Melbourne photographer Nathan Beard has won the final National Photographic Portrait Prize, it was announced at the National Portrait Gallery on Friday evening.
Helen Musa
“CityNews” arts editor
A new partnership between Canberra Symphony Orchestra and The Ricky Stuart Foundation will bring live music experiences to autistic, neurodivergent and disabled students across Canberra's specialist schools.
With the ongoing bid to see Canberra recognised as a UNESCO City of Design in mind, the 2026 Craft + Design Canberra Festival was launched in fine style at the National Film and Sound Archive on Thursday evening.
There may be plenty of jokes about the “double Dutch” brothers, but there is nothing remotely funny about the extraordinary musical talents of Lucas and Arthur Jussen, one of the world’s leading piano duos, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Here's arts editor HELEN MUSA with her latest Artsweek column.
When actor Lainie Hart first read Joanna Murray-Smith's Bombshells around the dinner table at director Jordan Best's home, she found herself unexpectedly moved, reports HELEN MUSA.
Patrons of Canberra’s literary organisation MARION have launched a strong protest over a cut to the organisation’s funding, despite the ACT Government’s recent boast of a 25 per cent boost to arts funding.
Hussein Abdirahman Mohamud has won the Art Handlers’ Award at the 2026 National Photographic Portrait Prize for his work UNTITLED: 01, 2025, from the series What remains?
Thousands of post-war migrants passed through the Bonegilla migrant camp near Albury-Wodonga. So Bonegilla – The Migrant’s Journey is likely to strike a particularly resonant chord with ACT audiences, writes HELEN MUSA.
The Australian Theatre for Young People is bringing its production of Saplings to The Q, Queanbeyan, a work which has been described as authentic, raw, brutal and deeply moving, reports HELEN MUSA.
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia has partnered with YouTube to recognise 10 of Australia’s most influential creators on the platform, it was announced at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday.
A sold out Friday evening performance of the show 1966 and All That has prompted organizers to open a second performance on Sunday, September 6, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
