Sat, 11 Feb - Sun, 10 Jun 2012
Museum of Sydney, Sydney
A covert movement with overt messages gets exposed at the Museum of Sydney.
Sun, 12 Feb, 2012
Bondi Pavilion, Bondi Beach
Newly rebirthed by the White Party's high-fashion party aesthetic, and renamed as this year's 'Bondiesta', the festival brings this new style to its old digs. Bondiesta's inaugural run will see music across two stages from Clave Contra Clave winners Mi Tierra, Tribalismo's army of DJs and drummers, batucada provided by Rhythm Brazil and more. To go with the sounds, the festival also offers dance workshops, latin craft how-tos, South American food and art markets in the Bondi Pavilion. Also in the pavilion is Emmanuelle Bernard's black and white photo show Rio in Bondi, illustrating the parallels between the two famous beach cities.
Fri, 3 Feb, 2012
Carriageworks, Eveleigh
Three Beijing bands ease into the year of the dragon.
Fri, 27 Jan - Tue, 7 Feb 2012
Gaffa, Surry Hills
Rural themes and isolated places dominate these shows.
Fri, 27 Jan - Sun, 29 Jan 2012
China Heights, Darlinghurst
Chrissie Abbott brings her mad, polychromatic future to Sydney.
Tue, 17 Jan - Sun, 29 Jan 2012
Pine Street Creative Arts Centre, Chippendale
Photographer Jagath Dheerasekara captures ordinary lives with an uncertain future.
Wed, 25 Jan, 2012
Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
Art After Hours gets ideas in four short, persuasive slices.
Thu, 19 Jan, 2012
The Standard, Surry Hills
Every six years, pilgrims descend on the Ganges for either the Kumbh festival or Ardh Kumbh Mela, each larger than the yearly pilgrimage to Mecca. These two festivals are famous, as are the burial rites along the river’s banks. With much of this culture along the river having a spiritual bent, some people along the […]
Wed, 25 Jan, 2012
The Famous Spiegeltent, Sydney
If you think that TED is thought provoking and intellectual yet on the whole not funny enough, Sydney Festival has taken it upon itself to broaden the appeal.
Sat, 14 Jan, 2012
Parramatta Streets and Parks, Parramatta
The Sydney Festival First Night has come a long way since the first time it took over the city in 2008. Having comprehensively left its mark on the Sydney CBD, this year the Festival is taking its pedestrian mojo a little further west for a reprise of last week's street side, entertainment bacchanal. This Saturday the Festival revs up for a second attempt, as Parramatta gets the chance to light up with a Parra Opening Party all its own.
Wed, 11 Jan, 2012
While Bonachela may dance with an economy of movement, with his words he's generous to a fault.
This year Sydney's art institutions have produced an array of promising art events on the horizon to help you push into summer past the new year, whatever else the weather may hold.
If you're in town on holiday, grew up in a Christmas-free tradition or are otherwise disinterested in the big day, you might find yourself looking for something to help fill an otherwise quiet afternoon.
Lozano-Hemmer is famous for art that lurks in public spaces, galleries and even beaches, amplifying passers-by into new creatures with a city-sized will.
Sat, 17 Dec, 2011
Penguin Plays Rough, St Peters
Build a new city from a dream. Or have Penguin Plays Rough do it for you.
Thu, 15 Dec - Sun, 18 Dec 2011
aMBUSH Gallery, Waterloo
Collage gets the respect it deserves in this group show.
Thu, 8 Dec - Sun, 18 Dec 2011
Kind Of Gallery, St Leonards
Strange creatures from Beastman, both malevolent and divine.
Thu, 8 Dec 2011 - Sun, 5 Feb 2012
Art duo Ms & Mr give the late Philip K Dick a taste of his own medicine.
Tue, 1 Nov - Mon, 21 Nov 2011
Cinemas Everywhere, Various locations
To act, or to be Pope? One man chooses, in this new film from Italian director Nanni Moretti.