National
Music Review: Charpentier's Messe de minuit, Pinchgut Opera
The Christmas story becomes a salve, a symbol of warm hope after a year of trauma.
ICYMI: The week's top news in the arts
Belvoir and STC granted exemption on audience numbers, Overlapping Magisteria opens at ACCA, high-flying PIPPIN comes to Australia, plus more…
Indigenous designers are usurping the mainstream Australian fashion agenda
‘The timing is right now, because it’s led by First Nations designers,’ says Piinpi curator Shonae Hobson, of the first…
How street art can revitalise a city
Postponed due to COVID, the first edition of the Fivex Art Prize will soon be announced with artworks to be…
Theatre Review: Ripcord, State Theatre Company of SA
An impressive battle of wills for a bed with a view.
Creative industries inquiry demonstrates need for national cultural policy as hearings continue
Australia’s Parliament is holding an inquiry into the creative industries. Ben Eltham looks at the evidence given in public hearings.
Book Review: The Question of Love by Hugh Mackay
Hugh Mackay is that rare thing: a writer who also shows us how we see ourselves as a nation.
Why flexibility is the new normal for art and photography
The introduction of a diverse array of elective subjects across four Masters programs in RMIT’s School of Art is intended…
Archibald Prize inspires new wave of contemporary ‘alternative portrait’ artists
What does it mean to make and engage with art when the physical doors are closed? Archie Plus is a…
Winners of 2020 National Arts and Disability Awards announced
Three outstanding artists have been named as recipients of the 2020 National Arts and Disability Awards, which coincides with International…