• News

    Splendour in the Grass 2015 in a Muddy, Muddy Nutshell

    From Florence to Ronson, we're still chipping the sludge from our boots.

  • News

    Brisbane Writers Festival Announces 2015 Program

    Those with a penchant for prose will feel well and truly pampered.

  • News

    Unleash Your Inner Awesome with Work-Shop's DIY Classes

    From terrarium-building to street art and Japanese flower arranging.

  • News

    Seven Treasures from the State Library's Inspiration by Design Exhibition

    From Blinky Bill's beginnings to art deco QANTAS ads and Beatrix Potter's early Peter Rabbit drawings.

  • Guide

    The Ten Best Things Happening in Melbourne This Weekend

    We're talking stage, screen, music and a bit of tipsy mini golf thrown in.

  • Guide

    The Ten Best Things Happening in Sydney This Weekend

    Whether it's gourmet coffee, old-school hamburgers, indie flicks or the very best Splendour in the Grass sideshows, Concrete Playground has you covered.

  • News

    Five Things You're Allowed to Do at Underbelly Arts Festival This Year

    Visit a bar that only serves air, stuff your face with Mary's and throw shapes at an art party.

  • Guide

    Ten Splendour Sideshows You Can Still Buy Tickets For

    Not heading to Splendour? Just bring the festival to you.

  • News

    Five Ways to Out-Bowie Everyone at ACMI's David Bowie Exhibition

    Know more about Bowie than the guy wearing a Diamond Dogs tee in front of you in line.

  • Guide

    Nine Splendour Sideshows You Can Still Buy Tickets For

    Not heading up to Splendour? Just bring the festival to you.

  • News

    Nigel Milsom's Haunting Portrait Wins the 2015 Archibald Prize

    For his Edgar Allan Poe-like portrait of Australian barrister Charles Waterstreet.

  • News

    Fight Club as a Rock Opera? It's Actually Happening

    Chuck Palahniuk, David Fincher and Trent Reznor are apparently all on board.

  • News

    Take a Delicious, Delicious Tour of Nick Offerman's Pizza Farm

    “If it’s on a plant, it’s good for you, who cares how it got there.”

  • News

    Concrete Playground's Festival of Dangerous Ideas 2015 Reading List

    Put this wintry weather to good use and get clued in for FODI.

  • News

    Festival of Dangerous Ideas Announces Huge 2015 Lineup

    With Jon Ronson, Naomi Klein and Peter Greste all bringing their soapboxes to the Opera House.

  • News

    The Ten Must See Films at the 2015 Melbourne International Film Festival

    Thrillers, award winners and movies at a 90 degree angle.

  • News

    Archibald Prize 2015 Finalists and Packing Room Prize Announced

    The Australian faces everyone will be talking about for the next few months.

  • News

    Young Henrys Small World Festival 2015 Lineup Announced

    The Newtonian brewers return with a second year of inner west bands, food and craft beer.

  • News

    This NYC Rapper Made an Entire Album in an Apple Store

    When Prince Harvey's laptop was stolen, he came up with a Genius solution.

  • News

    Melbourne International Film Festival Unveils Full 2015 Program

    Frances Ha fans, you'll love this closing night.

  • News

    This Massive Ball Pit 'Beach' Is Made for Art-Loving Kidults

    An ocean of 750,000 recyclable plastic balls has taken over the entire atrium of DC's National Building Museum.

  • Guide

    Five Out-of-the-Ordinary New Art Exhibitions to See in July

    Bye bye Marina, hello robot attempting to eat a chicken nugget.

  • News

    Red Deer Music and Arts Festival 2015 Announces Lineup

    Brisbane's BYO booze and couch camping festival is back.

  • News

    Andy Warhol and Ai Weiwei Double-Billed for NGV's Summer Exhibition

    Two of the most groundbreaking artists and craziest cat ladies of our time, in one epic show.

  • News

    OutsideIn Festival Drops First Half of 2015 Lineup

    Sydney's most unpindownable festival is back.

  • News

    Queensland Film Festival Has Announced Its First Ever Program

    All the freak-out horror movies, colonialist Argentinian westerns and arthouse documentaries you'll be watching at Brisbane's brand new film festival.

  • News

    Brisbane Festival Reveals Complete 2015 Lineup

    Backyard cinema, an all-male Importance of Being Earnest and a brand new festival village.

  • News

    New York Is Getting a Pop-Up Seinfeld Museum

    Open for five days only. Get. Out.

  • News

    Grey Gardens Projects Exhibition Space to Open in Fitzroy

    With a gallery and performance space, coffee bar and a brand new permanent home for Speakeasy Cinema.

  • GALLERY: Dark Mofo 2015

    Demon purging, fire organs and wallaby burritos at the end of the world.

  • News

    Understanding the Work of Marina Abramovic in Five Phases

    How the performance artist got from bodily extremes to quiet introspection — and with it, superstardom.

  • News

    The Lido to Add New Flavour to Melbourne's Cinema Scene

    Rooftop cinema, a 'hidden' jazz room and Huxtaburger are all part of the picture at the Lido.

  • News

    The Best, Worst and Weirdest Movies of the Sydney Film Festival 2015

    Here's what left our mouths agape, for one reason or another.

  • News

    Degraves Street Underpass to Relaunch Public Art Program

    Campbell Arcade's glass cabinets have been rechristened 'The Dirty Dozen'.

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