Opening tomorrow, the “Discovering Ancient Egypt” exhibition at the museum has been billed as an exhibition with a difference, as it takes a close-up and personal look at how ancient Egyptians lived and died, reports HELEN MUSA.
In a new agreement, ACT Arts Minister Tara Cheyne has announced, the government will provide funding to the ANU School of Music and ANU School of Art and Design for community outreach activities.
Canberra Glassworks artist-in-residence Hannah Gason has designed a limited-edition, ornamental Christmas artwork inspired by the Commonwealth Star motif.
A Canberra artist more accustomed to refurbishing other people’s old artworks, has used her skills on one of her own 37-year-old paintings – and she’s sold it, HELEN MUSA reports.
Veteran choirmaster Gary Smith tells arts editor HELEN MUSA that most people can sing, and "I've only met three or four people over 20 years who have serious irreparable pitch problems”.
ROB KENNEDY reviews the debut solo performance of young clarinettist Harriet Allen. "She has the ability and self-assurance of someone far in advance of her years," he writes.
Arts editor HELEN MUSA has spent an extraordinary 30 minutes watching the National Gallery's latest acquisition, a huge, moving sculpture by American artist Jordan Wolfson, titled "Body Sculpture".