Indigenous
First Nations intellectual property vs AI: culture, consent and the fight to stop scraping
Artists warn that data‑mining proposals and AI tools risk copying First Nations styles without consent or payment.
The Visitors review: a play's reimagining of the First Fleet from an Indigenous perspective
'The Visitors' invites us to see our past from a different storyline.
Theatre review: The Black Woman of Gippsland, Southbank Theatre, The Sumner
A modern mystery tale about Indigenous identity.
Exhibition review: Stitchin’ Stories: Blak & Threadly, Birrarung Building, Federation Square
Blak Design delivers an impressive collection of local First Peoples' fashion.
Book review: mark the dawn, Jazz Money
Jazz Money's second poetry collection is a lyrical and fierce reckoning of contemporary life.
Parrtjima to return with a timeless glow in April
The Light Festival’s 10th anniversary brings back favourite events plus a musical surprise.
Book review: The Belburd, Nardi Simpson
A lyrical, multi-stranded novel about connection to Country.
Book review: Shapeshifting: First Nations Lyric Nonfiction, Edited by Jeanine Leane and Ellen van Neerven
A powerful collection of lyric essays reshaping storytelling to reflect First Nations culture and history.
Potter Museum reopens in 2025 with exhibition and resources on 65,000 years of Australian art
After extensive redevelopment, the University of Melbourne’s Potter Museum of Art makes a comeback with a glossy new entrance and…
Exhibition review: skeletons, Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts
A solo of existing and newly commissioned works by Waanyi artist, Judy Watson, which uncovers colonial ‘skullduggery’.