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Discovering Millicent Armstrong with Dianna Nixon

Join the Friends of the National Library and Dianna Nixon of Music Theatre Projects Ltd as she shares with us…

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The Australian Dream? with Tim Ross at the National Library of Australia

Tim Ross explores the reasons why home ownership is such an all-consuming distraction among Australians and uncovers some of the…

Public artwork in gardens in front of art gallery. NGA
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15 First Nations arts professionals given significant career boost

Dhiraamalang, the Wesfarmers First Nations Arts Leadership Program, has announced its 2024 recipients for a life-changing pathway.

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National Library of Australia

Author talk – Frank Moorhouse: Strange Paths with Matthew Lamb

Join the Friends of the National Library and biographer Matthew Lamb for 'a ramble in the mind of an adolescent'…

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Theatre review: Waiting for Godot, The Street Theatre

A powerful take on a 20th century classic of the Western theatre canon.

Nusra Latif Qureshi, ‘On the edges of darkness II’, an intricate gouache work depicting one figure balancing on the shoulder of another holding red strings in their hands against a pistachio green background.
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5 exhibitions with contemporary diaspora artists reimagining traditional mediums

Discover miniature court paintings, ceramics, family albums, Japanese woodblock prints and more by contemporary diaspora artists.

PJ Williams (left) as Estragon and Christopher Samuel Carroll (right) as Vadimir in The Street Theatre's 2024 production of 'Waiting for Godot'. A bearded man leans against another man wearing a hat, ad hugs him. They are sitting on a rock on stage; a park bench is visible behind them.
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Waiting for Godot: a deep dive into the human condition

A new production of Beckett’s existential masterpiece is now playing The Street Theatre in Canberra.

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National Library of Australia

Building our nation: How migrants and their children have shaped Australia

Join Sonia Di Mezza, CEO of the Migrant and Refugee Settlement Services (MARSS) in Canberra, as she discusses how Australia…

Brightly coloured art installation with wall mural and sculptural figurines. Joan Ross
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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.

Man in gallery with Japanese prints and screens. Teraoka
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Exhibition review: Masami Teraoka and Japanese Ukiyo-e Prints, NGA

Japanese master woodblock printmaker Masami Teraoka still offers contemporary lessons.

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