The Wiggles and Leo Sayer ruined my life
TIM DOUGLASWon’t somebody think of the parents? The Wiggles must be punished for crimes against music
Is nothing sacred?
TIM DOUGLASCan interference ever improve a work of art, be it a book, a film, a painting or anything else?
Awake to cool Max
Tim DouglasFive years ago, German-born British post-minimalist composer Max Richter set out to do the unthinkable: compose an album designed specifically to put listeners to sleep.
Keith Richards’s mystery Aussie axe
TIM DOUGLASKeith Richards has always been at the epicentre of excess: sex, drugs, rock ’n’ roll. How did his crazy lifestyle come to see him playing a second-hand Australian guitar for the Rolling Stones?
The cat came back
Tim DouglasYusuf Islam is a very different man from the one who recorded Tea for the Tillerman 50 years ago
Dim the lights
TIM DOUGLASThe big screen is back. Cinemas in limited locations around the country have swung open their doors
Lee spikes interest in crisis
TIM DOUGLASAmerica is in turmoil this week. Some protests have been peaceful, some violent. Spike Lee has resorted to art.
editor’s letterCharting the charts
TIM DOUGLASReview has been digging into the ARIA charts since they began in 1984, and the data reveals a seismic shift in the music industry.
Performance ArtMarina Abramovic in the Isolation Room
Tim DouglasMarina Abramovic performs Look Into My Eyes, For One Minute, an original work recorded at her home in New York for Review’s Isolation Room video series.
exclusiveThe artist is present: look into her eyes
TIM DOUGLASCreatives have always embraced isolation as a form of inspiration, but it took Marina Abramovic to turn it into an art form.
FROM THE EDITORLife in an Insta age
TIM DOUGLASPeel back the layers on the wildly successful social media site and there is cultural gold to be found.
#MeToo during lockdown
Tim DouglasFirebrand Australian filmmaker Kitty Green isn’t about to let a pesky global pandemic stop her telling an important story.
Editor’s letter: On the tiles
TIM DOUGLASFor all its real tragedy and social inconveniences, the coronavirus has offered most of us a chance to slow down.
Editor’s letterBrush up your Shakespeare
TIM DOUGLASUse this time wisely, they say: get fit; learn a language; hell, learn two; pick up that instrument you stopped playing in high school.
From the editorThe van Gogh job
TIM DOUGLASIt’s an understandable symptom of the coronavirus crisis that all other news seems to be passing many of us by.
Arts changed, for the better
TIM DOUGLASThe lockdown is here, and it’s a surreal, frightening feeling for many Australians.
Isolation a time for big ideas
Tim DouglasIf we see the glass half full for a moment, our homes during self-isolation can be fertile ground for creativity.
reviewThey’ve got the look
TIM DOUGLASA new touring exhibition celebrates the portraiture of those who are “rocking their distinct look”.
Arts under fire
TIM DOUGLASThe COVID-19 threat should not be taken lightly when we look at how the arts economy has been affected in Australia.
Aussie Rose
Tim DouglasSunday is International Women’s Day and Review is proud to focus on some of our most influential female figures in the arts.
High voltage celebration
TIM DOUGLASForty years after his death, rock fans are coming out in force to commemorate the late, great Bon Scott.
artsPartnership to put poetry on the pages
TIM DOUGLAS‘To be a poet is a condition, not a profession,’ quipped Robert Frost, but Sarah Holland-Batt’s CV tells a different story.
Editor’s letterNew poetry column
Tim DouglasAward-winning poet and writer Sarah Holland-Batt joins the Review team with a weekly column on poetry
Birthday of note
Tim DouglasLudwig van Beethoven died during a thunderstorm. That we know for certain.
Tuning up the surf
TIM DOUGLASToday, Bridget Cormack drops in on Richard Tognetti; if you’re a surfer, you’ll understand that’s not considered a good thing.
Editor’s letter
TIM DOUGLASIt’s been a hell of a few months for Margaret Atwood.
Flight of fancyOn board Air Mona’s wild ride
TIM DOUGLASDrag queens, a sea of purple and passengers who are all “sleeping with Tim’’ set the scene for Tasmania’s latest arts festival.
Hilarious David Sedaris
Tim DouglasIn this week’s Review Rosemary Neill meets one of the world’s leading satirists, David Sedaris.
Editor’s letter
Tim DouglasWhat a wonderful appointment is that of Simone Young to the role of chief conductor and artistic director at the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
