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Atong Atem's art of masculinity leads the agenda

Atong Atem's art of masculinity leads the agenda

In her latest artworks, photographer Atong Atem is thinking about gender - from the pain of childbirth to posing as a "hot dude".

Bubble experts bring a show that pops to Sydney Fringe

Bubble experts bring a show that pops to Sydney Fringe

Bubble experts bring a show that pops to Sydney Fringe

Bubble experts bring a show that pops to Sydney Fringe

Bubble Show in Space, by Australian performer Kurt Murray and his Romanian partner Iulia Benze, is playing at Sydney Fringe for the first time.

Buyers step through portal at nation's biggest art fair

Buyers step through portal at nation's biggest art fair

Buyers step through portal at nation's biggest art fair

Buyers step through portal at nation's biggest art fair

Many artworks have already sold as Sydney Contemporary - Australia's biggest art fair - opens to the public.

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Inflatable ape looks for love at Sydney Contemporary

Inflatable ape looks for love at Sydney Contemporary

The Sydney Contemporary showcases works by more than 400 artists with hopes the event will generate some $20 million in sales.

Tech giants must reveal children's social media habits

Tech giants must reveal children's social media habits

Children are dodging age limits to access social media platforms and the online watchdog has ordered tech companies to reveal the number of kids on their sites.

No harmony in sight as symphony's fight rises in tempo

No harmony in sight as symphony's fight rises in tempo

Lawyers for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra have accused pianist Jayson Gillham of making outrageous demands, further intensifying their dispute.

Venice Film Festival welcomes Pitt and Clooney

Venice Film Festival welcomes Pitt and Clooney

George Clooney and Brad Pitt have hit the red carpet at the Venice Film Festival for the world premiere of their action thriller Wolfs.

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Sparks fly as monster epic Beowulf makes a fiery return

Sparks fly as monster epic Beowulf makes a fiery return

Sparks fly as monster epic Beowulf makes a fiery return

Sparks fly as monster epic Beowulf makes a fiery return

Actor and Beowulf scholar Felix Nobis returns to his celebrated solo performance of the epic tale Beowulf, staged for the first time in a blacksmith's workshop.

It's good to be King: Vincent Namatjira opens new show

It's good to be King: Vincent Namatjira opens new show

It's good to be King: Vincent Namatjira opens new show

It's good to be King: Vincent Namatjira opens new show

Gina Rinehart can rest easy - the new paintings by artist Vincent Namatjira are self-portraits based on his cheeky character King Dingo.

Opera artistic director quits, nine months into the job

Opera artistic director quits, nine months into the job

Opera artistic director quits, nine months into the job

Opera artistic director quits, nine months into the job

Opera Australia artistic director Jo Davies has quit, effective immediately, midway through her inaugural season with the national company.

Artists bypass gallery system at affordable art fair

Artists bypass gallery system at affordable art fair

Artists bypass gallery system at affordable art fair

Artists bypass gallery system at affordable art fair

While the Affordable Art Fair presents more than 60 galleries, it also showcases artists who've left the gallery system behind to succeed on their own.

Theatre bar walks the tightrope of live show venues

Theatre bar walks the tightrope of live show venues

Theatre bar walks the tightrope of live show venues

Theatre bar walks the tightrope of live show venues

Brisbane theatre and cocktail bar The West End Electric opens with the Queensland premiere of Limbo - The Return. But will they make it under the limbo stick?

Australian Ballet leaps into new venue with 2025 slate

Australian Ballet leaps into new venue with 2025 slate

Australian Ballet leaps into new venue with 2025 slate

Australian Ballet leaps into new venue with 2025 slate

The Australian Ballet's 2025 season features two world premieres, by Stephanie Lake and William Forsythe, and the return of Nijinsky, Manon, and Carmen.

Moving opera Innocence to headline Adelaide Festival

Moving opera Innocence to headline Adelaide Festival

Moving opera Innocence to headline Adelaide Festival

Moving opera Innocence to headline Adelaide Festival

The contemporary opera Innocence, directed by Australian Simon Stone, will headline the 2025 Adelaide Festival.

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Peter Garrett to conduct review into cancelled concert

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra's managing director has left the organisation as former arts minister Peter Garrett leads a review sparked by a cancelled concert.

Online 'satire' driving division, distrust in society

Fake news loosely dressed as satire is making its creators a pretty penny at the expense of cohesion and trust in society, experts warn.

Artist puts High Vis glare on Australia's colonisers

In an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, works by artist Joan Ross use lurid colours to talk back to colonial paintings.

It's Now or Never - for a Massive Attack on the system

An artwork that tracks an overwhelming amount of real-time information, such as daily heartbeats, kicks off the Now or Never technology-arts festival.

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New home for heritage railway shed at stadium site

Renders of Hobart's planned AFL stadium have shown how a heritage-listed railway shed will be incorporated into the project.

Collectors battle Game Over to save video game heritage

The world's most innovative video games could be lost without more resources to look after them, according to the first major global survey on preserving games.

Don't Dream it's Over: Crowded House at final Bluesfest

Organisers of the the final Bluesfest are promising it will be 'one for the ages', featuring Crowded House, Vance Joy, Ocean Alley, and Tones and I.

Trent Dalton takes Love Stories to the street and stage

Bestselling author Trent Dalton is returning to the streets of Brisbane to collect love stories. He'll have a typewriter, but will he bring his Logie?

History-making Australian art gifted to top galleries

Months after winning the prestigious Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale, Archie Moore's kith and kin has been gifted to the Tate and the Queensland Art Gallery.

Hitting the wrong note: musicians say AI will take jobs

Thousands of musicians say they will no longer be able to support themselves due to the impact of Artificial Intelligence, according to a major survey.

Orchestra to conduct review after cancelling pianist

Senior figures at the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra have been asked to stand down by musicians in a no-confidence vote after a pianist's concert was cancelled.

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