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Elissa Blake

Elissa Blake is an Arts Writer.

Artist Alex Gawronski and his work for The National: New Australian Art at the Art Gallery of NSW.

Mix'n'match switcheroo leaves art lovers guessing

If it looks like it doesn't belong, that is a good thing, says artist Alex Gawronski on the eve of The National: New Australian Art 2017, a ground-breaking three-way collaboration between the Museum Contemporary of Art, the Art Gallery of NSW and Carriageworks.

(Left to right) Moreblessing Maturur, Chantelle Jamieson and Rebecca Montalti in <i>Fallen</i>.

Fallen women question the system

Novelist Charles Dickens hand-picked "fallen" women to be reformed and sent to Australia. A new Australian play explores the hardships these young women experienced.

The cast of <i>Crimes of the Heart</i>: Amanda McGregor (left), Renae Small and Laura Pike.

Southern discomfort

Beth Henley's play Crimes of the Heart, made into a movie in 1986, zooms in on a Mississippi kitchen and three sisters with issues.