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Secret art exposes artists' hidden lives
Would you display art prompted by an affair if you didn't want your spouse to find out? 24 Australian photographers…

Michelangelo and Picasso did it; now your kids can too
School holiday camp has been reimagined for budding artists, offering learning in an art school environment with NAS’s new Future…

Five women, three men honoured in Australia Council awards
Novelist Kate Grenville, audio artist Madeleine Flynn and theatre director Rosemary Myers are among the eight recipients of the prestigious…

Inspirational quotes for strong women
Sources of strength from Lady Gaga, JK Rowling, Georgia O'Keefe and many others.

We still need a room of our own (or at least a Facebook group)
Chick lit, authoress, woman writer - we often shudder at the application of gender labels. Can women claim these terms…

Versus Rodin challenges how we view art
Set against queasy green walls, be prepared for a very physical experience with this exhibition – not just a rethink…

Jean Harley Was Here by Heather Taylor Johnson
This book opens with a moving and subtle account of an accident.

Perth Festivals Round-up
Perth International Arts Festival rubs shoulders with the Fringe Festival and Perth Writers Festival.

PIAF: Perth Writers Festival
A high point of Perth International Arts Festival is the Writers Festival.

Purple prose in a sea of pink pussy hats
Once more unto the breeches: a feminist mounts a defence of romance fiction, renovated for the 21st century.