culture

Covid-19 restrictions have forced this year’s Perth Festival to focus on local artists – and the result is a communal joy.

The redevelopment of Pentridge prison raises troubling questions about how we preserve our punitive past, and whether it is ever acceptable to exploit misery as a brand.

In Michele Lee’s new play Single Ladies, the lives of three women collide in a frenetically paced comedy.

AGNSW’s eye-opening exhibition of modernist sculptor Margel Hinder rehabilitates the luminous work of a major Australian artist.

Know My Name, a thrilling exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia, pays tribute to the radical achievements of Australian women artists – while reminding us that representation is only the beginning of structural change.

The Netflix reality series Blown Away showcases the enchantments and perils of working with molten glass.

Queensland Theatre’s production of  Thornton Wilder’s classic play Our Town has fresh poignancy in a time of pandemic.

TIWI, a major exhibition of Tiwi art at NGV Australia, showcases a luminous body of work – but it still doesn’t quite grapple with the colonial history of curation.

The untimely death of the iconic producer SOPHIE brings to an end a spectacular career that reshaped modern pop.