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Melinda Schawel. Photo: Supplied. A digitally edited photo of a white middle-aged woman with half-tied back blond hair wearing an artist apron and smiling at the camera. She has been cropped onto a gradient green background with the words 'so you want my arts job?'

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So you want my arts job: Paper Artist

Artist Melinda Schawel shares her unconventional approach to paper as a versatile medium with a new show upcoming at Flinders…

Celina Lei

Mar 18, 2024

Members of the cast from ‘Akaraka’ by Amarachi and produced by Empty Seat Theatre. Photo: Cameron Grant. Two people standing close to each other with their hands on the person seated in front of them, smiling. Two more people are standing at the back and off to the right hand side, their hands are held together looking slightly serious. All members of the cast have dark skin brown skin and black hair, with a red-orange background.

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'It's an Australian play': how a new CALD theatre company is turning the tables on diversity

‘Akaraka’ and Empty Seat Theatre are built by creatives who hope to lead change by example, one show at a…

Celina Lei

Mar 16, 2024

DAAR’s Concrete Tent for the Sharjah Architecture Triennial 2023, curated by Tosin, who will be delivering a keynote for Melbourne Design Week 2024. Photo: Edmund Sumner. A large tent structure in a desert environment at night with people sitting on tapestry , hanging out.

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5 program highlights of Melbourne Design Week 2024

Melbourne Design Week 2024 will run across 23 May to 2 June with over 300 events – here are some…

Celina Lei

Mar 15, 2024

Jumaadi, ‘Malaikat [Angel I]’, 2019-. Acrylic on buffalo hide. Collection of the artist. Image: Supplied. A detailed work depicting two figures flying with white wings and meeting each other in the centre. They both have two eyes on the side of their heads. In the background is an irregular oval with a circle of trees inside and a white bird on the bottom right corner.

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Forming amicable relations between adversarial nations through art

Australian and Indonesian artists traverse a political divide to find common ground and bring distinct ways of addressing shared concerns.

Pamela See

Mar 14, 2024

Exhibition review: Leonardo da Vinci – 500 Years of Genius, THE LUME

THE LUME provides multiple immersive touch points in its latest exhibition with Leonardo da Vinci's inventions in the limelight.

Clara Copland

Mar 13, 2024

DakhaBrakha. Image is a concert stage with a huge circular abstract orange/yellow pattern on the back wall, and in front four black clad musicians, three of them women with tall black stovepipe hats and the fourth a man with a bald head.

Music review: DakhaBrakha, Hamer Hall

A masterpiece in political artistry.

Savannah Indigo

Mar 13, 2024

'Chickenosaurus' installation view from 'NOT NATURAL' at Science Gallery Melbourne. Photo: Matthew Stanton. Graffiti-like artwork of a hybrid chicken and dinosaur in an exhibition space with a large window on the left hand side. Four young people are hanging out in the space.

Exhibition review: NOT NATURAL, Science Gallery Melbourne

Artistic and scientific works that highlight the relationship between humanity and the natural/unnatural.

Jahan Rezakhanlou

Mar 13, 2024

The 39 Steps. A man in a 30s type beige three-piece suit with a pencil moustache is on top of a box, pursued by two men dressed as police officers, also on boxes - all made to look as if it's a chase sequence on a train.

Theatre review: The 39 Steps, Chapel off Chapel

Inspired by Buchan's novel and Hitchcock's film, this award-winning play is a highly energetic iteration.

Mia Ferreira

Mar 12, 2024

La Mama. Image is an empty performance space in an old adapted courthouse.

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La Mama to pause public performances in 2025 after unsuccessful funding bid

Caitlin Dullard, CEO and Director, has released an update on La Mama's plans for the future.

Clara Copland

Mar 12, 2024

RISING. A woman in a slip sits on a mattress on the floor, while a man at the foot opens a can of drink. Behind the mattress is a panel with the words SHE GOT LOVE daubed on in red paint.

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RISING launches 2024 festival program

Provocative theatre, a notorious rap group from Western Sydney and an Aboriginal rock ’n’ roll musical are among the highlights…

Richard Watts

Mar 12, 2024

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