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For Zoe Leonard, photography is not just about using a camera. Photography is also about a way of thinking, seeing and interacting.
Hoda Afshar is one of Australia’s most significant photo media artists. A Curve is a Broken Line at the Art Gallery of New South Wales is her first major survey exhibition.
As artificial intelligence becomes mainstream, its infiltration into children’s lives is causing tremendous anxiety.
This year’s Burning Man Festival in Nevada has been washed out and 70,000 attendees are stuck in the mud.
This new comedic musical is not just a dramatisation of the events of 1975, it is also an attempt to understand our maddening political culture.
It would have amazed campaigners from 1967 to see people today wearing outfits that overtly describe the movement.
You’re the Voice reinforces the view that supporting the Voice to Parliament is an act of national reconciliation we can take together.
Caring responsibilities and parenthood are common reasons for women in music taking a break. These responsibilities then create barriers to re-establishing careers and career progression.
Any policy interventions from Creative Australia to support visual and craft artists’ incomes will need to take a sector-wide approach.
Erotica and pornography are huge in the audio space, with stories about intimate, emotionally-charged sexual encounters designed to create a sense of closeness between speakers and listeners.
Our experts bring you the best new shows, films and seasons. From comedy to reality television to crime drama, we hope you’ll find your new streaming favourite here.
Filters have a long history on social media platforms. They are a massive part of social media culture and storytelling practices.
While it can’t hope to match the brilliance of the original, this reimagined Mother and Son offers a sympathetic, honest portrayal of ageing parents and their harried adult children
Bruce Petty woke editorial cartooning from a sleepy period telling fairly anodyne jokes and turned it into a mode of serious – if also often hilarious – satirical commentary on politics and society.
From Korean realism to experimental maximalism, our top 5 of the most memorable films from the 2023 Melbourne International Film Festival.
New dates for the rock art in the Gua Sireh cave in Malaysia reveal resistance to frontier violence between 1670 and 1830.
It was reported this week that Queen’s song Fat Bottomed Girls has not been included in a greatest hits compilation aimed at children – presumably because of the lyrics.
Modernising facilities can provide a short-term excitement, but it’s their management over the long term that will influence whether women and girls participate.
How did a country that did not make wine somehow invent effervescence?
This new show at the Powerhouse Museum reflects the chaos of the digital world and the ubiquity of digital tracking.
How did George Stubbs, one of England’s foremost painters of horses and dogs, get Australian animals so wrong?
Like the rest of Australia, we have been following the world cup with growing emotional intensity. From the group chat to TikTok, the online alt-commentary on the game has been a joy.
Michael Parkinson, who has died at 88, demonstrated the art of the good interview night after night.
Like other recent queer rom-coms that pitched to the mainstream, Red, White & Royal Blue explains gay contexts to non-queer audiences.