Visual Arts
Freedom of Speech: Melbourne Writers Festival
Melbourne Writers Festival Alternate Keynote address: Freedom of Speech: Should there be limits? With Ian Buruma.
Kate Shaw - Underground Sun: Nellie Castan Gallery
The presentation of Kate Shaw’s new series Underground Sun at the Nellie Castan Gallery was surprisingly harmonious.
Space re Place
For anyone who has completed or nearing the end of formal education in a creative sector discipline the prospect of…
The Melbourne Magic Festival: Northcote Town Hall
In the past 12 months magic has been steadily gaining an audience. Tim Ellis and Sue-Anne Webster produced the Melbourne…
Nutcracker – The story of Clara: The Australian Ballet
From the glamorous ballroom of the Russian Tsar to the dusty summer streets of Melbourne, Graeme Murphy’s 'Nutcracker' is a…
Emma Rochester: Timeline
The sea gave Emma Rochester a second grace, an opportunity to rethink what it was she wanted to experience and…
Boolarng Nangamai Aboriginal Art and Culture Studio
Whenever I have been involved in community consultations about cultural development, facilities feature as a very popular topic. Whatever the…
Controversy dogs John Brack retrospective
The first major retrospective on painter John Brack (b.1920, d.1999) in more than two decades opened at Melbourne’s NGV at…
The Talking Vagina: Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Asian Australian writer Michele Lee directed/wrote and produced The Talking Vagina for the 2008 Fringe Festival and it’s currently running…
Mark Butler - Let’s Talk About Sex: Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Mark Butler in Let's Talk About Sex - part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival - invited comments from the…