Monet painting sells for record $109.7m
Claude Monet's grain stack painting has fetched a record for the artist after a 14-minute bidding war.
Menzies scraps December sale – who's next?
Menzies, which has dominated Australia's art auction turnover figures for the past seven years, has scrapped its December sale.
ABC defends Netflix deal
ABC MD Michelle Guthrie says a production deal with Netflix allows the broadcaster to meet demands for high quality shows.
Apple's newest product is a book. On paper. For $395.
Looking for an unusual new Apple gift this Christmas for the Apple fan in your life? Try this.
Olsen's Blue Bottles star at Bonhams
John Olsen's Holiday by the Sea, the Blue Bottles Arrive from 1993, estimated at $250,000 to $300,000, is the star lot of Bonhams next sale.
One music streaming site is always No. 1 in China
Chinese popular music has exploded in all directions, but one site brings artists and fans of all genres together.
Movie review: Arrival
This is a sci-fi movie that challenges the brain, not the central nervous system.
Better late than never
The Nazis hated Max Beckmann's art; so, unfortunately, did much of the American art establishment of the time.
We were a very weird mob
Fifty years ago, one of Australia's most sharply observed comic novels was transferred to the screen by one of Britain's greatest directors.
Climb the Opera House
A virtual reality tour atop Australia's ultimate landmark is almost better than the real thing, our intrepid correspondent discovers.
Jay McInerney on how to skewer the rich
Reflections from author Jay McInerney, whose first novel, 'Bright Lights, Big City', was set in New York in the coke-fuelled 1980s.
