Culture

British sculptor Thomas J. Price’s statues of ordinary Black people in prominent public spaces are deeply moving.

The sequel to the 1984 cult mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap is one long bum note.

I came across the painting of the eagle by chance. It was hanging in the display window of this gallery I sometimes visit and a small group of children were standing on the footpath pointing at it. It’s like it’s going to die, one of them said. It is falling. We are all falling, one of the children said. But no one takes the bait. It’s like it’s going to end up in a million pieces. Kaboom, the first child said, slapping his palms together and exploding them for effect.

Carissa Licciardello and Elsie Yager’s adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s Orlando for Belvoir is most rewarding where it takes the most risk.

Maid Made Boss, Pinchgut Opera’s take on La serva padrona, shows that the 18th century comic opera might have been made for the contemporary Australian company.

An exhibition pairing American–French surrealist Man Ray and Australian photographer Max Dupain throws new light on the work of both.

After 25 years of making music, acclaimed British electronic pop band Hot Chip are still moving to their own beat.