Velazquez, an artist so good, he's hard to write about
Edouard Manet considered him "the greatest painter that ever was".
Chick lit takes on Wall Street and the GFC
Chick lit meets Wall Street in a comic novel about a woman executive at Bear Stearns during the GFC, written by a former female executive at Bear Stearns.
Art world prepares for challenging year
Lukewarm results from the major auction houses and wary buyers and sellers chill the market.
Do you lead like Gandhi or Alexander the Great?
Imagine if you could bottle Caesar's strategy, Roosevelt's morality and Cleopatra's influence as a leader in the workplace.
2016 events: Marilyn Monroe comes to Bendigo
The Rio Olympics will dominate, but 2016 has plenty more cultural, sporting and arts festivals to celebrate.
Peta Credlin: Her role in Tony Abbott's downfall
The working relationship between the prime minister and his chief of staff mystified Australia but, in this exclusive extract, a new book asks, who was the real culprit?
China's new silk road includes art exhibitions
China's much-hyped "one belt, one road" strategy to build better roads, railways and ports from Indonesia to Europe, has taken an unlikely detour into the arts world.
Why a giant shoebox is coming to Perth
Visitors to the Perth International Arts Festival can walk a mile in a stranger's shoes at an exhibit designed to build empathy.
Queen of photography receives royal advice
Just don't ever call Annie Leibovitz a celebrity photographer.
Luxury cruise liners turn up the ritz
Fancy a chandelier-lit musical soiree in a marble cave in Iceland? A voyage from pole to pole? Farm-to-table dining on the high seas? Luxury...
Movie review: Looking for Grace
A new Australian film lurches between comedy, drama, mystery and tragedy, writes John McDonald.
