Arts & Culture News

Cristiano Ronaldo has an airport named after him, but his odd-looking statue steals the show at the official ceremony honouring the Portugal star in his hometown.

Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan will receive his Nobel Literature Prize diploma and medal in the next few days in Stockholm, where is he due to perform this weekend, the secretary of the Swedish Academy says.

Bill Cosby's lawyers file a motion to prevent jurors at his upcoming sex assault trial from hearing the actor admit giving women quaaludes, money or educational funds, saying the testimony would unfairly prejudice them.

The head of the Australia Council wants to stop talking about controversies in arts funding, and return the focus to artists and their work.

Recording sound from different environments allows music scientists to monitor climate change, by using hydrophones and binaural microphones that mimic the same technology as the human ear, the World Science Festival hears.

A Canadian gold coin weighing 100 kilograms and bearing the image of Queen Elizabeth II is stolen during an overnight heist from Berlin's Bode Museum.

Many of the greatest works by late Australian artist Sidney Nolan, born 100 years ago, are displayed in public for the first time, with the largest number of Kelly paintings shown together since 1955.

"Ominous". "Creepy". "Beautiful". "Serene". What becomes of a building when all of its people are gone?

Kevin De Reus has lived in the same 24-kilometre radius his whole life but it has not stopped him from seeing the world — with the help of a shortwave radio.

As the Mela Festival kicks on in Adelaide for the 25th year, the Indian community says its culture has been warmly embraced and celebrated in South Australia for five decades.

Australia's largest and arguably most complex mural is finished, with artist Guido van Helten putting the final touches on the silos at Coonalpyn in South Australia.

The founder of one of the largest agencies for "skimpies" in Western Australia accuses an activist group — who is campaigning for the end of the practice — of perpetuating stereotypes.

From Jungle Book to Cinderella and now Beauty and the Beast, Disney has been mining its classic cartoons to create live action remakes. But why now? And are they any good?

After two decades of lighting stages for international celebrities such as Pink Floyd, Bryan Adams and Metallica, Shane Riddington has moved on to a new challenge.

Land of Mine, a Danish war film that veers into thriller territory, leaves a deep impression with its mix of tension and tragedy.

Taking inspiration from the zero-gravity cinematography of Gravity but clearly most influenced by Alien, Life works best when it's a claustrophobic thriller.

Stilt walker Joaquin-Povea Gonzales, orginally from Chile, tells how he straddles two worlds.

Ahead of tomorrow night's revival of the opera Carmen on Sydney Harbour, all the drama is off the stage with the production's original creative team saying they "cannot guarantee the work's integrity".

Tom McCosker has never ventured onto the football field, held back by the fear his cerebral palsy will let the team down, but he's found his groove in a new all-boys class in Queensland's St George.

Guards from Melbourne's La Trobe University are alleging security staff who work in the car parks are being paid as little as $12 an hour in cash.

Meet Andrea Bruno, a former Argentinian stockbroker who traded bonds for love and art.

Tasmanian-born comedian Hannah Gadsby is moving back to her home state, saying it has grown into a much more inclusive society than she experienced as a young, gay woman.

There are plans to sell Broken Hill's iconic Palace Hotel, with its managing director looking for new owners who will appreciate the building and maintain its authenticity.

When photographer William Eggleston first started showing off his colour snaps in the 1960s he was mocked and spurned. Now he's considered by many as the godfather of colour photography.