• Guide

    A Guide to Vivid Sydney 2018

    Here's a breakdown of the best of the fest.

  • News

    Six Wellington Artists to Check Out at NZ Art Show 2018

    The art paradise returns for its 15th year with a solid local lineup.

  • News

    How to Navigate Vivid Sydney 2018's Bright Lights

    This year there are nine light precincts to explore — here's a rundown on each one.

  • News

    South Bank Is Getting a Brand New Performing Arts Theatre

    By 2022, the Queensland Performing Arts Centre will be home to five theatres, including a new 1500-to-1700 capacity venue.

  • News

    Artist Mike Parr Will Spend 72 Hours Buried Under a Hobart Road During Dark Mofo

    He'll descend into a box measuring just 4.5 metres by 1.7 metres by 2.2 metres for three days, with traffic driving over the top.

  • News

    All the Music Acts You Can Catch at the Snow This Winter

    Thredbo's music lineup for the 2018 season is set to be massive.

  • News

    Sixteen Glowing Installations Have Popped Up in the Royal Botanic Garden for Vivid Sydney 2018

    Expect a forest of colour-changing trees and bars serving glow-in-the-dark cocktails when the lights turn on on Friday.

  • News

    A Look Inside the Creative Process of Melbourne Artist George Rose

    From living a transient existence to dad clothes.

  • News

    Shakespeare's Historic Globe Theatre Is Popping Up in Sydney

    Partyeth like it's 1614 with performances of 'Much Ado About Nothing' and 'Othello' at this full-scale replica of the historic theatre.

  • Guide

    Ten Gigs Not to Miss at 2018's Vivid Sydney

    From 90s rap to a 'Romeo + Juliet'-themed rock masquerade.

  • News

    Sydney's Taronga Zoo Has Been Spectacularly Illuminated for This Year's Vivid Festival

    It's the first light installation of Vivid Sydney 2018 to be revealed.

  • News

    A New York-Themed Cultural Festival Is Taking Over Melbourne This Winter

    Featuring Ilana Glazer, Regina Spektor, natural wine bar The Four Horsemen, top eats from Momofuku Ko and the Big Apple on the big screen.

  • News

    A New HBO Documentary Series Will Revisit the Case Against Serial's Adnan Syed

    It's being made by the director of true crime doco 'West of Memphis' and will have a score by Nick Cave.

  • Guide

    The Best Things to Do After Work in Sydney Tonight

    Looking for something to do at tools down? These are the shows that aren't sold out, the places you don't have to book and the events that require little-to-no prior planning.

  • News

    The Festival of Dangerous Ideas Is Coming Back — But This Time It'll Be Held on Cockatoo Island

    After a year off, FODI will return to Sydney for two days of thought-provoking discussion in a new harbourside venue.

  • News

    Broad City's Ilana Glazer Is Coming to Australia for the First Time

    She'll perform a one-off stand-up show at Melbourne's Hamer Hall.

  • News

    This Patch of Land by the Harbour Is Reopening to the Public as an Urban Park

    Sub Base Platypus will add a new foreshore walkway and public park to the lower north shore harbour.

  • Guide

    The Eight Best Things to See at Brisbane's MELT Festival 2018

    Brisbane's celebration of queer arts and culture is back for its fourth year.

  • News

    Six Picks for LUX Light Festival 2018

    Wellington's brightest experience of the year returns for ten days this week.

  • News

    Five Picks for Auckland Writers Festival 2018

    More than 230 of the planet's best writers have been booked for this year's literary feast — here are five essential events to pencil in your diary.

  • News

    A Look Inside GOMA's Weird and Wonderful 'Patricia Piccinini: Curious Affection' Exhibition

    Installations of a field of 3000 flowers, alien-like mushrooms and vast array of peculiar yet beautiful creatures will let you explore the intricacies of the acclaimed artist's mind.

  • News

    Bob Dylan Will Return to New Zealand to Play Two Stadium Shows

    The living legend will return to our shores for two shows that will showcase six decades of songs.

  • News

    Bob Dylan Will Return to Australia to Play Seven Stadium Shows

    The living legend will return to our shores for a string of shows that will showcase six decades of songs.

  • News

    A Concert Series Pairing National Geographic Footage with a Live Orchestra Is Touring Australia

    The images will draw upon Nat Geo's 130-year archives, while the score will feature the work of composers such as Hans Zimmer, Austin Fray and Andrew Christie.

  • News

    This Sydney Exhibition Explores the Eye-Catching Architecture Behind Your Favourite Japanese Anime Films

    Explore the process behind transforming hand-drawn cityscapes into big-screen backdrops.

  • News

    Client Liaison Have Launched Their Own Curated Music Festival

    For their next venture, the duo are masterminding a full-scale music festival that'll tour the country this winter.

  • News

    Japan's Kaleidoscopic New Digital-Only Art Museum Is Your Next Reason to Visit Tokyo

    Featuring a forest filled with lamps that respond to human interaction and a virtual tea party that pairs your hot beverage with digital blooming flowers.

  • News

    Sydney's Getting a New Music and Snow Sports Festival Fittingly Headlined By Snow Patrol

    The Air + Style Big Air Competition is coming to the southern hemisphere for the first time.

  • News

    Five-Time Finalist Yvette Coppersmith Has Taken Out the 2018 Archibald Prize

    Her self portrait has won the prestigious competition.

  • News

    The New Zealand International Film Festival Teases Its 2018 Program with Nine Features

    Including the story of a show-stopping Chinese designer, a haunting new film from the director of 'Winter’s Bone' and a Cannes award winner.

  • News

    Newmarket's Huge Italian Street Party Is Back for 2018

    The grand finale to a month-long partito.

  • News

    This New Writer's Residency Will Put You in a Tiny House in the Wilderness to Get Shit Done

    Unyoked is offering up one of its off-grid homes for five nights so you can finish that novel/story/poem/script.

  • News

    Sydney Film Festival's Full Jam-Packed 2018 Program Is Here

    With New Zealand comedies, Sundance hits and no fewer than 326 films screening across 12 days, this year's SFF is panning out to be a big one.

  • News

    Broadway's Bitchin' 'Bring It On' Musical Is Coming to Melbourne This Year

    The cult teen cheerleader film of 2000 has been given new life by 'Hamilton' composer Lin-Manuel Miranda.

  • News

    Sydney's Getting an Arctic Monkeys Pop-Up Store and Mini Film Festival

    The English rock band is releasing its sixth album with six pop-ups around the world — and Sydney's Golden Age Cinema is one of the hosts.

  • News

    Concrete Playground's Picks for The Documentary Edge International Film Festival 2018

    Screening 74 docos from across the globe, this year's Doc Edge has something for everybody.

  • News

    A Huge Inflatable Sydney Opera House Seal Is Currently Floating on the Harbour

    The tribute to long-nosed fur seal Benny will help launch the Sydney Opera House's new chat bot.

  • News

    Artist Spencer Tunick Will Stage a Mass Nude Photography Work in Melbourne

    Hundreds of Melburnians will volunteer to strip off on Chapel Street this July.

  • News

    The Queensland Government Is Moving Ahead with Plans for a New Arena Above Roma Street Station

    $5 million has been committed to develop a business case for the proposed complex.

  • Guide

    Five Next-Level Performances to See at Next Wave Festival 2018

    From freestyle dog dancing to a democratic dinner party.

  • News

    The Victorian Government Is Making a Heap of TAFE Courses Free

    From next year, it will be free to complete 30 TAFE courses, including nursing and accounting.

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