Of all the theatre companies in all the world, a small, independent regional troupe of disabled and neurodivergent actors from Geelong was chosen by the Venice Biennale as the recipient for the prestigious Golden Lion.
Geelong’s Back to Back theatre has received the Venice Biennale Golden Lion for lifetime achievement, making it the third Australian participant in the ‘art Olympics’ this year to take out a top honour.
The Australian Ballet’s executive director Lissa Twomey will leave the national company after just 18 months in the role.
A life-affirming party in a cathedral, a marathon musical gymnasium and theatrical pieces of delicacy and pathos. Has Melbourne’s Rising festival got the balance right?
More than 500 artefacts from the British Museum will go on show at the National Gallery of Victoria on Friday aimed at a ‘new generation’ and the curator is still making discoveries.
As Melbourne prepares to unveil the biggest exhibition of Egyptian antiquities seen in Australia, we dig into the priceless treasures contained the British Museum’s storage rooms. What did we find?
Australian artists whose work is resold overseas will receive royalty payments for the first time under policy amendments to be introduced by the federal government.
The National Gallery of Victoria has given a huge thumbs-up to the purchase of one of the United Kingdom’s best-known sculptures.
Queens of the Stone Age, Paul Kelly and Courtney Barnett kicked off the opening weekend of the Museum of Old and New Art’s annual summer arts festival. And, now in its 16th iteration, Brian Ritchie’s jovial jamboree was full a surprises.
Being a male nanny in a 38-room chateau where a great poet once stayed began my deep dive into Czech culture and customs.
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