Good Weekend
It’s not about 'we’re special': why it's crunch time for the arts sector
To be or not to be ... that is the question for Australian artists and arts companies, with the pandemic pummelling them every which way. But as usual, it’s the artists themselves who provide hope that there will be a tomorrow.
- by Brook Turner
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Photography
The local artists making their mark overseas
Despite the challenges the arts sector is facing as a result of the pandemic, these eight artists show the future is bright.
- by Brook Turner
Arts
'Beautiful things in the darkness': Voxdocs, the five-minute films about artists in COVID-19
Eight artists were given $10,000 each and told to make a five-minute film in lockdown. From one mum’s surprise tale to Western Sydney’s Spice Girls, these are their stories.
- by Garry Maddox
Gillian Armstrong
Calling the shots: the Aussie women conquering Hollywood
Australian female directors are suddenly everywhere in Hollywood. Who are they, where did they come from, and how did they get there?
- by Karl Quinn
Family
A family in tune: honouring a musical inheritance
Music pulses through the lineage of this writer, from his grandmother playing piano for the famous, to his own nearly-a-star – yet so not – lead singer experience.
- by David Leser
Two of Us
'We were the same – fake it till you make it': the two inseparable 'outsiders'
Virginia Lovett became “wing buddies” with curator Jane Scott three decades ago. Since then they have cemented their best friendship by sharing grief, heartbreak and the odd hit of “constructive honesty”.
- by Susan Horsburgh
Dicey Topics
Meyne Wyatt: 'You don’t have to be in a white hood to be a racist'
The actor was concerned that after he performed the racism monologue from his play, the City of Gold, on the ABC's Q&A show, it went viral. But it was a sex scene with Nicole Kidman that really got him nervous.
- by Benjamin Law
Foreign correspondence
Memory jogger: why I started running again
There were many reasons why I stopped running but then I remembered why I loved it.
- by Amelia Lester
Spotlight
The surfing bible that's still riding the wave
Tracks may be turning 50 this month but it remains as relevant as ever.
- by Tim Elliott
Modern Guru
My surgeon thanked me for a gift I didn't send. Do you prescribe honesty?
First, think about whether you might need another operation at some stage.
- by Danny Katz
Watch Read & Listen
Exposing the ways we try to hide our inner selves
The latest work from social psychologist Hugh Mackay argues that self-knowledge is essential to leading an authentic life.
- by Nicole Abadee
