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NewsThis App Will Search More Than a Thousand Museums and Galleries For Your Artistic Doppelganger
Always thought that your selfies look like art? Maybe they do.
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NewsSBS Viceland Is Airing a Very Extended 17-Hour Doco on the Journey of The Ghan
It'll feature the entire 2979 kilometres of the train's trip from Adelaide to Darwin (well, minus the sections at night).
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NewsMeet Brisbane's New Beautifully Designed Creative Co-Working Hub, The Cove
As well as a place to work, the space offers masterclasses, wellness programs and a business concierge.
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NewsTen Golden Globe Winners to Add to Your 2018 Must-Watch List
If you're going to binge watch something this year, make sure it's the highest possible quality.
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NewsWhat We Do in the Shadows Is Getting Remade for US Television
Jemaine Clement is writing the pilot script, and expects it to shoot this year.
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NewsUluru's Incredible Field of Light Installation Has Been Extended Until 2020
Bruce Munro’s immersive installation will keep lighting up the Red Centre.
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NewsTwenty-Five Exceptional Films by Indigenous Australian Filmmakers That You Can Stream Right Now
Celebrate Australia's First Nations filmmakers with these potent westerns, horror standouts, coming-of-age gems, Top End rom-coms, outback noirs, and expressive dance flicks.
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NewsA List of All of the Wes Anderson Films, Ranked
No one makes movies quite like Wes Anderson, so we've revisited and ranked them all — even though every single one is a gem.
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NewsIt's Eurovision Time: Here's When You Can Watch 2025's Song Contest (with Tony Armstrong and Courtney Act Hosting Australia's Coverage)
This year's Australian entry: Go-Jo with the song 'Milkshake Man', which is being performed with a four-metre-tall blender as part of the set.
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NewsHop to It: 16 Classic and Eclectic Films You Can Stream This Easter Long Weekend
Some feature bunnies. Some include eggs or chocolate. Some have provocative takes on religion.
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NewsTen 2025 Oscar-Winning Films That You Can and Should Watch Immediately
Your newly Oscars-approved viewing list includes movies about determined architects, whirlwind romances, catty cardinals, sandworms and more.
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NewsPredicting the Oscars: Who Should, Could and Will Win at the 2025 Academy Awards
From 'Anora' and 'A Real Pain' to 'I'm Still Here' and 'No Other Land', here's what's likely to emerge victorious at the 2025 Oscars.
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NewsHere's Where You Can Watch 33 of 2025's Oscar-Nominated Movies in Australia Right Now
Massive musicals, monumental dramas, stunning animated gems, heartbreaking documentaries, two Timothée Chalamet movies: they're all Oscar contenders, and you can watch them all.
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NewsEleven 2025 Golden Globe-Winning Films and TV Shows That You Can (and Should) Watch Right Now
Make a cinema or couch date with a freshly minted Golden Globe-winner — here's what you can watch right away, and where.
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NewsTwenty-Five Movies That You Can Stream This Christmas No Matter How You Feel About the Festive Season
Pour a glass of eggnog, find your comfiest spot on the couch, then enjoy everything from 'The Holdovers' and 'Die Hard' to 'Last Christmas' and 'Eyes Wide Shut'.
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NewsNine 2024 Emmy-Winning TV Shows That You Should Watch Immediately
Your new must-watch list of Emmy-winners includes 'Baby Reindeer' and its has-to-be-seen-to-be-believed tale, the history-making 'Shōgun' and, yes, 'The Bear'.
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NewsNew York's Metropolitan Museum of Art Will Start Charging Tourists Entry Fees
Headed to NY this year? Prepare to pay to get into this iconic site.
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NewsThis Swirling Design Has Been Chosen as Burning Man's 2018 Temple
It'll preside over the festival for nine days before being set alight.
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NewsSydney Festival Is Hosting a Huge Wedding Reception to Celebrate Australia's First Same-Sex Marriages
The Love Is Love Wedding Reception will feature a pink swimming pool, Karaoke Carousel, and plenty of cake and Champagne.
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NewsVillage Cinemas Has Cancelled Its Surge Pricing Trial
Unsurprisingly, charging more during peak times wasn't a popular move.
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NewsIceland Becomes First Country in the World to Legalise Equal Pay
Companies employing 25 people or more must prove their equal pay policies through government certification or face hefty fines.
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NewsVillage Cinemas Is Trialling Surge-Priced Movie Tickets Over Summer
At selected Victorian sites, prices will increase after 5pm on Friday and Saturday nights — including for candy bar items.
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NewsThis Japanese Art Project Collects Origami Sculptures Made From Chopstick Wrappers
Turning rubbish into art.
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NewsSeinfeld Might Be Getting the Point-and-Click Video Game Treatment
It'll be the ultimate game about nothing, obviously.
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NewsSummer Reading List 2017-18
Find a shady spot on the beach and make your way through these seven books.
