Opera House sails shine in celebration of First Nations people

Opera House sails shine in celebration of First Nations people

Kamilaroi woman Rhonda Sampson’s artwork Diyan Warrane will be projected on the sails of the Sydney Opera House to honour First Nations women.

  • byBillie Eder

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This powerful movie will open your eyes to one of our most vital artists
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This powerful movie will open your eyes to one of our most vital artists

Richard Bell is a provocateur,a poet,a piss-taker,maybe even a prophet. And You Can Go Now is an entertaining look at how the man sees himself.

  • byPaul Byrnes
Meet the budgie coming to Melbourne that speaks a First Nations language

Meet the budgie coming to Melbourne that speaks a First Nations language

Taungurung artist Cassie Leatham will host three book readings for kids at the NGV this month,with a bird that can speak her Indigenous language.

  • byLachlan Abbott
‘There is a healing that is needed’:How Australia Day celebrations are changing

‘There is a healing that is needed’:How Australia Day celebrations are changing

For the first time ever both the Australian and Aboriginal flags will be raised together on January 26.

  • byHelen Pitt
Warrior woman Barangaroo inspires new Sydney Festival show

Warrior woman Barangaroo inspires new Sydney Festival show

Artist Brenda L Croft honours warrior woman Barangaroo in a series of portraits scattered around the Sydney Harbour foreshore.

  • byLinda Morris
Artist Karla Dickens turned her life around in Australia’s ‘best jail’

Artist Karla Dickens turned her life around in Australia’s ‘best jail’

Art is therapy for the Indigenous installation artist after living through a troubled adolescence and 2022’s record-breaking Lismore floods.

  • byLinda Morris
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Melbourne’s 190-metre mural of Black brilliance that includes a nod to Jack Charles

Melbourne’s 190-metre mural of Black brilliance that includes a nod to Jack Charles

The 22-year-old local artist’s distinctive murals welcome visitors to La Mama,the Australia Commission in India and now a landmark building in the CBD.

  • byStephen A Russell
Barangaroo behind the scenes:Tears and shock as Keating’s lobbying revealed
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Barangaroo behind the scenes:Tears and shock as Keating’s lobbying revealed

New documents paint an age-old tale of Sydney in which politics and power ultimately trumped an Indigenous cultural vision.

  • byLinda Morris
‘Profound apology’:Andrews says sorry to Archie Roach at state memorial

‘Profound apology’:Andrews says sorry to Archie Roach at state memorial

“[Archie] was a gift to me. I am proud of him. He chose to fight,to survive.” With these words,Aunty Myrtle Roach,the older sister of Archie Roach,accepted Premier Daniel Andrews’ apology at the memorial for the Indigenous singer-songwriter.

  • byJack Latimore
This Indigenous women’s choir is about to lift your heart

This Indigenous women’s choir is about to lift your heart

Conductor Morris Stuart decided early that these Central Desert singers could “outrun all other choirs”. This month,they’re showing us why he was right.

  • bySusan Johnson
Two out of three Indigenous souvenirs are fakes

Two out of three Indigenous souvenirs are fakes

Labelling knock-off souvenirs as “Aboriginal designs” may not be illegal,but it’s robbing Indigenous artists of their share of a market worth $250 million.

  • byShane Wright