The extraordinary ancient artwork kept secret until 1987
It might be ancient, but the world’s largest single collection of rock art never gets old.
- by Helen Pitt
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The islands known as the ‘seven pearls of the Mediterranean’
Italy’s Aeolian Islands offer everything from azure seas and Aperol spritzes to the fire and brimstone of an active volcano.
- by Helen Pitt
Could this be the new face of the Sydney Opera House?
The new director of programming at the Sydney Opera House, Brenna Hobson, has had a long relationship with the Sydney theatre world.
- by Helen Pitt
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Live music
Jimmy Barnes, Missy Higgins, Bernard Fanning voice concerns over AI in music
A new report estimates that by 2028, nearly a quarter of music creators’ revenues will be at risk due to generative AI.
- by Helen Pitt
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Performing arts
The choir helping school boys find their voice, and their tribe
A music program for boys brings together unlikely and often reluctant singers, with heart-warming results.
- by Helen Pitt
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Performing arts
Frodo’s latest quest: Delivering The Lord of the Rings, the musical
A stage show based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic The Lord of the Rings comes to Australia in 2025.
- by Helen Pitt
What makes a sweet guy turn mean? How Hunter Page-Lochard found his inner villain
The award-winning actor plays a drug dealer in new cop drama Critical Incident, and it’s a long way from Play School. “Even my dad couldn’t watch.”
- by Helen Pitt
How The Catcher in the Rye changed this artist’s vision
The survey show of more than 40 years of work by photo artist Anne Zahalka opens this month at the National Art School.
- by Helen Pitt
He first met the outside world at 21. Now he’s won one of Australia’s richest arts prizes
Pitjantjatjara painter Noli Rictor, from one of Australia’s most remote Aboriginal communities, has won the 2024 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award.
- by Helen Pitt
Surf’s up: Sydney Opera House to showcase ’70s cult Australian surf films
Fifty years after their first screening, some of Australia’s most important surfing films will be shown again at Sydney’s best-known venue.
- by Helen Pitt
Archibald People’s Choice awarded to portrait of Marcia Langton
Seven-time Archibald finalist Angus McDonald has won the People’s Choice award for the second time.
- by Helen Pitt
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