Festivals
ICYMI: The week's top news in the arts
Artists working in schools, new festival for Newcastle, chalking on Parliament steps, Carriageworks takeover, film meets chamber music and rockin'…
50th anniversary of dot painting finds fresh connections at Parrtjima
With a 300-million-year-old tradition of storytelling turning to the latest light projection technology and youth vernacular, Australians can find renewed…
‘This is a pause, not a stop’: lockdown devastating for Perth artists
PICA and Perth Festival have postponed the opening of numerous events, while Fringe World has cancelled five nights worth of…
Stats out on Biennale of Sydney; we take a look at COVID’s impact
Despite cutting its staff by half as COVID hit, the Biennale of Sydney delivered over 600 programs to audiences, and…
Feminism, caregiving, and the importance of community during COVID-19
After the social isolation COVID-19 has caused, this year's All About Women Festival will provide a space for people to…
Performance review: After Erika Eiffel, Let Me Dry Your Eyes, and Zinc (MONA FOMA)
Three new works presented as part of MONA FOMA 2021, created by BIG hART, Second Echo Ensemble and Hobart-based artist…
Dance Review: The Complication of Lyrebirds, C-A-C (Sydney Festival)
This debut work by Jasmin Sheppard is a potent and poetic metaphor for many First Nations Australians as they confront…
ICYMI: The week's top news in the arts
Survey by 92-year old artist, mentoring to new stage works, Gertrude Contemporary kicks off its year, deadly narratives, new feminist…
Exhibition Review: Djillong Dumularra, Artspace (Sydney Festival)
Solid conceptual framing, but does it get lost in festival fever? Artspace focuses on First Nations conversations for Sydney Festival…
Dance Review: All Expenses Paid, Stompin (MONA FOMA)
Stompin's latest work was originally supposed to be presented in April 2020, and has benefitted from the extra-long development process.