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Harrie Fasher: Before Dawn
Harrie Fasher announced her arrival as a force in Australian art in the 2017 Sculpture by the Sea at Bondi, with a large-scale work called The Last…
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The Running Man
British director, Edgar Wright, says he read Stephen King’s 1982 novel, The Running Man, when he was a teenager.
Nov 26
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The Courage of our Conniptions
A couple of weeks ago, The Australian asked me whether our art museums had lost the courage to show genuinely controversial works.
Nov 24
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Euan Macleod: Glacier
For more than 50 years Euan Macleod has been visiting the Haupapa Tasman Glacier in New Zealand’s South Island.
Nov 21
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Bugonia
Teddy is worried about the bees.
Nov 18
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Culture Club
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Nov 14
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Our Story: Aboriginal Chinese People in Australia
Our Story: Aboriginal Chinese People in Australia at the National Museum of Australia, is an exhibition I’ve been aiming to write about for six months.
Nov 11
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The Choral
Alan Bennett’s stories often threaten be ‘heart-warming’ and ‘feel-good’, but this impression is quickly dispelled.
Nov 8
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Playtime
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Nov 7
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Die My Love
Nowadays, when I hear about “the new Jennifer Lawrence film”, I don’t feel hopeful.
Nov 5
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Too Deadly: Ten Years of Tarnanthi
It’s been ten years since the Art Gallery of South Australia came up with Tarnanthi, a survey of contemporary Indigenous art that has been second only…
Nov 5
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When I hear that whistle blowin'...
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