Canberra sparkles with Cartier: The Exhibition
The Cartier exhibition at the NGA demonstrates the popularity of luxury brands and fashion.
Hong Kong's Art Basel draws top artists and prices
Art Basel in Hong Kong is a serious business with pictures featuring multi-million dollar price tags.
Million-dollar paintings hit local auction market
A little-known Russell Drysdale painting and a classic Jeffrey Smart are the standout offerings at a forthcoming auction at Menzies salerooms.
Call for local quotas to 'Ozify' music streaming
As streaming services globalise music like never before, Australia's music industry is trying to make Spotify and its competitors commit to 25 per cent local content quotas.
Growth is a broken measure of success
Renowned author and reluctant celebrity Barbara Kingsolver talks Trump, #MeToo and the crisis humanity is facing over lunch with the AFR.
Picasso: The wife, the mistress and the art
When it came to matters of the heart, Picasso didn't not tread lightly.
Our pick of the best luxury treats
Kick back in the outback or kick up your heels in Bally – you're spoiled for choice with these delights.
Working men in tomorrow's economy
''I know I haven't been keeping up with the botox but I'm hardly ready for a nursing home," fighting age discrimination is no joke for some workers.
Book palace of the American people
Like many American institutions, the library claims modest beginnings.
Still Leaning In, five years on
Five years ago Sheryl Sandberg encouraged women to aim higher but her book also raised some tricky questions about preaching and partners' p...
Provocation rules the day at Melbourne Design Week
Buildings sprouting balloons, chairs slathered in gelato-coloured rubber, fruit bowls conjured from car wrecks. Here are some of the highlig...
