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Cellist strikes with music made from lightning bolts

Cellist strikes with music made from lightning bolts

Lightning has struck three times for cellist Zoë Barry, who has fed her bizarre experiences into composing music.

Australia's biggest regional arts centre opens

Australia's biggest regional arts centre opens

Australia's biggest regional arts centre opens

Australia's biggest regional arts centre opens

A $140 million redevelopment of Geelong's performing arts centre makes it the biggest in regional Australia and artists hope it boosts the city's arts scene.

Super effort as Taylor-made tale books place in history

Super effort as Taylor-made tale books place in history

Super effort as Taylor-made tale books place in history

Super effort as Taylor-made tale books place in history

Australian author Tom Taylor's Neverlanders has become the first graphic novel to be named the Book of the Year for Older Readers.

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Parkinson hailed as a great friend of Australia

Parkinson hailed as a great friend of Australia

The prime minister and a fellow broadcaster have paid tribute to the late Sir Michael Parkinson, who "had a large corner of his heart for Australia".

New Zealand skipping pavilion at 2024 Venice Biennale

New Zealand skipping pavilion at 2024 Venice Biennale

New Zealand will not be staging a national pavilion at next year's Venice Biennale as it focuses on building capacity for future exhibitions.

Beams of light signal the start of futuristic festival

Beams of light signal the start of futuristic festival

The Now or Never Festival in Melbourne features an art trail at Docklands as part of 17 days of events focused on digital art and futurism.

Tognetti puts art above politics in ACO season launch

Tognetti puts art above politics in ACO season launch

There's widespread fatigue with agenda-driven art, according to the Australian Chamber Orchestra's Richard Tognetti.

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Long road from Goodooga to stage for First Nations play

Long road from Goodooga to stage for First Nations play

Long road from Goodooga to stage for First Nations play

Long road from Goodooga to stage for First Nations play

A new Indigenous theatre production inspired by the tiny New South Wales border town of Goodooga is set to open in Brisbane.

Beetlejuice musical to spook Melbourne in Aust premiere

Beetlejuice musical to spook Melbourne in Aust premiere

Beetlejuice musical to spook Melbourne in Aust premiere

Beetlejuice musical to spook Melbourne in Aust premiere

Melbourne's Regent Theatre will host the Australian premiere of the musical adaption of Tim Burton's 1988 film Beetlejuice, after it turned heads on Broadway.

Monster WA bash to commemorate 1983 America's Cup win

Monster WA bash to commemorate 1983 America's Cup win

Monster WA bash to commemorate 1983 America's Cup win

Monster WA bash to commemorate 1983 America's Cup win

Western Australia will celebrate 40 years since Australia II rewrote sporting history by winning the America’s Cup with a huge party.

Crowds return to Aboriginal Art Fair - with bubble wrap

Crowds return to Aboriginal Art Fair - with bubble wrap

Crowds return to Aboriginal Art Fair - with bubble wrap

Crowds return to Aboriginal Art Fair - with bubble wrap

The Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair is so far on track to see more visitors than last year, despite the cost of living squeeze.

Ceramicist wins prize with artworks from two worlds

Ceramicist wins prize with artworks from two worlds

Ceramicist wins prize with artworks from two worlds

Ceramicist wins prize with artworks from two worlds

Ceramicist Anne Nginyangka Thompson has won the 3D prize at the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards.

Three metre sculpture carves out top Telstra art award

Three metre sculpture carves out top Telstra art award

Three metre sculpture carves out top Telstra art award

Three metre sculpture carves out top Telstra art award

Artist Keith Wikmunea has won the prestigious $100,000 Telstra Art Award with Ku’, Theewith & Kalampang: The White Cockatoo, Galah and the wandering Dog.

World premiere of doco on music trailblazer Gudinski

World premiere of doco on music trailblazer Gudinski

World premiere of doco on music trailblazer Gudinski

World premiere of doco on music trailblazer Gudinski

A documentary about the late maverick music entrepreneur Michael Gudinski has premiered in Melbourne.

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Ex-discrimination chief heads arts workplace council

Former sex discrimination commissioner Kate Jenkins will lead a council to lift workplace standards across the arts industry.

ABBA fans say 'I do, I do, I do' to Mamma Mia musical

There's no need for ABBA fans to send out an SOS to any dancing queens, because Mamma Mia! The Musical is set to officially open in Brisbane.

Rudd portrait provides open door to the imagination

Kevin Rudd's official portrait captures a former prime minister at home and provides an "I Spy'' of symbolic objects open to the viewer's interpretation.

Wiradjuri designer takes out prestigious fashion award

The National Indigenous Fashion Award's top prize has been awarded to Wiradjuri designer Lillardia Briggs-Houston.

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Play School presenter's portrait voted people's choice

Jaq Grantford’s immense portrait of former Play School presenter Noni Hazlehurst has beaten 56 other Archibald finalists to win the People’s Choice award.

Aussie musicians demand fair pay for radio plays

Australian artists want to be fairly compensated for their songs playing on commercial radio, pushing to scrap a cap limiting how much they can be paid.

'World's greatest' tenor Kaufmann returns to stage

German tenor Jonas Kaufmann will play Enzo in La Gioconda at the Sydney Opera House, after having to cancel a series of dates because of illness.

Tassie's MONA to mount first ever show of old art

A new exhibition at the Museum of Old and New Art shows religious artworks dating back to 1350.

Chunky Move dancers debut their most demanding work yet

Dance company Chunky Move is premiering 4/4, the most technically demanding work it has developed.

Dystopian or optimistic? Artist's unsettling endeavour

Visionary "speculative architect" Liam Young is having his first Australian solo show at the National Gallery of Victoria.

Restored Beckett artworks feature in 'Making it Modern'

An exhibition of Australia's leading women modernist artists at the National Gallery of Australia features 24 newly restored works by painter Clarice Beckett.

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