Black History, University of Sydney

A photography exhibition that highlights 30 years of Indigenous history on Gadigal country.

Salote Tawale, ‘I remember you’, installation view at Carriageworks, 2023. Photo: Zan Wimberley. Installation of a Fijian home in a white-cube gallery space. At the front is a free-standing painting that shows two young children with brown skin and their faces hollowed out.
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Exhibition review: Salote Tawale, Carriageworks

An exhibition that transports viewers and explores how objects become vessels of identity.

Anoushka Shankar. Woman sitting playing sitar against a black background.
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Music review: Anoushka Shankar, Sydney Festival

Anoushka Shankar and her band delighted in reworking Hindustani music for an appreciative crowd.

Orpheus & Eurydice. Minimal white stage set featuring a cage, with acrobats and opera singers.
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Opera review: Orpheus & Eurydice, Sydney Festival

Far from detracting from the enjoyment, acrobats add to the complexities of this classic opera.

Il Tabarro. Four opera singers dressed in period nautical gear sing from the prow of a ship.
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Opera review: Il Tabarro, Sydney Festival

Ambitiously staged aboard a lightship, this production struggled to stay afloat.

Still from 'Natural Rythms of Australia' by VANDAL at Darling Quarter North. Photo: Supplied.
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Exploring the ethics of Artificial Intelligence in art

Creators behind year-long generative AI work that traces changes in Australia’s natural environment unveil their considerations when it comes to…

Plushies at the centre of the ‘Constellations’ exhibition at Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre. Photo: Jennifer Leahy, SilverSalt Photography.
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Constellations – creating community in Western Sydney

Engaging with the network of collectives that enrich and characterise Western Sydney's rich arts scene.

Steven Miller. Man with glasses wearing white shirt and blue jacket.
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Exit interview: Steven Miller, Librarian and Archivist, AGNSW

For more than thirty years, Steven Miller has built up the Art Gallery of NSW's archive. These are his leaving…

A dome like architectural structure with blue and neon pink lights projected throughout at night.
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Dubai light festival welcomes Australian curator for inaugural edition

Former Curator and Festival Director of Light at Vivid Sydney joins the new Dhai Dubai light art festival to help…

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