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After 50-year quest, NGA acquires Munch ‘masterpiece’
The NGA says the donation of an Edvard Munch painting is its ‘most significant acquisition’ this century.
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MCA blames media for ‘Hezbollah rewrite’
Sydney’s MCA has dropped its own description of Khaled Sabsabi’s video installation of a Hezbollah leader as a work ‘suggestive of a divine illumination’.
What these spears tell us about Captain Cook’s contact with Indigenous people
Rare Aboriginal spears seized by Captain Cook’s crew in 1770 are back home and about to go on display. Their symbolism ‘is huge’.
‘Diversity of the few’ costing arts the crowds
Adelaide Festival director Brett Sheehy questions whether the arts have ‘shut out 50 per cent of humanity’ through a focus on minority identities.
Theatre boss lands plum festival role
The festival’s board has that Matthew Lutton, the long-time artistic director and co-CEO of Melbourne’s Malthouse Theatre, will oversee the Adelaide event from 2026 until 2028.
Opera in danger of dying out, warns festival heavyweight Stone
Poised to unveil his international opera hit, Innocence, at the Adelaide Festival, director Simon Stone warned the art form would soon die out if it failed to return to its ‘entertainment roots’
From sexed up circuses to a roll call of comedians
With its carnival vibe, Australia’s largest arts festival transforms the South Australian capital.
London bombings survivor Gill Hicks takes story to the stage
Gill Hicks, who lost her legs in the deadly 7/7 London terrorist attacks, is staging a searingly personal show at Adelaide Fringe Festival and at a 20th anniversary commemoration in the UK.
Best way to see the Spice Islands? Try a superyacht
The European colonial powers once fought viciously to rule these islands and control the supply of nutmeg. Today, the region trades in a new kind of treasure – sunset and serenity – and it is best taken in from the deck of a 60m luxury vessel.
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