Arts
The inspiration behind an otherworldly network of glowing mushrooms in Kings Park
More than 50,000 kilometres of cables, fibre optics and lighting components will power 18 installations across Kings Park as part of the immersive Lightscape experience.
- Indigo Lemay-Conway
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Lana was not even a teenager when she first sang for Opera Australia. It set her on a lifelong path
The young soprano is one of seven recruits whose talent, commitment and infectious enthusiasm for the artform may excite a new generation of opera-lovers.
- Matthew Westwood
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- University Of Sydney
Newly appointed USyd professor Anna Funder knows fascism when she sees it. And she sees it in the White House
Acclaimed author and Miles Franklin prize winner Anna Funder has been appointed as a new Professor of Practice in Creative Writing. She’s on a mission to remind us of the power of human stories in the era of AI slop.
- Jacqueline Maley
Arts boss Adrian Collette says Creative Australia is ‘not about moral compass’
The country’s top arts bureaucrat has insisted his organisation is not in the business of judging people’s opinions, merely the quality of their work.
- Karl Quinn
From Aussie crime to a literary giant’s last novel, here are 11 books to read this month
This selection will help you get your new year up and running.
- Jason Steger
Sacked pianist Jayson Gillham’s case against MSO to run for three weeks
At the heart of the issue is freedom of expression for employees – especially artists.
- Kerrie O'Brien
Don’t let the name put you off, Fwends is poignant and real
This tiny budget debut feature film by Melbourne-based Sophie Somerville punches above its weight.
- Jake Wilson
- ★★
- Review
Treading a perilous line between science and shamanism
Edge of Life is a documentary probably best left to the true believers.
- Jake Wilson
50 years on from the Dismissal, it could all happen again
Have we learnt anything since the dismissal of the Whitlam government five decades ago? This writer fears not.
- Kerrie O'Brien
Taxpayers forked out millions to host this world-class ‘festival of festivals’ in Sydney. Was it worth it?
The state government refuses to confirm its level of investment, and the pay-off, of its gamble. That’s only one element shrouding SXSW Sydney – and its complicated web of stakeholders – in mystery.
- Bronte Gossling