Australia

From film to fatbergs, here are 12 things to check out at Geelong Design Week
Australia’s UNESCO City of Design will bring back over 70 events for the largest regional design festival, Geelong Design Week.

Suzie Miller’s RBG: Of Many, One revived for 2025 national tour due to popular demand
The celebrated Suzie Miller play capturing the life of US Supreme Court associate justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will return in…

Book review: Slivers, Shards and Skerricks, Shaun Micallef
An erudite, insightful and witty collection of entertaining bits and pieces.

Opportunities and awards
Ceramic award open for entries, Darwin Fringe call-out, plus Young Virtuoso winner, finalists of SA Literary Fellowship, and more!

State Theatre Company South Australia’s 2025 season: from Parliament House to Broadway
Mitchell Butel’s final season as STCSA Artistic Director ranges from black comedy to heartfelt First Nations storytelling, with a dollop…

Exhibition review: Gabriella Bisetto, JamFactory Adelaide
A brave exhibition that confronts death and ageing through the medium of glass.

New report shows Australia in crisis, but offers a pathway to wellbeing through creativity
As social cohesion drops to a new low in Australia, ANA’s new report touts creativity’s positive impact on wellbeing.

Exhibition of NY fashion icon Chester Weinberg comes to Adelaide
The David Roche Gallery will present the designs of the US couturier this summer.

What do art schools teach? How to be yourself
Artist and educator Akala Newman says that, while teaching at the National Art School, she has seen students grow their…

Exhibition review: Joan Ross, Those trees came back to me in my dreams, National Portrait Gallery
Joan Ross is a master at contextualising and recontextualising Australia’s colonial past, with an edginess for today’s viewing audiences.