23 h. ago Katy Perry goes ‘Instagram official’ with Justin Trudeau amid romance rumours

The pop star posted photos and videos on Instagram of herself and the former Canadian PM posing cheek to cheek and exploring Japan.

Technology

33 h. ago Eighty years ago, Albert Namatjira built a house in the desert. Now it has been recreated

A chance encounter with history became the catalyst for a new artistic installation in the National Gallery of Australia celebrating the legacy of the pioneering watercolourist.

Politics

47 h. ago ‘This will be my dream project.’ How we got Frank Gehry to design the UTS ‘paper bag’

The world-famous architect was hooked when we asked him to come on board. Within weeks he was in Sydney to check us out.

Politics

57 h. ago Carrier pigeons and a nod to Michelangelo: Inside the Metro Tunnel art

It’s a brave artist who takes on a public art commission, and I imagine a particularly daunting task making public art for a train station.

Politics

3 d. ago Lady Gaga returns to Melbourne – and her pop glory – with gothic, melodramatic opera

After emerging atop a giant birdcage, the megastar writhes in a sandpit filled with skeletons, is brought back to life by demonic nurses and plunges the stage into smoke and emerald green.

Politics

3 d. ago Last drinks at the Omani cantina: The shadow fleet behind Australia’s fuel supply

Like the Star Wars version, the dry dock in Oman is a desert-rimmed magnet for misfits and ne’er-do-wells.

Politics

3 d. ago Behind the push to bring a ’90s pop culture institution back to life

An alliance of powerful figures is helping John Polson bring back his baby – Tropfest.

Politics

3 d. ago Behind the push to bring an Australian pop culture institution back to life

An alliance of powerful figures is helping John Polson bring back his baby – Tropfest.

Politics

3 d. ago This house was born from the foundations of a historic 1872 pub

This is a thriving, alive regional centre, brimful of art, culture, food and festivity - and this home represents the city in a nutshell.

Politics

3 d. ago ‘Can we have more children, please?’ The $5.4 million school renovation sitting half

This “state of the art” government school in Melbourne’s east is desperate for more children to teach.

Economics

3 d. ago First look: Inside the NGV’s fashion blockbuster Westwood/Kawakubo

The unlikely summer fling between grand dame designers Vivienne Westwood and Rei Kawakubo is here.

Politics

5 d. ago ‘Doesn’t pass the pub test’: Creative Australia approves 100 overseas trips in two years

The federal arts funding agency sent officials overseas “on average once every eight days”, at a time when arts organisations are struggling.

Politics

6 d. ago Could this be the blockbuster the Art Gallery of NSW has been waiting for?

Ron Mueck is known for creating massive scaled replicas  – and miniatures – of the human form. It’s Sydney’s turn to see these pieces up close.

Politics

8 d. ago Sophie paints joyous scenes of her backyard. Then she saw her style for sale

The difference between inspiration and imitation is a legal grey area – and becoming increasingly hard to police.

Politics

1 week ago Ariana Grande has worked for this moment her whole life. But will it be enough to win her an Oscar?

Universal Pictures has spent more than two years branding Wicked as a serious contender this awards season. But the pop superstar bringing home a statuette will be determined by more than her critically acclaimed performance.

Politics

1 week ago From Gangnam Style to 1300: Why Korean pop culture has taken over the world

Most of us have sung along to K-Pop Demon Hunters or sweat through a bowl of spicy Buldak ramen, but do we fully understand why we love all things Korean?

Politics

1 week ago Fifty Aussie women artists who conquered Europe (and art history)

The AGNSW exhibition, Dangerously Modern, explores how 50 Australian women artists found liberation – and created groundbreaking works – in Europe,

Culture

1 week ago These two women changed the world, one fashionable shockwave at a time

Life would have been so much duller without Vivienne Westwood and Rei Kawakubo. A new exhibition gives thanks.

Events

1 week ago "Art is not pretentious. Art is us responding to the world."

Richard Roxburgh's stage and screen life.

Politics

1 week ago Heading from work to the Christmas party? These tips will make your eyes pop

Fail-safe tips for standout eye looks that will take you from work to party this festive season.

Society