His outsider upbringing means Tony Ayres, the brains behind television series such as The Slap, Nowhere Boys and an upcoming drama based on Erin Patterson, is drawn to complex characters.
Archie Moore’s masterpiece kith and kin – the first Australian work to receive a Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale – is now an unmissable display at Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art.
Carl’s got a problem. The problem, he’ll tell anyone who asks, is that the International Olympic Committee is about to cut the most entertaining sport in history from the Games.
Being a young designer today isn’t easy, but the National Gallery of Victoria’s Rigg Design Prize exhibition shows how emerging practitioners are facing up to the challenges.
Every year, the Australian cinema calendar features more language-specific events such as the Greek Film Festival, attracting native speakers and art-house cinephiles alike.
White ibis unpicks lawn seams / on slope from road with mansions / down to river where trees fret / if they rise even slightly higher/ than views from balconies. These / jitters of an infernal naturalism.
On the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, Hisashi Inoue’s great postwar play The Face of Jizo recounts a horrific event with profound humanity.
