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The photographer, Polixeni Papapetrou died in April last year at age 57 after a five year illness. Her friend, writer Joanna Murray-Smith …

News & Commentary, Visual Arts

Fleeting thoughts on an art work, one year after its purchase

Koulla Roussos

Travis Vella’s To those that were missing (2018) is a medium size oil on board, a representational work, depicting four …

Exhibitions, Reviews, Visual Arts

Rob Brown, The Plum Spanky exhibition review (Mayfair Gallery, Darwin)

Koulla Roussos

Darwin has a strong cultural heartbeat. Its beginnings can be traced to creatives who have come and gone and to …

Live, Music, News & Commentary, Screen, Visual Arts

Labor’s boost to the arts is welcome but our political climate does not take culture seriously

Jo Caust

Jo Caust is Associate Professor and Principal Fellow (Hon), University of Melbourne Labor launched its arts policy in Melbourne on Saturday. …

News & Commentary, Screen, Stage, Visual Arts

Election 2019: Could cultural change be only days away?

Esther Anatolitis

How do the major political parties understand Australia’s culture and what vision do they offer for our future asks Esther …

Exhibitions, Reviews, Visual Arts

Rosie Weiss and David Keeling visual arts reviews (Melbourne)

W H Chong

Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery: Rosie Weiss Part of the sprawling Climarte Festival, ‘In the Valley’ at the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery is …

Music, News & Commentary, Stage, Visual Arts

Vallejo Gantner on being artistic director of the Onassis Foundation

Fotis Kapetopoulos

It was mid-February in Athens and cold and sunny as we sat on the balcony of an apartment sipping cloudy ouzo and eating salty …

Music, News & Commentary, Screen, Stage, Visual Arts

Budget 2019: Infographic on arts input into Australia

Daily Review

Last night’s Federal Budget once again showed the LNP ’s adhoc and grudging tolerance of the arts. The organisation representing the major performing arts …

Music, News & Commentary, Screen, Stage, Visual Arts

Budget 2019: What is Australia’s Cultural Policy?

Esther Anatolitis

Last night’s federal budget documents offered stark insights into our nation’s culture by setting out Australia’s political priorities in financial terms. …

News & Commentary, Visual Arts

Art auction for prostate cancer raises record sum

Daily Review

The fourth art auction fundraiser for the Australian Prostate Centre (APC) has raised a record $216,000. More than 120 people …