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Surfers Paradise To Become Fairy Tale Wonderland With Sand Safari Arts Festival

The world’s most popular fairy tale characters will come to life in the most Gold Coast of ways when the annual Sand Safari Arts Festival returns to Surfers Paradise from February 14

December 10, 2019

Arts & Culture

From The Makers Of SÉANCE, FLIGHT Comes To Melbourne

FLIGHT is the unnerving new sound, movement and sensory deprivation installation (broken up by the screams of its passengers) running until December 8 in Queensbridge Square, Southbank. Following the success of the

December 3, 2019

Arts & Culture

Painting A Picture Of Australia’s Vulnerable And Voiceless Children

Interactive mural and animation film uncovers the plight of children exposed to domestic violence. In Australia, more than 1 million children are affected by domestic and family violence[1]. Experts say that exposure

November 28, 2019

Arts & Culture·Australian Affairs

A Melbourne Weekend Staycation With Kids: Where To Stay, Eat, Play and Explore

Melbourne is the cultural capital of Australia: the sporting capital, the fashion capital, the arts and culture capital, not to mention the food capital. With so much on our doorstep, it’s no

September 30, 2019

Travel

Black Bamboo: Contemporary Furniture Design From Mer, Torres Strait

Black Bamboo: Contemporary Furniture Design From Mer, Torres Strait combines traditional craft and collaborative contemporary design in a display of bamboo furniture designed by artists from the Island of Mer at the Ian

September 9, 2019

Art

Book Excerpt: ‘Down and Out in Paradise’ by Luke Williams

What started out as a longform piece of travel journalism, a kind of tell-all exposé, an exploration into the strangest things Westerners do when they go East, evolved into a beautifully dark

September 6, 2019

Books

Junction: A Collision Of Art, Performance & Music In Tassie’s Wild North

Tasmania’s best kept secret – the Junction Arts Festival – returns in the first week of September celebrating the heart-shaped island’s finest artists and performers. Now in its ninth year, Launceston’s Junction

August 25, 2019

Arts & Culture

Melbourne’s New Urban Art Festival Calls For Artist Submissions

The first of its kind in Melbourne, Can’t Do Tomorrow is a celebration of urban art and contemporary culture in one of the most iconic underground spaces in Australia: The Facility, Kensington.

August 12, 2019

Art

The Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair – Back For The Thirteenth Year

Following its biggest ever event in 2018, with record attendance from interstate and international visitors, Australia’s largest and most prestigious Indigenous art event, the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair (DAAF) returns in August

May 27, 2019

Art

‘Eat The Problem’: A Surrealist Compendium Of Food And Art From Mona

Eat the Problem is a surrealist compendium of food and art from Mona. Comprising a series of ‘recipes’ using invasive species—both real and surreal—focusing on transforming flaw into feature. Conceived and curated

March 30, 2019

Art·Books

Australia’s History Of Race & Power: Those Monuments Don’t Know Us

Those Monuments Don’t Know Us, a new exhibition at Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, pushes the limits of Australia’s current political and cultural landscape. Engaging in conversation with a colonial history that defines

March 6, 2019

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Kylie On Stage: Fremantle’s WA Maritime Museum To Showcase Aussie Icon

The Western AustralianMuseum presents Kylie on Stage a touring exhibition by Arts Centre Melbourne and the Australian Music Vault. Kylie on Stage features eye-catching and extravagant costumes and accessories from one of the

December 10, 2018

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