Arts

Young fashion business couple against office building

Melbourne’s curious obsession with black clothing

By Rachel Lamarche-Beauchesne and Jye Marshall Anna Wintour, former editor in chief of Vogue, once said she would “never ever wear head-to-toe black”. It’s not a

A century-old piano mystery has finally been solved

A long-standing debate in music circles on the impact of touch on a piano’s sound appears to have been settled. According to the Japan-based NeuroPiano Institute,

Brisbane artist Justene Williams to exhibit at QAGOMA

Three decades of work from Brisbane installation artist Justene Williams will be on display at the Queensland Art Gallery in a new exhibition opening on October 3,

Resurgent Pokémon comes with profits and crime

By Tets Kimura In 1973, Japanese food company Calbee started attaching free collectable baseball player cards to its potato chip packets (and continues to do so

Drake scores three top 10 albums in the same week

Canadian artist Drake has become the first artist to have three new top 10 albums in the Australian charts in the same week. Iceman debuted at number one, Maid Of Honour

Beetlejuice the Musical on sale for Brisbane 2026 season

Beetlejuice the Musical returns to Brisbane in 2026, with tickets still available for the show which runs from June 7 to August 2 at the Lyric Theatre, QPAC. Based on

Courtney Stewart to leave La Boite role

La Boite Theatre Artistic Director and CEO Courtney Stewart has announced she will leave the theatre next month after four years at the helm. In a statement, La Boite

AI-generated actors and films banned from Oscars

By Daniel Binns and Meg Thomas The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has adjusted the eligibility criteria for films vying for Oscars from 2027 onward. Films

Rare museum ceramics on display for the first time

The enduring beauty of ancient and contemporary ceramic art will be celebrated in Fragile and Forever, the Queensland Museum’s newest exhibition from May 29,

Global art project The Red Dress at Museum of Brisbane

It took 380 embroiderers from 51 countries nearly 14 years to weave The Red Dress which will be on display at the Museum of Brisbane (MOB) and the Warwick Art

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