Omar Musa’s new book finds humanity in surreal worlds
JUDITH NANGALA CRISPIN reviews Omar Masa's new book The Vape Lord of Queanbeyan, a collection of short stories published by Penguin Random House Australia.
Arts & Entertainment
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The National Gallery of Australia has on Thursday unveiled the full suite of 20 huge Saint Francis tapestries by Arthur Boyd to the assembled press before the exhibition Arthur Boyd: Tapestries goes on show to the public from Saturday.
Former Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson shares in his series Clarkson's Farm that he's been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer.
Here's the latest Artsweek column by arts editor HELEN MUSA for Canberrans looking for artsy things to watch or do.
Art
Classical echoes in Bucich’s sculptural practice
KERRY-ANNE COUSINS reviews Thomas Bucich's latest sculptural works that share a visual relationship with classical Greek sculpture and mythology.
Theatre
When evicted Pino moves back with his parents
If your vision of the Italian extended family is rose-tinted, Frank Lotito's comedy The Italian Divorce, coming soon to The Q, may give you pause for thought, writes HELEN MUSA.
Exhibitions
Remembering the car that carried Australia
Public reaction to Australia’s first locally made car in 1948 was extraordinary. Now an aptly titled exhibition at the National Archives, Rear Vision: the Holden Collection, brings to life memories and stories of GMH, reports HELEN MUSA.
Country Love : The Ultimate Date Night will see three country music couples take to the stage with hit songs from each couple's repertoire, reports HELEN MUSA.
GRAHAM McDONALD reviews a performance project put together by local musicians Kimberly Steele and Christopher Pound around the idea of elegies, music which commemorates the dead.
In its latest production 'Letters to Lindy', Australia's longest continuously running theatre company, Lieder Theatre Company, revisits the extraordinary media vilification of Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton, reviews arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Here's the latest Arts in the City column from arts editor HELEN MUSA.
A joyous romp through the world of art, and proof that creative power is at work among young Canberrans, has been unveiled at M16 Artspace, reports HELEN MUSA.
"Tuggeranong Arts Centre proved the ideal setting to savour the virtuosity of two of Australia’s most accomplished musicians on a cold Canberra evening." BILL STEPHENS reviews a jazz performance by Joe Chindamo and Zoe Black.
How does a two-year old witness to his mother's murder cope with such trauma, let alone articulate to police what they need to find the killer, asks streaming columnist NICK OVERALL.
"Though it is subtly entertaining and insightful, this isn’t exactly a fun experience. But nor should it be." ARNE SJOSTEDT reviews Canberra Rep's production of David Williamson's play Travelling North.
MEREDITH HINCHLIFFE reviews four exhibitions at Craft + Design Canberra.
ALANNA MACLEAN reviews a performance of Terence Rattigan's play The Deep Blue Sea.
David Hockney, one of the most celebrated and influential British artists of modern times, has died aged 88.
A man credited with sharing his Indigenous culture with the world has received the highest honour in Australian music, as his family reveal their pride.
