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Left panel a middle aged woman Noni Hazlehurst, sits with arms folded in front of a nature backdrop. She is wearing a grey and white patterned top and has longish grey hair. On the right panel is a blue book with the same person's face on it. Dropping the Mask
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Book review: Dropping the Mask, Noni Hazlehurst

The Logie Hall of Famer shares her life and career from 'wide-eyed Pollyanna' to today.

Madeleine Swain

Dec 17, 2024
Two panels. On the left is Kathryn Lomer, who has long wavy brown hair. On the right is the cover of 'The Furphy Anthology', written in yellow chalk copperplate.
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Book review: The Furphy Anthology, Joanne Holliman (editor)

The fifth edition of 'The Furphy Anthology' has a few moments of brilliance. 

Ash Brom

Dec 17, 2024
A print of four apostles worshipping a 'Sale Ends Today sign i n red and white by Banksy.
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Exhibition review: The Outsiders Melbourne, Flinders Lane

New street art gallery gives Hosier Lane an appropriate and impressive neighbour.

Ash Brom

Dec 16, 2024
Two young women are dancing in 'Sauce". The lighting that falls on them is in tones of red. Sauce
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Theatre review: SAUCE, Smith's Alternative, Canberra

Two loners help each other through hurtful life experiences.

Erin Stewart

Dec 16, 2024
The cast of 'Love Actually? The Musical Parody' on stage. There are Christmas tress behind then and two large lit up arches with a bow in the middle.
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Musical review: Love Actually? The Musical Parody, Athenaeum Theatre

For the rusted-on fans of the 20-year-old movie, this production follows the same beats as the original.

Amy Loughlin

Dec 16, 2024
Yayoi Kusama in 'Song of a Manhattan Suicide Addict', 1978, installation view at NGV International. An old Asian woman with bright red bob and red and white polka dot top, gesturing and singing on screen. Text in the subtitle reads "Tear down the gate of hallucinations".
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Exhibition review: Yayoi Kusama, NGV International

An overdue retrospective in the name of love, Yayoi Kusama has got little (time) to offer.

Celina Lei

Dec 13, 2024
Ancient relics and videos of Pompeii
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Exhibition review: Pompeii, National Museum of Australia

Off the back of new discoveries and a wave of immersive exhibitions globally, Pompeii is the star of an exhibition…

Gina Fairley

Dec 13, 2024
Two panels. On the left is photo of Eugen Bacon. On the right is the cover of her book, 'Afro-Centered Futurisms in Our Speculative Fiction' with features a profile illustration of a black woman.
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Book review: Afro-Centered Futurisms in Our Speculative Fiction, Eugen Bacon (editor)

Essays on Black speculative fiction speaks to evolving discourses about identity.

Dorcas Maphakela

Dec 12, 2024
Ceramic exhibition with green coloured walls. Anne Dangar
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Exhibition review: Ethel Carrick and Anne Dangar, National Gallery of Australia

Must-see summer viewing. Two women artists who shaped Australian art history get their day with parallel retrospective exhibitions.

Gina Fairley

Dec 11, 2024
Two panels. On the left is of Peter Kirkpatrick, who ha white hair and is wearing a white shirt. On the right is the cover of his book, 'The Wild Reciter' that features a kookaburra in a suit.
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Book review: The Wild Reciter, Peter Kirkpatrick

The shifting historical commingling of poetry and popular culture.

Thuy On

Dec 10, 2024
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