As Stars Fall : Novel Extract

by Christie Nieman

Chapter 12

ROBIN

It was about seven-thirty and I was sitting out on the roof, waiting for Mum to come home. I’d been up there for ages, escaping by imagining the wattles, and … Read More

William Blake: ‘The Immortal Man That Cannot Die’

by Inga Walton.

“And these are the gems of the Human Soul,
The rubies and pearls of a love-sick eye,
The countless gold of the akeing heart,
The martyr’s groan and the lover’s sigh.” (33-36) – William Blake: The Mental Traveller, … Read More

Tour of Ulumbarra Theatre site

We took a site tour of an inspiring project that is set to transform cultural life in one of the fastest growing regional centres in Victoria. Bendigo’s Ulumbarra Theatre will seat 1,000 people before a stage that is double the … Read More

Under Clothes: 350 years of underwear in fashion

Steve Proposch

Lingerie came out of the closet in the 1980s, when Jean Paul Gaultier dared to suggest that underwear could be outerwear and put a bra onto the catwalk. These days underwear is everywhere, beamed at us … Read More

All Day Adalita

A Social Work interview

Adalita’s All Day Venus proclaims the triumphant return of rock chic from a rock chick. The first official single from the album, ‘Warm Like You’, is detuned guitar nirvana (see what I did there). … Read More

ACTease JULY 2014

Having spent most of my childhood years growing up on Norfolk Island in the South Pacific, I was excited to discover that one of the National Gallery of Australia’s latest exhibitions, Atua: Sacred gods from Polynesia (until 3 August) … Read More

True North and Deep Blue

an interview with Emily Ferretti

by Naima Morelli

Those who think that pure painters are almost extinct in the contemporary art landscape should meet Emily Ferretti. This young artist ignores the prophets of doom who proclaim the death … Read More

Head Case: The Art of Darren Wardle

Dr Vincent Alessi

‘Would you prefer to have your work thought beautiful or interesting?’ So asked David Hockney of his contemporary Larry Rivers. If a similar question was put to Darren Wardle it may well read ‘would you … Read More

ACTease JUNE 2014

One of the secrets of a successful landscape artist and landscape photographer, I believe, is their ability to interpret and capture light in their works. Landscape paintings are a personal favourite of mine, and I had high hopes for … Read More

Genius & Ambition: The Alternative Royal Tour

Inga Walton  

Four years in the planning, the latest exhibition in Bendigo Art Gallery’s continuing engagement with international institutions Genius and Ambition: The Royal Academy of Arts, London 1768-1918 (until 9 June, 2014), is soon to depart these shores for Japan. … Read More