It's been a big week in art ... with Jim Pavlidis
Bloodshed and pestilence weren't the only things in generous supply during the Middle Ages.
Bloodshed and pestilence weren't the only things in generous supply during the Middle Ages.
Controversial Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios has defeated former world No.1 Novak Djokovic 7-6, 7-5 in the quarter-finals at the Mexico Open.
Andy Murray has saved a remarkable seven match points before seeing off Philipp Kohlschreiber in a gruelling quarter-final of the Dubai Duty Free Championships.
Bernard Tomic should have been barred by tournament rules from returning to play a doubles match just two hours after another singles retirement for which he has been widely condemned, according to experienced coach and commentator Roger Rasheed.
Nick Kyrgios has moved on from his run-in with the Acapulco crowd to claim a second-round victory over American Donald Young in straight sets.
Roger Federer has squandered three match points in a shock 3-6 7-6 (7) 7-6 (5) second-round loss to Russian qualifier Evgeny Donskoy at the Dubai Tennis Championships.
A group of four tennis fans, who claim they were directly targeted by Nick Kyrgios at the Mexico Open, say they felt threatened by the Australian tennis star and have demanded an apology.
Tomic withdrew from his first round citing extreme heat, while Kyrgios had another run-in with a spectator.
Bernard Tomic's commitment to tennis is expected to come under the microscope again after the Australian pulled out of his first round match in Acapulco citing "unbearable heat".
Imagine playing a game of tennis with a mate when someone offers to play the winner. Nothing necessarily unusual there, until you look up and see that the owner of the offer is none other than women's world No.1 - and contender for the the title of the sport's greatest ever player - Serena Williams.
Bernard Tomic is in a desperate fight to retain his grand slam seeding status as Nick Kyrgios lines up to potentially send his erstwhile Davis Cup teammate tumbling further down the rankings.
ACT sport and recreation minister Yvette Berry and Tennis ACT boss Kim Kachel are adamant Canberra will one day host international tennis.
Canberra tennis player James Frawley is preparing for a his first crack on the pro tour.
With his 18th and most unexpected Grand Slam singles title in hand, it was not unreasonable to wonder if Roger Federer might steal a move from his friend and one-time tennis role model Pete Sampras and call it a career on the highest possible note.
Australia's Samantha Stosur has become the latest victim of rising Croatian star Ana Konjuh.
Bernard Tomic's unhappy start to the 2017 ATP Tour season has continued in Florida.
A glamorous tennis star and handsome nobody, brought together by a fairytale sporting comeback and a relationship played out to the world on social media.
Incoming Tennis Australia head of performance Wally Masur will attempt to bring the Tomic family back into the fold after their relationship soured under his predecessor Pat Rafter.
Genie Bouchard kept her word after the Atlanta Falcons lost the lead.
The ESPN tennis commentator who was fired last month after being accused of using racist language to describe Venus Williams's playing style at the Australian Open has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against the network.
Boris Becker believes Maria Sharapova has paid her dues and deserves a second chance when she returns to tennis in April at the end of her 15-month doping ban.
Rafael Nadal's uncle, Toni Nadal, will step down as his coach after this year's ATP Tour, as he feels he has been sidelined by other figures in the player's entourage, he told an Italian tennis magazine.
German tennis has responded with outrage after the United States Tennis Association made the embarrassing error of playing the Nazi-era version of Germany's national anthem during a Fed Cup tie in Hawaii.
Denis Shapovalov's wild - and unintentional - attack on umpire Arnaud Gabas turns out to have caused some damage after all, although at least it was not to Gabas's vision.
French umpire Arnaud Gabas has had surgery to repair a fractured eye socket after being hit by a ball from Canada's Denis Shapovalov during a Davis Cup tie with Britain.
Australia's women remain in the Fed Cup wilderness for another year after Ukraine secured a clean sweep of the singles rubbers to win their World Group II playoff tie in Kharkiv.
Tennis ACT will submit an expression of interest to Tennis Australia in a bid to bring Davis Cup action to Canberra for the first time.
Australia's hopes of returning to the head table of women's tennis are hanging by a thread after Alicia Molik's team lost the opening singles rubbers of their Fed Cup World Group II tie against Ukraine in Kharkiv.
Daria Gavrilova has lost in straight sets to Ukraine's Lesia Tsurenko in the opening rubber of Australia's Fed Cup World Group II tie against Ukraine in Kiev.
Teenager Alex De Minaur dreams of playing for Australia, winning grand slam tournaments and becoming world No.1 – and his hero and mentor Lleyton Hewitt says he's doing all the right things to get there.