Features
Inspire60: William Hennessy
Violinist William Hennessy is inspired by the French pianist Alfred Cortot.
Spoilers, secrets and spies
Publishers and film sets are ramping up security as it becomes harder to avoid spoilers.
Against self-censorship and political correctness
Over-sensitive political correctness is damaging freedom of expression, the Festival of Dangerous Ideas was told.
Why Australia still dances to an Irish tune
What impact have successive waves of Irish immigration had on Australian art and culture?
Survival strategies for bookshops
Bookshops know you can buy your books online so they are doing what the virtual world can't.
Take your kids to work: family-friendly artists’ residencies
Many artists find a baby a hindrance to creative life but child-friendly residency programs help parents continue their creative careers.
No such thing as a good book
When everyone's a critic, aesthetic hierarchies no longer rule. But we still have to decide what to read.
An art school is not greyhound racing
Handing on the torch can come with challenges. We speak with the National Art School directors about strategic succession.
How artists use social media effectively
Social media can be a vital career-building platform or vanity publishing that gets in the way of your real work.
Up close and personal: body ethics and risk
From Eve to the Kardashians, the body has always garnered reaction but Australian laws leave us with a grey area…