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The relationship between universities and performing arts training in Australia has often been uneasy or contentious.
A new survey found sexual violence disempowers female music workers, deters non-binary communities from working in the industry, and discourages punters from going to gigs.
When and where the ceramic cats began to be sold remains a mystery, but by the late Edo period they found appeal with urban consumers.
Historical research into the infrastructure of protest found that many Australians found ‘quieter’ ways to express their opposition to conflict.
Actors love to return to their most famous roles decades later – and digital de-ageing is Hollywood’s next big thing.
Deadloch is a potty-mouthed satire that is also a feisty feminist take on the more usual gender politics of the Nordic Noir crime drama.
The ‘nervous nineties’ captures the idea that batters with 90 or more runs become anxious as get close to scoring a century. But is it true?
The new sincerity of horror has been sapping the genre of its fun. Netflix’s newest Australian offering is just the latest victim.
American Born Chinese is a recent addition to stories of young people who grapple with what it means to be successful.
The impact of ongoing heteroactivism in sports is profound and has halted progress for LGBTIQ+ people in that field.
A new exhibition of the Australian artist’s work at QAGOMA is the first comprehensive survey of Michael Zavros in a state gallery.
What makes billionaires risk their lives to see the Titanic wreck?
My top three works situated witnessing as a political act. These works invite you to revisit what you thought you knew.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is the kind of popular cinema that the academy is currently primed to take more seriously.
Taylor Swift will be performing three shows in Sydney and two in Melbourne – and tickets will be in high demand.
50 films, around a third brilliant, and only two duds. We would never find this outside of an international film festival.
Australian radio pays between just 10 and 27% of the commercial rates paid elsewhere in the world – artists here are being considerably underpaid.
In a survey of 1,600 people from across Mosul, we asked what they thought of the millions of dollars being spent to reconstruct the heritage sites of the city.
The Office Australia launches in 2024. It will be interesting to see whether we understand ourselves well enough to make a compelling new version of this popular show.
The continued reductions in arts funding seem counter intuitive given the negative impact of COVID on the arts and cultural sector.
The First Inventors documentary series is appearing on our screens at a time when Australia engages in some big national conversations about voice, truth, and treaty.
When fans of Taylor Swift suspected their idol of dating Matty Healy, they vocally objected to the relationship. What does this reveal about the expectations fans have of celebrities?
Adapted by playwright Anchuli Felicia King, this ‘Australian classic’ is darkly funny and subversively political.
Spielberg’s Jurassic Park ushered in a new era of filmmaking and changed our view of dinosaurs. How does it hold up after 30 years?