Maude, the sulphur-crested cockatoo from Coolac, has deliberated on entries for the 28th Bald Archy Prize and declared Newcastle artist Judy Nadin the 2024 winner.
In an unusual departure from its mixed-artist exhibitions, the National Portrait Gallery has opened its 2024 season with an exhibition of high seriousness – Ralph Heimans: Portraiture. Power. Influence, reports HELEN MUSA.
There's no other way of putting it – Canberra playwright Dylan Van Den Berg is hot property in Australian theatre circles, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
In another extraordinary coup for Ana de la Vega, international flautist-turned-artistic director of Snow Concert Hall, one of England's most loved vocal groups, The King’s Singers, will be coming to town, reports HELEN MUSA.
Local dance dynamo Liz Lea, has led the annual BOLD Festival in bringing together dance aficionados of all genres of dance to meet, perform, discuss and swap ideas and opinions on all things dance, reports BILL STEPHENS.
Standing up to make people laugh in public is a serious matter, but two Canberra mums have taken on the task with considerable success and will be showing off their comic skills during the coming Canberra Comedy Festival.
If it hadn't been for Cyclone Tracy, Katherine McMahon would never have become director of the National Museum of Australia, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.