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Aussie filmmaking royalty in the King's spotlight

Aussie filmmaking royalty in the King's spotlight

Baz Luhrmann is the nation's most commercially successful film director and Catherine Martin has won more Oscars than any other Australian.

Can-do boat crews make a splash at Beer Can Regatta

Can-do boat crews make a splash at Beer Can Regatta

Can-do boat crews make a splash at Beer Can Regatta

Can-do boat crews make a splash at Beer Can Regatta

Thousands have gathered at a popular city beach to watch crews on beer-can boats battle it out, pirate-like, to find and keep underwater treasure.

Iconic Australian migrant story returns to the stage

Iconic Australian migrant story returns to the stage

Iconic Australian migrant story returns to the stage

Iconic Australian migrant story returns to the stage

Based on the award-winning coming-of-age book and film, the Looking for Alibrandi stage show is shining a spotlight on discrimination during a national tour.

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Knockout blow for contentious bare-knuckle boxing event

Knockout blow for contentious bare-knuckle boxing event

A controversial bare-knuckle boxing championship has been blocked from hosting its first Australian event, despite tickets already being on sale.

Fireworks on way to ensure Territory Day isn't a fizzer

Fireworks on way to ensure Territory Day isn't a fizzer

A territory's explosive celebrations are back on track after a seized shipment of fireworks was released, ensuring the beloved event is not a fizzer.

Period scenes set mood for Impressionist masterpieces

Period scenes set mood for Impressionist masterpieces

An exhibition of French Impressionist masterpieces from a Boston museum has returned to Australia after closing early in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Puppet show inspiring migrant children to 'dream big'

Puppet show inspiring migrant children to 'dream big'

Educators say the arts is one of the best ways to reach students who speak little to no English, as puppets breathe life into big issues.

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Museum lights up with Cerith Wyn Evans neon sculptures

Museum lights up with Cerith Wyn Evans neon sculptures

Museum lights up with Cerith Wyn Evans neon sculptures

Museum lights up with Cerith Wyn Evans neon sculptures

The first major solo show in Australia by Welsh artist Cerith Wyn Evans sees rooms lit with neon sculptures, and glass flutes that breathe sound.

Portrait of glory as Matildas relive shootout tension

Portrait of glory as Matildas relive shootout tension

Portrait of glory as Matildas relive shootout tension

Portrait of glory as Matildas relive shootout tension

The Matildas' nail-biting World Cup shootout in 2023 captured the nation. The National Portrait Gallery has commissioned a video artwork of the defining moment.

First weaving hung in 3D zooms in on tiny river life

First weaving hung in 3D zooms in on tiny river life

First weaving hung in 3D zooms in on tiny river life

First weaving hung in 3D zooms in on tiny river life

Australia's first major 3D tapestry project weighs more than 135 kilograms, and will be installed at a new hospital - with Velcro.

Reinvigorated Dark Mofo ready to fire at full strength

Reinvigorated Dark Mofo ready to fire at full strength

Reinvigorated Dark Mofo ready to fire at full strength

Reinvigorated Dark Mofo ready to fire at full strength

An often controversial music, food and arts event will soon return at top capacity, a year after running a reduced offering to get its books in better shape.

Expanded queer festival scours globe for headliners

Expanded queer festival scours globe for headliners

Expanded queer festival scours globe for headliners

Expanded queer festival scours globe for headliners

Skank Sinatra is among the headline acts at the largest centre for queer history and culture in a festival program nearly triple the size of its debut.

Riding the New Wave: how Aussie movies won the world

Riding the New Wave: how Aussie movies won the world

Riding the New Wave: how Aussie movies won the world

Riding the New Wave: how Aussie movies won the world

The accents and colloquialisms of 1970s Aussie movies initially baffled the world but that changed when one was subtitled with Parisian street slang at Cannes.

Artist wins $100k prize with art of wax, sand and glass

Artist wins $100k prize with art of wax, sand and glass

Artist wins $100k prize with art of wax, sand and glass

Artist wins $100k prize with art of wax, sand and glass

The winner of the 2025 Ramsay Art Prize, Australia's richest for contemporary artists under 40, uses everything from beeswax to copper pipe and stained glass.

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Stars rally around beloved comedian after cancer shock

Magda Szubanski refuses to "sugar coat" news she has stage-four blood cancer as the popular comedian and actor prepares to begin treatment.

Modernism from Cezanne to Australia in NGA blockbuster

Rarely seen modernist masterpieces by the likes of Cezanne, Matisse and Picasso have come to Australia from Berlin’s Museum Berggruen.

Australia’s dark past woven through powerful exhibition

An exhibition celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art confronts the dark heart of Australia’s colonial history.

Never-before-seen Margaret Preston artworks go on show

Paintings by Margaret Preston that have never been on show to the public before feature in an exhibition of Australian women artists.

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Daring stunts wow crowds at 'special' country air show

Australia’s only female aerobatic pilot has returned to her home-town air show to wow 15,000 fans with gravity-defying stunts.

Novel formula for interrupted tale claims Stella Prize

A novel exploring the "messiness of life found in the gap between theory and practice" has won the Stella Prize for one of Australia's most celebrated writers.

Lighting up: Vivid pays tribute to radical queer artist

The sails of the Sydney Opera House will be lit up with a tribute to artist David McDiarmid as part of the 2025 Vivid festival.

Designers find the beauty in much-maligned plane trees

Widely-hated plane trees are everywhere on urban streets. A Design Week exhibition shows beautiful objects can be crafted from their wood.

Opera Australia treads brutal Boulevard to a $10m loss

A production of the musical Sunset Boulevard helped drag Opera Australia's finances to an operating deficit of $10.6 million in 2024.

Eddie is Perfect as ghost with the most in Beetlejuice

A familiar face who wrote the songs for a hit Broadway adaptation of Beetlejuice now plays the titular ghoulish character for Australian theatre audiences.

Designer brings beach to the runway in playful show

Bianca Spender's binary Australian Fashion Week show reminded the world that the long-time designer is more than her famous mother's shadow.

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