This year alone Zakir Hussain has taken home three Grammys and appeared in a Dev Patel film – now he’s heading to Australia.
With a beefed-up performing arts program,this was the first year of Rising that felt like more than a poor shadow of an international arts festival.
Rising is the biggest cultural event in Victoria and receives millions in government funding,with ambitions to rival the Australian Open and Grand Prix.
Robert Menzies says he never expected to play Shakespeare’s King Lear.
Blockbuster exhibition Pharaoh captures the myth and grandeur of the ancient Egyptian civilisation and it’s celebrated god-kings
It might be named for the pharaohs,but this year’s Winter Masterpieces exhibition also tells a quieter and more intimate story – that of everyday people.
The decision follows mixed reviews and rising concerns over the cost of living impacting spending behaviour.
Actor Francis Greenslade’s ambitious debut play,The Platypus,skips between genres while tracking the breakdown of a relationship.
Two sculptures that have overlooked the Yarra for two decades will be removed by Crown casino operators and sent to a farm on the Mornington Peninsula.
The new arts program puts the human experience centre stage,examining grief,rage and feminism through the prism of our top artists and their work.
An ethereal soundscape in Melbourne’s CBD begins the moment the sun grazes the horizon – and no two listeners will hear the same work.