What’s the etiquette of filming your favourite musicians?
“We’re doing all these kinds of behaviours on our phones, trying to get content to look cool for approval from within our social networks. Are we missing the moment? Their...
Rian Fernandez is the Filipino designer behind the Miss Universe 2024 evening gown of Thailand’s Opal Suchata
Rian Fernandez is the Filipino designer who crafted Miss Universe Thailand 2024 Opal Suchata’s evening gown in the Miss Universe 2024 pageant, where she finished as third runner-up.On Instagram, Rian...
This book fed my teenage dreams but 30 years on, I see something else
Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeThe summer before my last year of high school saw me drifting like a manatee in outer suburbia. My friends were all away...
Peggy Gou at Sidney Myer Music Bowl; Australian Art Orchestra 30th Anniversary Concert; Scotland Unbound at Hamer Hall
JAZZAustralian Art Orchestra 30th Anniversary Concert ★★★★Melbourne Recital Centre, November 15Three decades ago, composer-pianist Paul Grabowsky envisioned a contemporary jazz orchestra that would play new, original music drawing from multiple...
This brilliant, prescient play helps explain the rise of Trump
Needless to say, they don’t listen to him. In fact, no one’s listening to anyone by the end, although the climactic fight is not staged to maximum dramatic effect.To see...
Australian Museum’s Pasifika Tauhi program deal sealed by Caroline Kennedy
LoadingIf successful, the initiative will extend to other Pacific communities and involve other museums across Australia, New Zealand and the US, according to Australian Museum director and CEO Kim McKay.The...
How novice art detective rewrote the story of Sidney Nolan
Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeMany of us have been overwhelmed – emotionally, spiritually, intellectually – by a work of art, be it a painting, a play, or...
Mark Darcy is dead, and I’m happy about it
Mark Darcy is dead, and Bridget Jones fans are losing it. “Nobody asked for this, give me Colin Firth back,” reads a popular post on X. “Bridget Jones without Mark...
What now for Sydney talkback radio?
Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeAt the apex of their influence and mega salaries, Sydney’s talkback kings would fight among themselves like the gods on Mount Olympus. The...
Ipswich Art Gallery to showcase $116m Rothko painting from National Collection
A 1957 masterpiece by American abstract expressionist Mark Rothko will hang in the Ipswich Art Gallery for two years on loan from the National Gallery of Australia.Titled 1957 #20, the...