Culture

Darwin International Film Festival announce program

The annual Darwin International Film Festival has kicked off with a program launch under the stars.

Dispensing with a difference

This town in Germany is replacing all cigarette machines with vending machines that sell you art.

Boy trips at museum, punching hole in 350-year-old million-dollar painting

This is the stuff of slapstick nightmares! The look on the poor boy’s face after he destroys the Baroque artwork says it all.

12 year-old New Zealander Wins Award at Japanese Film Festival

Twelve-year-old Tomairangi Harvey is celebrating in Tokyo after winning the award for Best Young Film-maker

Canberra teen takes out first prize in the Young Archies

The Archibald Prize’s younger sibling sees the winners impress with their artworks’ vibrancy and rich colour palletes.

Music you can physically hold on to

REIFY’s 3D-printed music “totems” will give you all the feels

How these females are solving India’s waste problem through self-empowerment

These incredible women are standing up to horrifically ingrained discrimination.

International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

Today marks the 2015 International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

Taylor Swift gives her blessing to Belvoir Street using Shake it Off, retains Queen of Nice crown

Twitter campaign #greygreyfortaytay gets megastar’s resounding Yes for 70-year-old theatre legends to sing her song

New history footage released to YouTube

From 1941 footage of Pearl Harbour to coverage of the 1905 San Fran Earthquake: 1 million minutes of historical footage has been released on YouTube

Archibald 2015 prize announced: Artist Nigel Milsom was once represented by his subject in court

Commanding painting of barrister Charles Waterstreet wins prestigious portrait prize

Art star and Laser Beak Man creator triumphs over gloomy autism diagnosis

New bestselling book about a mum seeing beyond son’s autism diagnosis and recognising his artistic talent

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra unites with Circa and soprano Claire Lefilliâtre for a dramatic, sensual, thrilling event

A stage bathed in moonlight. The sumptuous sounds of the French baroque, Circus theatrical arts and a glamorous French soprano […]

NAIDOC Week 2015

July 5th to 12th is NAIDOC Week, a week long celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ culture, history and contributions to Australia.

Champagne Joins UNESCO’S World Heritage List

The UNESCO World Heritage List has just been extended to include a number of culturally and naturally significant sites, added for means of conservation and protection.

Sophocles’ tragedy told through the eyes of Syrian Refugees

These Syrian Refugees act out their own experiences whilst performing Sophocles’ ancient text.

He Named Me Malala. First glimpse at the Malala Yousafazi documentary

‘One child, one teacher, one book and one pen. They can change the World’

Waterproof books may soon be here

Book worms rejoice! Finally someone came up with a nifty solution for when your favourite books are ruined by water. […]

The most borrowed library books

The most borrowed books in Australian libraries might surprise you

There’s going to be a movie about the Bronte sisters

A new movie about the Bronte sisters? Yes please.

Melissa McCarthy speaks out about sexism in Hollywood, responds to critic

Sexism is an ‘intense sickness’, Melissa McCarthy has said after revealing she hit back at one of her critics.

Can you afford these? Picasso painting throws light on luxury auctions

A Picasso painting broke auction records yesterday selling for $179 million but at what cost to the public?

Letters ‘prove’ that Mr Darcy was real

Be still our beating hearts, Mr Darcy was real?

Hillary Clinton sings show tunes with Rosie O’Donnell

Hillary Clinton sang show tunes with Rosie O’Donnell in 1997. Yes this is real life

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