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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.

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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.

Stars rally around beloved comedian after cancer shock

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

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

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.

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Never-before-seen Margaret Preston artworks go on show

Never-before-seen Margaret Preston artworks go on show

Never-before-seen Margaret Preston artworks go on show

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.

Daring stunts wow crowds at 'special' country air show

Daring stunts wow crowds at 'special' country air show

Daring stunts wow crowds at 'special' country air show

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

Novel formula for interrupted tale claims Stella Prize

Novel formula for interrupted tale claims Stella Prize

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

Lighting up: Vivid pays tribute to radical queer artist

Lighting up: Vivid pays tribute to radical queer artist

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

Designers find the beauty in much-maligned plane trees

Designers find the beauty in much-maligned plane trees

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

Opera Australia treads brutal Boulevard to a $10m loss

Opera Australia treads brutal Boulevard to a $10m loss

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

Eddie is Perfect as ghost with the most in Beetlejuice

Eddie is Perfect as ghost with the most in Beetlejuice

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.

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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.

Vandalised Captain Cook statue's removal ignites debate

The decision to remove a controversial Captain Cook memorial after repeated acts of vandalism has sparked debate among leaders.

Flip the switch: Design Week starts with lights on show

Part of Melbourne Design Week, 100 LIGHTS shows off the sheer inventiveness of Australian lighting design.

Carla Zampatti runway launches new look Fashion Week

A collection from the Carla Zampatti label marks the start of Australian Fashion Week.

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Kylie's hotpants among new museum's national treasures

Performance memorabilia from some of Australia's biggest stars will have a new home at The Australian Museum of Performing Arts, set to open in December.

The 'fact check' network waging a war on truth

A Russia-backed "fact-check network" has listed a controversial Australian academic among its contributors as the Kremlin shifts its information war efforts.

The social media-hating philosopher relishing his X ban

Famed philosopher AC Grayling is speaking at writers' festivals around Australia - but you won't find him promoting it on social media.

Multiverse of motherhood shines brightest in Archibald

A portrait addressing the juggle of motherhood, a day job and making art has taken out one of Australia's richest and most prestigious sector awards.

Audition for fun swings scientist into hot musical role

One of the stars of Hadestown is a cancer scientist who auditioned with friends for a laugh and found himself cast in the hit musical.

'Tax on Bluey': Rudd rips into Trump's film tariffs

Australia's ambassador to the US Kevin Rudd has spoken against President Donald Trump's proposal to tax foreign-made movies.

Book prize follows copycat claims against cupcake queen

A cookbook author who claims her recipes were copied by a cupcake aficionado has won a prestigious publishing industry award for a second time.

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