A spectacular lyrebird costume designed by Sidney Nolan for the Australian Ballet was the centrepiece of the launch at Canberra Museum + Gallery of an exhibition celebrating the 50th anniversary of his gift to the Australian people.
Helen Musa
“CityNews” arts editor
Artworks by Cézanne, Braque, Giacometti, Klee, Matisse and Picasso are coming from Berlin to the National Gallery of Australia this winter.
A Canberra artist whose unusual muse is his rescue greyhound is about to unveil his debut exhibition, which he describes as “a cultural statement”.
Here's HELEN MUSA's latest Artsweek column, roll call of a what's what, where and when around the local arts scene.
HELEN MUSA previews the new production of Willy Russell’s seminal 1986 play Shirley Valentine, starring screen identity and pop singer Natalie Bassingthwaighte in the title role.
Newsboys, remember them? In Arts in the City this week, HELEN MUSA reports there's a new musical about them coming up. But first the auditions.
Contesting the oft-repeated phrase that "women aren't funny", a group of Canberra comedians are taking the stage together for the Canberra Comedy Festival with a menacing-sounding show called Why Women Kill… at Comedy.
Fyshwick artist Margaret Hadfield has carried off the $6000 SOHO Art Prize for 2025, reports HELEN MUSA.
One of Canberra's most flamboyant personalities is about to bid farewell to her adopted home. Arts editor and friend HELEN MUSA salutes Coralie Wood on last time.
Landscape architect, environmental educator and host of ABC TV’s Gardening Australia, Costa Georgiadis, has been chosen from 25 Australians as the subject of the National Portrait Gallery’s next commission.
Arts editor HELEN MUSA reports that getting to stage The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a dream come true for Mockingbird Theatre Company director Chris Baldock.
The arts and lots of them feature in HELEN MUSA's latest Arts in the City column, a weekly wrap of what's on where and when.
