Visual Arts
Savage theme has far from serene results
The theme of an international photographic competition draws on stereotypes, undermining the work of portrait photographers.
Designers 'will survive' manufacturing decline
The collapse of the Australian manufacturing industry looks grim, but it's a surprisingly bright horizon for industrial designers.
The Strange Little Cat
Everything depicted is convincingly written and cleverly choreographed, but the air of the unassuming and authentic remains.
Bush Week
Luke Heggie's script takes some seriously long voyages away from the central theme and they don’t always pay off.
Sex Idiot
The audience cheers like football fans, filled with gratitude that Bryony Kimmings would so fearlessly share her learnings.
Credible Likeable Superstar Role Model
Credible Likeable deviates from its initially gleeful outlook to adopt a dark, surreal tone that is absolutely gripping.
Local artist surges ahead of competition
The tightest vote in the Sculpture by the Sea's history delivered a double win for one artist.
Move over majors, independents do more with less
Majors gets more funding but dollar for dollar, independent theatre provides hundreds more works and 26 times the ticket sales.
Biennale ducks discussion of Transfield controversy
The Biennale of Sydney has backtracked on its offer of a public discussion over the Transfield sponsorship issue.
In anticipation of winter
Three multi-talented artists are set to feature at The Australian Centre for Photography.