Australia
Arts news watch: this week’s trending topics
We report it – you read it. This week: famous opening lines, Venice Biennale curator's death, a 75-25 arts space…
Musical review: Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, The Hayes Theatre
A melodramatic musical farce set in Madrid in the late 1980s.
Opera Australia operating at a $10 million deficit
Opera Australia's latest announcement of significant financial losses is the latest in a long string of problems for the company.
Book review: The Players, Deborah Pike
Youthful connections span time and continents.
Three ChatGPT experiments you can try right now
These three, short, simple experiments only take a few minutes with ChatGPT. The results may surprise you.
A celebration of contemporary Australian painting
Two winning artists speak of their works in The Bayside Painting Prize.
Exhibition review: 100 Lights, Melbourne Design Week, Meat Market Stables
Enter a world (well three galleries-worth) of illumination in this dedicated exhibition of light.
Dance review: Blue, Playhouse Theatre, QPAC
The Australasian Dance Collective celebrates its 40th anniversary with 'Blue', a powerful and beautifully realised trilogy.
Theatre review: The Black Woman of Gippsland, Southbank Theatre, The Sumner
A modern mystery tale about Indigenous identity.
Creative hub for and co-designed by emerging artists now open
A new creative hub has welcomed its inaugural cohort, having previously engaged them in the process of designing their dream…