Culture

A new exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia showcases the pioneering work of Bauhaus power couple Anni and Josef Albers.

As the feminist trickster of Australian art, Julie Rrap is still pushing boundaries in her work after four decades.

Dirty Three’s first album in more than a decade, Love Changes Everything, is a transcendent reaffirmation of the trio’s refusal to obey the conventions of music.

After my collection, the retrieval. There were no viable eggs. Nothing for the deep freeze. Would you believe it? The doctor’s face as she told me. She must have practised this face, but still, she had it all wrong. They should give those doctors acting lessons. It should be mandatory to spend a couple of semesters learning how to feel. Good acting isn’t acting at all, it requires something real, from the heart.

Adelaide Cabaret Festival is no longer as capricious or anarchic as it once was, but there are still performers who know cabaret is what can be made with an audience on any given night.

While festivals very rarely have a cohesive through line, war and displacement connect several highlights of the Sydney Film Festival.

With his latest album, John Cale remains as inquisitive and excited about music as he was when he co-founded The Velvet Underground in 1964.