Australian politics, society & culture

Arts & Letters

Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg’s documentary ‘Weiner’ charts the fall of a congressman who can’t keep out of the spotlight
By Leigh Sales
Cover of The Art of Time Travel
Tom Griffiths’ ‘The Art of Time Travel’ is a thoughtful look at some of Australia’s most prominent historians
By Barry Hill
Image of Svetlana Alexievich
Nobel Prize–winning journalist Svetlana Alexievich brings together an extraordinarily diverse group of Russian voices
By Anna Goldsworthy
Cover of White Sands
Text Publishing; $32.99
By Stephanie Bishop
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, until 4 September 2016
By Julie Ewington
Briggs
Briggs on hip-hop, humour and a new generation of Aboriginal leaders
By Anwen Crawford
Image of Aaron Pedersen and Alex Russell in Goldstone
Cultural conflicts in Ivan Sen’s ‘Goldstone’ and the ABC’s ‘Cleverman’
By Luke Davies
Presenter John Hamblin on Play School
‘Play School’ celebrates 50 years of preschool education and entertainment
By Russell Marks
Puzzling out the singular Degas at the National Gallery of Victoria
By Sebastian Smee
Cover of The Healing Party
Black Inc.; $29.99
By Helen Elliott
Cover of Unnecessary Wars
NewSouth Publishing; $29.99
By Mark McKenna
Dragon circa 700s
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, until 10 July 2016
By Julie Ewington
Beyoncé in Lemonade
Beyoncé’s powerful ‘Lemonade’
By Anwen Crawford
Still from Hunt for the Wilderpeople
The Kiwi charm of Taika Waititi’s ‘Hunt for the Wilderpeople’
By Luke Davies
Scaling the IVF mountain in Julia Leigh’s ‘Avalanche’
By Anna Goldsworthy
Cover
Picador; $29.99
By Stephanie Bishop
Bloomsbury; $29.99
By Adrian McKinty

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