Arts & Culture
Unity, Culture, Hope: Songs for Freedom play for change
Marking the 40th anniversary year of 16-year-old Yinjibarndi boy John Pat’s death, Songs for Freedom is a moving assembly of soul, blues and country music by the Freedom Collective, advocating for change in the alarmingly disproportionate incarceration rates of Aboriginal children in Australian prisons.
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A powerful debut
Wrestling Before the Gateway is a bold and beautiful show of abstract paintings in the manner of Hilma af Klint whose spiritual approach to work was kept under wraps for 70 years.
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Talking skating, toxic masculinity and the Tao with Tom Craft
Hailing from Wagga Wagga in rural New South Wales, Tom Craft, 20, describes coming of age in a deeply conservative and religious environment.
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Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s movie concert series returns
The last tickets are on sale for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s (MSO) eighth and final performance of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back this October.
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Evening News at the NGV
Since relaunching as Evening News, the Melbourne based instrumental dance group formerly known as Beatnik Collective graduated from house-orientated grooves to a jazz and drum-and-base informed fusion of dark synth realms and psychedelic pop.
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Antartica comes to Chunky Move for Now or Never
The City of Melbourne’s Now or Never festival makes its debut in August with an exciting array of digital art and thought-provoking events breaking out right across the city, with two “sonic trips” to the Antarctic taking place at Southbank’s Chunky Move.
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Violin virtuoso and piano prodigy join forces at Melbourne Recital Centre
Feted for his effortless renditions of the otherwise impossible – from Paganini and Locatelli to Brett Dean – Ilya Gringolts’ performances and recordings have established him as one of the quintessential violin virtuosi of our time.
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Tubular Bells to ring out again
Tubular Bells for Two is returning for a final Melbourne performance, with the live arrangement of Mike Oldfield’s seminal 1973 masterpiece to be staged at Arts Centre Melbourne’s Playhouse on September 8 and 9.
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How a love for travel led to a career of “capturing moments in time”
When it comes to travelling there is nothing Ellina den Toom loves more, although capturing her adventures on camera is a close second.
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“Hello, Possums!” once more
Following the death of Barry Humphries in April this year, the world mourned not only for the giant of Australian character comedy, but also his darling creation: Dame Edna Everage.
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The sounds of 180 Bank St
Buildings often show characteristics of change of purpose, architectural style, design and decorative features.
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Student Q&Arts: Delphine Byrne
Get to know a student’s experience studying at The University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Fine Arts and Music. Delphine Byrne is studying a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Art) at the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) …
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Captivating sculpture unveiled in Montague
A striking new sculpture exploring the history of flooding and the current rising water table within the Fishermans Bend precinct has been unveiled.
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Melbourne Arts Precinct Transformation community engagement
When the Melbourne Arts Precinct Transformation (MAPT) project’s major works started this year, the project team had already been out and about for more than 12 months, talking to Southbank residents about what it takes to deliver a $1.7 billion project.
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Telethon Kid debuts at Malthouse Theatre
Comedian Alistair Baldwin lives with muscular dystrophy, and in his debut production of Telethon Kid he is ready to unpack everything he went through as a child with a rare muscular disorder.
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Meet University of Melbourne’s Sabrina McKenzie
Get to know a student’s experience of studying at The University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Fine Arts and Music. Sabrina McKenzie is a PhD student in Music Psychology at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music …
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The Melbourne Arts Precinct is being transformed
A transformed Arts Precinct for Melbourne, and for Southbank.
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Finding meaning between the waves
For the Yalingwa exhibition series’ third edition Between Waves, curator Jessica Clark has ensured both established and emerging artists have the opportunity to showcase their works at ACCA.
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Art imitates life in Malthouse’s latest comedy This is Living
Going to the theatre can be an escape, but sometimes a special gem of a show can instead help audiences realise they are not alone on this roller coaster called life; this is what This is Living aspires to do.
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A master of interiors
The Pierre Bonnard exhibition, on as the winter masterpieces at the National Gallery of Victoria, should appeal to photographers.
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Thank you James
Smiles and joy unite community at the Festival @ Boyd
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