culture
Exhibition review: Melanie Hava: Bugan Mungan, Cairns Art Gallery
A must-see nine-metre long painting by one of Tropical North Queensland’s celebrated artists.
Butoh – the art of darkness, movement and now … food
A dance form originating from the desire to interrogate the darker side of humanity, butoh continues to evolve ... now…
Theatre reviews: Love Letters and A friendship of life and death, Melbourne Fringe Festival
Ambitious shows aiming to bridge cultural understandings showed good intentions, but needed more development.
Exhibition review: Beneath the Surface, Behind the Scenes, Heide Museum of Modern Art
A bold exhibition that traverses cultures while highlighting our connections.
Programming with lived experience
From tackling the question "Where are you from?" to multilingual performances, these initiatives champion for visibility and understanding.
Exhibition review: Pantini Kalijarrala Ngatiki, Wapami Kalijarra Wirliyala, Suzanne O’Connell Gallery
Warlpiri sisters Julie Nangala Robertson and Sabrina Nangala Robertson celebrate Country, Culture and heritage with transportive works.
Burning questions
Author Melanie Saward reflects on the evolution of her first novel, ‘Burn’, and what happens when Indigenous kids are severed…
Large-scale sculpture wins the 2023 NATSIAA
Highlighting family totems in a ‘transportive’ work, Keith Wikmunea’s major sculpture takes home the $100,000 2023 Telstra NATSIAA.
Queer and present danger: Part 1
The first of a three-part series exploring Australian drag queens and their part in the activism and history of the…
The "helping" hand of allyship: Indigenous art, authenticity and politics
A look at the fraught disparity between non-Indigenous arts workers and the Cultural obligations of their Indigenous counterparts, as well…