Today
Chinese magpies, a Whiteley dove and a tale of two sales
Would be buyers flew in from China to see the stars of Bonhams’ Asian art auction, while Smith & Singer will be hoping Brett Whiteley’s dove has a better night.
- Elizabeth Fortescue
In ruined Gaza, a restaurant brings relief and hope
The reopening of a much-loved Gaza City restaurant, now relocated, is one of a few glimmers of normalcy for Palestinians trapped there.
- Vivian Yee and Bilal Shbair
This Month
The night Eurovision finally came to Australia
From Moldova’s Epic Sax Guy to a rapturous homecoming for Dami Im, this touring version of the song contest was great daggy fun.
- Michael Bailey
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Ben Quilty to sell part of his personal collection for superannuation
Among lots for sale is his Archibald Prize-winning portrait of Margaret Olley, and paintings done over the past 25 years that haven’t been shown before.
- Steve Meacham
Jesus Christ Superstar goes Judas Priest in hard rocking return
The generation who grew up with John Farnham as Jesus in the 1992 staging of Lloyd-Webber’s first might be surprised at its heavy metal makeover just opened in Sydney.
- Michael Bailey
Do you know this week’s news? Answer these 10 questions
Have you been paying attention this week? Test your knowledge across politics, business and world news.
- Daniel Arbon
Fan to put Bradman’s baggy green on the market
The cap worn by The Don during the 1947-48 home Test series against India is expected to fetch up to $400,000 at auction.
- Elizabeth Fortescue
Women swear off men as ‘4B’ movement goes global
Feminists worldwide are following a South Korean example and shunning marriage, dating and sex with men after Trump’s election victory.
- Gregor Stuart Hunter
Why screen villains always play golf
Short of kicking a puppy, there’s no more reliable signifier of utter rottenness than a man – and it is always a man – playing golf.
- Peter Swain
Gladiator II is a dumber, prettier rerun of the original
Paul Mescal is no Russell Crowe, but to paraphrase old Maximus from the first Gladiator: you will still be entertained by its sequel.
- Michael Bodey
Job done selling luxe apartments, Lendlease offloads vast landscape
With 90 per cent of apartments at One Sydney Harbour sold, Lendlease is selling the 3.8m wide bush scene by William Delafield Cook that adorned the display suite.
- Elizabeth Fortescue
She was a child Instagram influencer. Her fans were grown men.
“Jacky Dejo” was introduced to social media by her parents as a snowboarding prodigy. Now 18, she has seen the dark side of the internet — and turned a profit from it.
- Jennifer Valentino-DeVries and Michael H. Keller
Six signs that you are charismatic
Donald Trump’s got it. Anthony Albanese doesn’t. A candidate’s charisma is a bigger electoral factor than previously given credit for, writes psychologist Pete Quarry.
- Peter Quarry
Jamie Oliver’s editors should have seen this scandal coming
British publishers are scratching their heads as to how Penguin Random House UK could have left the celebrity chef’s kids’ book exposed to an A-grade furore.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Polka-dotted pumpkin could be NGV’s most expensive piece of art
The Smorgon family operates Australia’s biggest glasshouse, so their financing of the five-metre sculpture by 95-year-old Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, worth over $10 million, makes sense.
- Michael Bailey
How much do you know about the US election? Answer these 10 questions
Have you been paying attention this week? Test your knowledge on the US election.
- Daniel Arbon
AI made Tom Hanks 18 years old again. Unlike colleagues, he’s a fan
Hollywood is divided over whether artificial intelligence is a boon to creativity, or a vapid destroyer of jobs.
- Devin Gordon
National Gallery handed $15m in biggest-ever donation
Kerry Stokes’ $15 million donation is about one-quarter of what the Canberra institution needs to raise for a new sculpture garden.
- Michael Bailey
From Cats to the Babe sequel, the most disastrous films of all time
Andrew Lloyd Webber was left so traumatised by what Hollywood did to Cats that he bought an emotional support dog.
- Leaf Arbuthnot