‘I need money for a nanny’:Advice for parent dancers from Bangarra’s co-CEO
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‘I need money for a nanny’:Advice for parent dancers from Bangarra’s co-CEO

Bangarra Dance Theatre dancer,choreographer and artistic director Frances Rings on dance as a tool for survival – and her financial tips for artists.

  • byBenjamin Law

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Rapper at centre of ‘white devil’ school song controversy addresses furore

A song from Indigenous rapper Birdz was banned from a Sydney primary school this week. But he says it’s been taught inside classrooms for years.

  • byMeg Watson
Destiny Deacon’s life of political art was a true act of love
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Destiny Deacon’s life of political art was a true act of love

The internationally renowned Indigenous artist trained her eye on hypocrisy,the abuse of power,interpersonal violence and human frailty,and was a powerful advocate for her community.

  • byDaniel Browning
‘What is it,1991?’:Prominent rapper slams move to ban controversial song

‘What is it,1991?’:Prominent rapper slams move to ban controversial song

One of Australia’s biggest hip-hop artists has slammed comments from the NSW government,after a Birdz song was withdrawn from rotation at a Sydney school.

  • byMeg Watson
Forget RuPaul’s Drag Race. Local drag is here to slay

Forget RuPaul’s Drag Race. Local drag is here to slay

Eclipse,a Rising Festival drag performance,will have you counting down to the apocalypse while reconsidering the meaning of drag itself.

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The downside of power,privilege and philanthropy
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The downside of power,privilege and philanthropy

Though Gina Rinehart’s philanthropy is negligible compared with her almost unfathomable wealth,she often deploys it effectively in her own interests.

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The other portrait Gina Rinehart wants removed from the National Gallery
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The other portrait Gina Rinehart wants removed from the National Gallery

Supporters of the mining magnate want a second portrait pulled from the walls of the National Gallery of Australia.

  • byLinda Morris andEryk Bagshaw
Gold medallist led campaign to take down Gina Rinehart portrait
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Gold medallist led campaign to take down Gina Rinehart portrait

Kyle Chalmers and one of the top officials in Australian swimming co-ordinated a group of 20 elite Australian swimmers to campaign against the National Gallery.

  • byEryk Bagshaw andLinda Morris
The portrait Gina Rinehart doesn’t want you to see

The portrait Gina Rinehart doesn’t want you to see

Australia’s richest person wants the National Gallery to remove a portrait of her by Archibald Prize-winning Indigenous artist Vincent Namatjira.

  • byLinda Morris andEryk Bagshaw
Twelve months after opening,Sydney’s new $344m gallery finally has a name

Twelve months after opening,Sydney’s new $344m gallery finally has a name

Art Gallery of NSW director Michael Brand said the leading cultural institution intended to carry the new names with the “deepest respect”.

  • byLinda Morris
When my mum died,an artwork provided unexpected comfort

When my mum died,an artwork provided unexpected comfort

Commissioned during Mum’s final weeks,the painting was a reminder of the power of art in times of grief.

  • bySue Williams