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As the Adelaide Festival draws to a close, organisers say record ticket sales and attendance numbers have made the 2017 event the most successful in its 57-year history.

Fellow musicians pay tribute to Chuck Berry, the legendary rock 'n' roll pioneer behind the hits Johnny B Goode, Roll Over Beethoven and Sweet Little Sixteen, after he died aged 90.

Chuck Berry, the man who defined rock 'n' roll's joy and rebellion, set a template for a new sound — and a new way of life.

The Indigenous community of Cherbourg in Queensland's South Burnett region works to rebuild one of Australia's first Aboriginal art ventures, the Barambah Potters.

Chuck Berry, who duck-walked his way into the pantheon of rock 'n' roll pioneers as one of its most influential guitarists, dies at his Missouri home at the age of 90.

For author Sarah Wilson, anxiety has ravaged relationships and cancelled career plans — but down in the abyss she's also found meaning and beauty, writes Jessica Martin.

Monopoly fans have voted in droves to replace three of the game's traditional tokens, the thimble, the boot and the wheelbarrow, with new tokens including a tyrannosaurus rex, a penguin and a rubber ducky.

The Adelaide Fringe Festival has sold a record 655,541 tickets, lifting overall sales by 9 per cent on last year and bringing in $16.2 million to organisers and artists.

Experimental Norwegian rock? Tick. Garlic munching? Tick. Ferret racing? Tick. While other places do weirdness well, Tasmania surely must be the home of the bizarre.

It began as a dream to preserve the rich culture of the Tiwi Islands and now a museum has become a symbol of self-determination.

The Federal Government will abolish the controversial Abbott-era arts fund Catalyst, after widespread criticism from the arts community.

Recklessly disregarding the cautionary tale Toy Story, two Canberra artists encourage children to tear apart old pre-loved soft toys and reassemble them into new — and sometimes terrifying — creations.

It would be a shame if Bill Leak is only remembered as a reactionary cultural warrior, Dr Christopher Sheil writes.

The iconic and ubiquitous Kikkoman soy sauce bottle draws its Japanese design principles from war and peace.

The Prime Minister eulogises Bill Leak as a talented satirist and "the best and funniest raconteur" in an address at a public memorial service in Sydney for the controversial cartoonist, who died last week.

The opulent tastes of US President Donald Trump are well known, and their influences can be traced back to French aristocracy and the splendour of Louis XIV's Palace of Versailles.

For couples, families or friends who share a significant song, the effects of music can be powerful and persistent, lasting well into old age, even piercing through dementia.

The discovery of an inscription on an ancient statue pulled from the mud of a Cairo slum reveals the colossus does not depict revered Pharaoh Ramses II as first thought, and is more likely of a lesser-known Egyptian ruler, the country's antiquities minister says.

An eagle-eyed local musician saves a valuable Steinway baby grand piano from destruction at a Broome tip, after resort staff ditch the instrument during a clean-up.

Ancestral Aboriginal remains currently housed in a German museum will be returned to Australia next week.

It wouldn't be St Patrick's Day without the sound of a traditional Irish jig, shamrock green dresses, towering hair and feet tapping in unison.

An illustration depicting the debilitating effects of Crohn's disease takes out the top award in science images for 2017.

The 81-year-old rediscovers "the wonder of the show" as its director, ahead of the opening of the production in Brisbane this week.

One of the most exciting events of the year for Australian art took place on Wednesday night, with an auction of some of the country's most recognisable pieces.

Michael Benson painstakingly creates a series of photographs showing off our solar system's far-flung spectacles for a new exhibition at the Queensland Museum.