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GuideConcrete Playground's Most-Read Stories of 2017
From 'glampgrounds' to new live music venues, here are the stories that resonated most with you this year.
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EventThe Great Artist Market
Sat, 28 Mar, 2026
Felons Barrel Hall, Brisbane City
This riverside brewery is celebrating Brisbane's creative community with a one-day market featuring over 70 local talents.
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EventArmand Van Helden at The Tivoli
Fri, 10 Apr, 2026
The Tivoli, Fortitude Valley
Groove to house music all night long, as one of the genre's pioneering stars makes a long-awaited return to Brisbane.
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EventArchie Moore: kith and kin
Sat, 27 Sep 2025 - Sun, 18 Oct 2026
GOMA, South Brisbane
This artwork won the 2024 Venice Biennale's Golden Lion — and Australians can see it at home in Brisbane.
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NewsTen Australian TV Shows You Should Stream This Summer
Hit pause on your fifth run of 'Seinfeld' — there's plenty of hilarious, relatable and completely bingeworthy local television to get into.
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NewsA Major Contemporary Aboriginal Artwork Will Grace Sydney Airport's International Terminal From 2018
The installation by Kamilaroi artist Archie Moore will be seen by 15 million passengers each year.
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NewsConcrete Playground's Top Ten Films of 2017
If you didn't catch these in cinemas, make it your mission to seek them out before the year's end.
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NewsConcrete Playground's 2017 Boxing Day Movie Smackdown
Get maximum bang for your Kris Kringle gift voucher buck.
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NewsThe Ten Best Films Hardly Anyone Saw in 2017
Forget lightsabers, caped crusaders, fast cars and fairy tales and catch up on these under-seen gems over summer.
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GuideTen Supremely Festive Things to Do This Christmas in Brisbane
Parties, arcade dinners and music festival markets.
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GuideTen Epic Art Exhibitions to See Across Australia This Summer
From Yayoi Kusama to Pipilotti Rist to the NGV's huge new Triennial, this might be the country's best summer of art yet.
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Gallery: A Look Inside the NGV's Hugely Ambitious New Exhibition, the NGV Triennial
The gallery is now filled with 100 giants resin skulls, a Yayoi Kusama flower room and a 15.8-metre-long buddha until April 2018.
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NewsMelbourne's All-Night Arts Festival White Night Will Feature Two Burning Man Installations in 2018
Plus, a shimmering 'liquid sky' will hover over Fed Square, a laneway will be filled with virtual dogs and drag queens will sing from CBD balconies.
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A Guide to Australia's Best Summer Festivals in 2017–18
The best camping festivals, one-day dance parties and multi-day arts meets hitting the country this year.
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NewsAi Weiwei to Install a 60-Metre Inflatable Boat on Sydney's Cockatoo Island
It's part of 2018's 21st Biennale of Sydney.
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NewsYouTube Is Set to Launch Its Own Music Subscription Service
Called Remix, it's slated to be up and running by March 2018.
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NewsBrisbane's Massive Valley Bar Crawl Returns with an Expanded 2018 Lineup
Get ready to hop around town again — and to more venues.
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NewsIt's Finally Happened: The Marriage Equality Bill Has Passed Through Australian Parliament
Same-sex marriage will be made legal — potentially within the month.
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GuideEight Captivating Art Exhibitions to Explore in Brisbane This December
Cover off everything from Japanese icons to artistic bootlegs to Queensland's neon past.
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NewsNew York's Madison Square Park Has Been Turned Into a Glowing Field of Light
Hundreds of LED-filled globes will be swaying over the public space until March.
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NewsThe Latest Intriguingly Bleak Trailers for 'Black Mirror' Season Four Are Here
Get a sneak peek at the new six-episode season.
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NewsBrisbane's New Eight-Screen Reading Cinema Opens in Newmarket This Month
The cinema will feature two Gold Class theatres, a special 23-metre screen and in-seat dining.
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NewsMelbourne Artist Callum Preston Has Recreated a Functional 90s-Style Milk Bar
Everything's for sale — except the Crunchie bars and Big Ms are hand-painted timber artworks.
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GuideSix Events to See at Brisbane Powerhouse's Wonderland 2017
Mystery theatre, movie debates and meaningful circus acts.
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NewsTriple J Has Changed the Date of the Hottest 100 Countdown
After mounting public pressure, the countdown will no longer be held on Australia Day.
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NewsA World-First Interactive Alice in Wonderland Exhibition Is Coming to Australia
Go down the rabbit hole at ACMI and into the curious history of Alice's adventures in Wonderland through film, puppetry, CGI and more.
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NewsBrigsby Bear's Kyle Mooney on Making a Movie Inspired by Weird 80s VHS Tapes
The Saturday Night Live star's new film was influenced by his obsession with low budget educational films from the 80s and 90s.
