Anna Freeland

Disappearing Cantonese dialects and centuries-old Vietnamese instruments feature alongside bilingual K-rap and punk Malaysian street art in a program that champions freedom of expression.

The AGNSW’s international art series returns for Summer with the biggest Kandinsky retrospective ever mounted in Australia, featuring works never before seen works.

From a sassy take-down of cultural appropriation to an unsolved Iranian murder mystery, The National Theatre of Parramatta’s 2024 season is boldly bringing BIPOC stories to the Australian stage.

He’s one-half of the musical writing duo that helped launch Liza Minelli’s career and turn murder suspects into Vaudevillian stars, and John Kander is not done yet.

Most Australians would know her from her screen roles, but theatre has been a drawcard for the veteran actor in recent years and she’s about to take on one of her meatiest roles yet.

She’s one of the most significant and inventive contemporary artists in history, and now AGNSW is throwing its doors open to the largest exhibition of Louise Bourgeois’s work ever shown in Australia.

The company has been inundated with complaints this week after three actors performed an onstage gesture of solidarity after the opening night of its latest show.

The Sydney Theatre Company is again under fire after a video shows cast members of The Visitors calling for a Gaza ceasefire, but actor Elaine Crombie says the company knew about it.

Leading artist Mike Parr has been dropped by prominent Jewish gallerist Anna Schwartz this week following a performance that included references to the conflict in Gaza.

Sydney is chock-full of art and culture right now, with festival shows being staged everywhere from the beach to basements to the best theatres. But how do you choose which to see? We’ve got some tips for you.

The NGV commissioned 25 new artworks for its Triennial, including an epic one-of-a-kind weaving from a remote Top End community determined to keep its traditions alive through art.

It’s been a tough couple of years for the writer and theatre-maker, but she’s channelled her frustrations into adapting a 17th-century farce, and it’s a delightful romp.

From Liberal Party boy band bangers to blood-thirsty rap, the actor-turned-composer has a knack for finding humour in dark places — and writing crazy catchy tunes.

Despite pledges made by major galleries to address gender inequity, male artists are still over-represented in solo shows in state and commercial galleries and major museums.

A major economic study of Australia’s creative workforce shows artists continue to be undervalued, with many struggling to earn enough to meet basic living costs.

The fashion designers behind Nicol & Ford create collections inspired by queer muses the history books have forgotten. Their latest centres on a Kings Cross icon.

Before this year’s Archibald finalists are announced, we speak to a former finalist about all things portraiture — from choosing a sitter to adding the final touches.

Victorian street artist Matt Adnate wins the $3,000 Packing Room Prize for his portrait of Baker Boy, as the full list of finalists for the 2024 Archibald Prize is revealed.

The WikiLeaks founder is the unlikely subject of a finalist in this year’s Archibald Prize. Here’s how artist Shaun Gladwell covertly sketched him inside the walls of Belmarsh Prison.

Operatic works, particularly traditionally religious oratorios, rarely depict queer characters. But this new Australian work brings reverence to the harrowing true story of a historical gay hate crime.