Yesterday
The Paris powerhouse backing Sydney Biennale’s First Nations artists
The handspun work of Peruvian artist Cristina Flores Pescorán couldn’t be further from the world of high jewellery and watches. But that’s exactly why the Fondation Cartier loves it.
- Stephen Todd
This Month
This play about the Lehman Brothers disaster is three hours long. It’s riveting
Masterfully acted and brilliantly staged, The Lehman Trilogy is as much the story of capitalist America as it is of the doomed bank.
- Michael Bailey
AFL inclusion boss says Paul Keating was wrong on the Voice
Eight years into her role, and still recovering from the amputation of her lower right leg last year, Tanya Hosch keeps pushing on in a job where there is no finish line.
- Simon Evans
Want to add $20m to the value of a painting? Say it’s by Rembrandt
When it comes to predicting what an artwork might be worth, attribution trumps aethestics – and the considered opinion of the art connoisseur is all powerful.
- Colin Moynihan
Why death metal is feel-good music
Can some forms of music actually be bad you? That’s what Plato thought in 4th-century BC, and it has been a cause for moral panic ever since.
- Adriana Barton
Hitchcockian Iranian thriller works wonders within strictures
‘Subtraction’ is a thriller, a mystery, a low-level horror movie quite unlike anything else from this nation of talented filmmakers.
- John McDonald
Think you know this week’s news? Answer these 10 questions
Have you been paying attention this week? Test your knowledge across politics, business and world news.
- Ingrid Fuary-Wagner and Daniel Arbon
From TISM to Ben Elton, seven shows you must see in March
Your downtime won’t be a letdown with our guide to some of the best shows happening around the nation this month.
- Michael Bailey
February
This opera turns the orchestra pit into a lake
Robert Lepage’s production of Stravinsky’s “Nightingale” for Adelaide Festival throws the singers into the deep end, literally.
- Michael Bailey
The eyes have it: Little Prince makes big splash
Deborah Halpern’s boldly coloured bust smashed through its estimate as early season auctions get underway.
- Elizabeth Fortescue
What it was like at Taylor Swift’s show on Sunday
The billionaire songstress put in the hard work to maintain a deep connection to her 83,000 fans at Sydney’s Accor Stadium.
- Michael Bailey
- Opinion
- Review
This gig was the antithesis of Taylor Swift - mostly
Writing about music is like dancing about architecture, as the old saying goes, and music comes no more pure than that of The Necks.
- Michael Bailey
Taylor Swift takes to the stage, fans, PM go wild
The singer’s sell-out four-concert run has kicked off in Sydney in front of thousands of fans and the prime minister.
- Updated
- Kat Wong and Nyk Carnsew
Qantas puts on A380 as storms threaten Swifties’ dreams
The airline put on the plane normally used for international flights as arrivals and departures were limited at Sydney Airport.
- Updated
- Patrick Durkin
Auschwitz meets suburbia in film of Martin Amis novel
In its depiction of a Nazi commandant and his family’s life near a concentration camp, The Zone of Interest is a chilling depiction of humanity’s ability to compartmentalise.
- John McDonald
Why Broadway’s glut is good for musicals
This year, more than half of Broadway’s annual output of shows will open in March or April. Critic Jesse Green welcomes the rush – sort of.
- Jesse Green
Think you know this week’s news? Answer these 10 questions
Have you been paying attention this week? Test your knowledge across politics, business and world news.
- Ingrid Fuary-Wagner and Daniel Arbon
There may be millions more species than we realise
As DNA testing creates new ways of defining species, scientists can’t agree on how many there are.
- Carl Zimmer
Why ‘mad March’ is the time to be in Adelaide
The usually sedate city goes off as thousands flock to its four festivals in one. Here’s our expert’s guide to making the most of it all (and remaining sane).
- Wayne Heeley
