• Guide

    Ten New Melbourne Art Exhibitions That Will Drag You in From the Cold This July

    Uncover the rituals of small-town life, take part in a world-class arts mini course, and see The Great Wave IRL.

  • News

    Concrete Playground's Picks for the 2017 NZ International Film Festival

    Time management one of your special skills? You'll need it to get through this year's phenomenal program.

  • News

    Red Bull Music Academy Weekender Returns to Australia for Its Second Year

    The globally acclaimed festival will tour Australia, then return to Sydney for four days of live gigs across the city.

  • Guide

    Ten New Sydney Art Exhibitions That Will Drag You in From the Cold This July

    Exhibitions featuring Archibald Prize finalists, Georgia O'Keeffe's modernism and relationships with idolised celebrities.

  • News

    This Dream-Like New York Gallery Installation Changes Colour With the Weather

    Turning the courtyard at MoMA PS1 into a environmentally responsive, colour-changing wonderland.

  • News

    Palace Cinemas Is Opening a New 12-Screen Theatre in Melbourne's West

    The new Moonee Ponds site will feature three 'platinum' screens and an outdoor cinema space.

  • News

    Sydney's Getting a Dedicated Sake Store

    Sakeshop is coming to Stanmore, specialising in nihonshu, shochu, umeshu and Japanese beer.

  • News

    A Look Inside ACMI's Cracking New Wallace & Gromit Exhibition

    Get a glimpse at the magic and creative process behind beloved animation studio Aardman.

  • News

    Broad City's Abbi Jacobson to Host New Modern Art Podcast

    A WNYC and MoMA collaboration, this ten-episode series will unpack Duchamp, Polloclk et al. with Questlove, Hannibal Buress and RuPaul.

  • News

    Carriageworks Is Hosting a Brand New Immersive Art Dining Experience

    Birdfoxmonster is one of ten new commissions from artists with disability.

  • News

    The First Artist Lineup Has Been Announced For Northern Bass

    Including 'the most influential drum and bass DJ to ever live'.

  • News

    Melbourne International Film Festival Adds 33 New Cannes Titles to Its 2017 Lineup

    Travelling from the French Riviera to Melbourne cinemas this winter.

  • News

    The Sydney Opera House Will Light Up Its Sails Every Single Night

    In a projection work that carries on from Vivid's Songlines, Badu Gili is celebration of First Nations stories.

  • News

    NGV Australia Will Install an 11-Metre Indoor Swimming Pool for an Upcoming Exhibition

    The new exhibition will explore the pool's cultural significance in Australian architecture and identity.

  • News

    Sydney Opera House Announces Ambitious New Ideas Festival, ANTIDOTE

    It will replace the Festival of Dangerous Ideas in 2017.

  • News

    The Inspiring Women Making Waves in the Auckland Creative Scene

    Life lessons and advice on defying norms and breaking convention from the city's female creatives.

  • News

    The Best, Weirdest and Most Unexpected Films of Sydney Film Festival 2017

    Our critics needed a good night's sleep and a home-cooked meal after sifting through 250-plus movies.

  • News

    Queensland Film Festival Announces Packed 2017 Program

    See Isabelle Huppert, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson in films coming straight from Cannes.

  • News

    Preview Artbank's Latest Exhibit 'Good Neighbours' Before It Opens

    A new show embracing fun, family, connection and the rich potential of the artistic community.

  • News

    We're Giving Away Tickets to See Baby Driver

    See the highly anticipated SXSW Audience Award winner about a talented getaway driver with a killer personal soundtrack.

  • News

    Melbourne Museum Is Launching a Series of New After-Dark, Adults-Only Parties

    Nocturnal will let you explore the museum after hours, with live music, cocktails and curator talks.

  • News

    Barangaroo Has Announced Its Largest Commissioned Public Artwork Yet

    German artist Sabine Hornig's work will be installed across a 170-metre walkway.

  • News

    Concrete Playground's Winter Reading List 2017

    From a New York Times bestseller to Barnsey's memoir, these reads will get you through the colder months.

  • News

    Hungarian Film On Body and Soul Wins 2017 Sydney Film Festival Official Competition

    It is the first film that's been directed by a female filmmaker to win the Sydney Film Prize.

  • News

    More Australian Content Might Be Coming to Netflix and Stan

    The Australian government are considering enforcing local content quotas.

  • News

    A Look Inside the Resurrected Lansdowne Hotel

    Expect rock 'n' roll pinball machines, an entire floor dedicated to gigs and Mary's burger pizza.

  • News

    Hot Tub Cinema Is Coming to Brisbane

    The only cinema you're like to get pruny at — hopefully.

  • News

    The Art Gallery of New South Wales Is Getting a Massive New $224 Million Extension

    The 'Sydney Modern' extension will include eight low lying pavilions — some of which will allow the gallery to display its large collection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art.

  • News

    Australia's Scandinavian Film Festival Announces Full 2017 Program

    See 20 features from Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark and Iceland — including the winner of the Silver Bear for best director at this year's Berlinale.

  • News

    Melbourne International Film Festival 2017 to Open with Amazon Thriller 'Jungle'

    Daniel Radcliffe kicks off the festival with the real-life tale of Yossi Ghinsberg, an Israeli adventurer, who trekked into the Amazon as a 22-year-old in 1981.

  • News

    A La La Land Concert Experience is Coming to Auckland

    An orchestral shred session to the big screen musical.

  • News

    Sydney Film Festival Adds Three Days of Bonus Screenings to Their 2017 Lineup

    The Back by Popular Demand program gives you one last chance to see the most popular films of the festival.

  • Guide

    Six Ways to Mark Midwinter Matariki

    Celebrate the Maori New Year with indigenous cuisine, spine-tingling kapa haka and stories around a fire.

  • News

    The Brisbane International Film Festival Is Coming Back

    The resurrected festival returns in August, screening around 60 films in Palace's Brisbane locations.

  • News

    Win Tickets to New Zealand's First Reclining Cinema

    You can rest easy about dreaded seat-kickers.

  • News

    Artisan Brunch Is the Photo Series Turning Your Favourite Meal Into Famous Works of Art

    Giving iconic artworks the food-focused makeover no one ever realised they needed — until now.

  • News

    White Rabbit Gallery Has Announced Its New Spring/Summer Exhibition

    One of Sydney's most prolific galleries will collate 20 artists from China and Taiwan in a brand new exhibition.

  • News

    Breaking Bad Is Coming Back as a Virtual Reality Experience

    Prepare to follow in Walter White's footsteps.

  • News

    Lorde Announces 2017 New Zealand Tour of Intimate Venues

    She'll play small venues in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin.

  • News

    Lorde Announces 2017 Australian Tour of Outdoor Venues

    She'll play the Opera House Forecourt, the Sidney Myer Music Bowl and the Brisbane Botanic Gardens.

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