It's time to re-evaluate Justin Bieber as a serious creative artist as he brings his Purpose tour to Australia, write Ed Montano and Gene Shill from RMIT University.
German-Australian artist Hans Heysen made gum trees famous and gave generously to a wounded soldiers' fund during WWI, but recently unearthed papers show authorities believed he was a potential traitor.
The British superstar uses her first Brisbane concert to respond to those criticising her for playing at the Gabba stadium, before again taking to the stage on Sunday night.
Adele super fan Caitlyn Sheehan is one of 60,000 filling Brisbane's Gabba this weekend, for concerts so popular tens of thousands of extra seats have been brought in.
Graffiti artist Banksy's latest project and brand new guesthouse, The Walled Off Hotel, claims to have the "worst view in the world" — the barrier wall separating Israeli and Palestinian territories.
The buildings of Sydney city are one step closer to being awash with street art after a proposal to reduce the paperwork needed to commission artworks on walls is passed.
It's a tale as old as time, but in a major first for Disney, the new live-action adaption of Beauty and the Beast will feature an openly gay character and love scene, director Bill Condon says.
Young musicians from across western Sydney, the Hawkesbury and Blue Mountains are busy rehearsing for the first performance of the Western Sydney Youth Orchestra.
The two PricewaterhouseCoopers accountants behind the Best Picture mix up at the Oscars are barred from tabulating votes and handing out envelopes containing winners' names at future ceremonies, the organisers of the Academy Awards say.
Respected ABC journalist Mark Colvin's organ donation story is the inspiration for a new play about him, the kidney and its donor — prominent businesswoman Mary-Ellen Field.
Ticketmaster declines to comment on claims it is profiting from scalping on its affiliated website, Ticketmaster Resale, after thousands of Midnight Oil fans are left without passes to the band's Melbourne concert.
A group of youths from diverse backgrounds are finding their voice and tackling social injustices, discrimination and the politics of division through poetry in Adelaide.
As you are probably now aware, Oscars presenters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway called out the wrong winner for the best picture award yesterday at the Academy Awards. But who are they?
One of Sydney's most prominent examples of brutalist architecture, the almost deserted Sirius building at The Rocks, is opened to the public for the first time in almost 40 years.
Thousands of Midnight Oil fans are left disappointed as tickets for a Melbourne concert appear for resale, minutes after they are released, at many times the original price.
Perth once had 15 cinema screens in the city centre; now there are none, but the evidence of the old movie halls is still there hidden behind shops, offices and in basements.
The most coveted award of the Oscars descends into chaos, with an unprecedented blunder seeing La La Land mistakenly named the Best Picture winner, instead of Moonlight.
Jimmy Kimmel singles out some of Hollywood's elite while hosting the 88th annual Academy Awards. We take a look at some of the highlights from his Oscars debut.
The Iranian winner of best foreign language film condemns Donald Trump's "inhumane" US travel ban, after boycotting the awards "out of respect for the people of my country".
Nearly 200 storm chasers pay tribute to late actor Bill Paxton by spelling out his initials using GPS coordinates on a map depicting the heart of Tornado Alley.
Irish LGBTIQ rights activist and drag queen Panti Bliss, affectionately referred to as the "Queen of Ireland", appeared at Sydney's Mardi Gras parade, March 5, 2017.
About 200 floats and thousands of performers made for a dazzling Mardi Gras spectacle through Sydney's inner-city suburbs of Darlinghurst and Surry Hills, March 5, 2017.
This week on The Mix: the stranger-than-fiction tale of Mark Colvin’s kidney makes it to the stage, China’s National Ballet fuse propaganda with art, the pub critics indulge in some post-Oscars banter, and a festival that takes dress-ups to a whole other level.
Rory O'Neill is an entertainer and gay rights activist whose flamboyant alter-ego — a 7ft drag queen called Panti Bliss — became the face of Ireland's successful marriage equality campaign.
Patrick Stewart and Hugh Jackman speak to Lateline about ageing on screen and how the latest X-Men film, Logan, has similarities with the current political climate.
Renowned film critic David Stratton is now the subject of his own documentary, which delves into how the UK-born film buff grew up with the Australian industry.
Patrick Stewart and Hugh Jackman speak to Lateline about ageing on screen and how the latest X-Men film, Logan, has similarities with the current political climate.
