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Australian teenagers have grown up with abundant choices in digital screen entertainment. But they aren’t watching much Aussie content.
In a culture that seeks to make older women invisible, Julie Rrap’s latest exhibit, Past Continuous, is a gloriously defiant statement of self.
Matching new archological findings with ethnographic records, we can show ritual fireplaces have been in continuous use for at least 12,000 years.
People in Ancient Greece and Rome were just as obsessed with falling in love as we are. And their romantic tribulations bring plenty of timeless advice.
This month’s pickings offer three home-grown productions with a stellar lineup of Australian actors.
Rising has great potential to transform the arts ecosystem in Melbourne. But this requires some deep consultation and consideration as it contemplates what the future holds.
Should a public art gallery exhibit his work, highlighting the fact he was a seriously flawed human being? Or is this to quietly condone domestic violence and paedophilia? I do not know the answer.
If you’re not a zoomer, MrBeast may be the most famous person you’ve never heard of. The famous YouTuber is now in Australia, spurring awe and delight with his major prize giveaways.
The subject of Prime Video’s new show My Lady Jane is England’s ‘nine day queen’. What do we know about her story?
The division between ‘pro-sex’ and ‘anti-porn’ feminists hasn’t done much to keep women safe from exploitation via porn – both real and AI-generated.
A new watchdog website is shedding light on which artists and genres the youth broadcaster is really prioritising.
Now in its 24th year, the Adelaide Cabaret Festival’s annual celebration of all things cabaret sparkles and shines.
Spirit Houses are a part of daily life – and we can understand them as a form of Land Acknowledgement.
In a recent two-week tour of China, I was aware of just one major exhibition of foreign art. What does this mean for Australian artists in China?
Robert Menzies is outstanding as a physically feeble yet emotionally volatile Lear.
From M*A*S*H to the Hunger Games, Donald Sutherland, who has died at 88, always sat well in the eccentric, peculiar or ‘quirky’ roles.
For decades, the ‘Jaws effect’ from shark movies has fed into the public’s fear and panic – harming both sharks and humans.
Anchuli Felicia King’s play American Signs at the Sydney Theatre Company thrusts us into the world of a campus hire at management consultancy ‘The Firm’.
The new game, which is ranking highly on Steam, involves repeatedly clicking a banana in the hope of maybe – eventually – getting a rare ‘skin’ to trade for real money. And that’s it.
From Danish baby murders, to Superman’s ‘true’ story, to bloody combat on a train in India – this year’s film festival had plenty of rich offerings.
Shelley Lasica was the first dance artist represented by an Australian commercial gallery. But how do you stage an exhibition on dance?
Now a teenager, Riley is wrestling with four new emotions: anxiety, envy, ennui and embarrassment. Here’s how they might show up for your kids.
The End We Start From is an ecological disaster story set in a near-future London besieged by floods – as seen through the eyes of a new mother.
Whether you like Ladies in Black or not will depend on if you like shopping, fashion, stories with female leads about female friendship, clever music and 60s costumes.