Arts
Fresh cultural Territory
AMOS AIKMANCan the Northern Territory pull off a national indigenous art gallery?
Smorgasbord of tasty bites
Murray BramwellWith a new Wintergarden location and the Magic Mirrors spiegeltent, the program is as perky and intriguing as ever.
Laugh or you’ll cry
Justin BurkeShaun Micallef has carved a niche that plays to his daffy comic stylings and earned him a loyal audience.
Chinese help raise gallery’s $100m
ASHLEIGH WILSON, MATTHEW WESTWOODChinese investors are digging deep to help build a new extension for the Art Gallery of NSW.
Dylan ‘cribbed notes for lecture’
Ben HoyleCritics claim Bob Dylan plagiarised a students’ guide to Herman Melville’s classic novel for his Nobel Prize speech.
Uni power couple in the frame
JULIE HAREGlyn Davis and Margaret Gardner are the ultimate power couple, with a 30-year union unparalleled anywhere.
Best books get thumbs up
Jimmy Barnes, Niki Savva and Clementine Ford are named among the winners at the 2017 ABIA Awards.
Cannes red carpet 2017
Hollywood’s finest step out at the opening ceremony of the 70th Cannes Film Festival.
Playing to the gallery
MATTHEW WESTWOODIs it important to maintain a distinction between displays of great art and mass entertainment?
Beauty beneath the bandages
Stephen RomeiTom Cruise is slapped hard by two women in The Mummy. I imagine some people will queue up just to see that.
The endless ring cycle
RICK MORTONI am trying very hard to be present, lately, and it’s making me very tense.
Step inside the ‘truth booth’
EMILY RITCHIETruth has never been so fiercely disputed nor so keenly sought.
Hilarious climax as chaos piles up
Martin BuzacottMichael Frayn’s Noises Off takes farce to a whole new level in a virtuoso showpiece.
Brand racing towards $344m goal
Ashleigh WilsonThe state government is going to fund an ambitious expansion at the Art Gallery of NSW to the tune of $244m.
Look at moi, says new Muriel
EMILY RITCHIEFor the daughter of Kath & Kim star Gina Riley, it’s not so much ‘Look at moi’ as it is ‘You’re terrible Muriel’.
Modern gallery pledged $244m
Matthew WestwoodSydney will gain a spectacular modern art gallery with a budget commitment of $244m from the NSW government.
Bard’s new voice rings true
JOHN CARMODYMany composers have attempted to write an operatic Hamlet but not one has really succeeded — until now.
ACO ventures to fresh heights
Matthew WestwoodRichard Tognetti and the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s latest venture may be the most ambitious yet.
Musical on social media star wins
Charles PassyAustralian nominees miss out on stage honours in New York.
OUR TEAM
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Ashleigh Wilson
Arts Editor
Sydney Bureau, Australia
Ashleigh Wilson has been arts editor since 2011. He has been at the paper for more than 15 years in various roles around the country, including several years as Darwin correspondent. In 2006, he and Nicolas Rothwell won a Walkley award for coverage of indigenous affairs. In 2013, he signed a contract with Text Publishing to write a biography of the late Australian artist Brett Whiteley. Wilsona@theaustralian.com.au Twitter: @ashleighbwilson -
Tim Douglas
Review Editor
Sydney Bureau, Australia
Tim Douglas is editor of Review. He was The Australian's Deputy Arts Editor from 2011 to 2013, and has worked as a reporter, features writer and editor on newspapers including The Scotsman, The Edinburgh Evening News, Scots national arts magazine The List, and the Illawarra Mercury. douglast@theaustralian.com.au Twitter: @TimDouglas_Aus -
Matthew Westwood
National Arts Correspendent
Sydney Bureau, Australia
Matthew Westwood, the newspaper's chief arts correspondent, was arts editor from 2008 to 2011. He has been writing about the performing arts, particularly classical music and opera, for two decades. He writes a column in the arts pages every Tuesday. westwoodm@theaustralian.com.au Twitter @matthewwestwood -
Stephen Romei
Literary Editor
Sydney Bureau, Australia
Stephen Romei is The Australian's literary editor. He blogs at A Pair of Ragged Claws and can also be found on Twitter and Facebook. When pressed, he nominates Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment as his favourite book, though sometimes it's Moby Dick. romeis@theaustralian.com.au Twitter @PairRaggedClaws -
Michaela Boland
Journalist
Sydney Bureau, Australia
Michaela Boland has been The Australian's national arts writer since 2009. For the decade before that she was the Australia reporter and theatre critic for Variety, and film and television contributor to the Australian Financial Review. With Michael Bodey she co-wrote Aussiewood, How Australia's leading actors and directors conquered Hollywood. The pair record a weekly showbiz podcast Creative Tension. bolandm@theaustralian.com.au Twitter @michaelamarea -
Justin Burke
Arts Journalist
Sydney Bureau, Australia
Justin Burke is a journalist and TV critic at The Australian. He is a graduate of the UTS, Sydney (Bachelor of Business) and the University of Sydney (Master of US Studies). He joined The Australian in 2012. burkej@theaustralian.com.au Twitter: @justinburke
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