Yayoi Kusama, who voluntarily checked into hospital in 1973 and never left, has never been more popular. To witness her work is to unravel a 95-year-old mystery – but what’s with her obsession with pumpkins? | Listen to the weekend edition of The Front: bit.ly/3Zs4nce
Exclusive: Art Gallery of South Australia to appoint Geelong Gallery boss Jason Smith as new director. Appointment to be made imminently, we understand
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ABC chair Kim Williams says the national broadcaster may need to trade off a mainstream audience in some areas as he flags structural changes at the national broadcaster: bit.ly/4gRKzpo
Tomorrow in Review: @TrentDalton has spent a lifetime telling other people’s love stories. He had no idea where telling his own would lead him. @australian
Albums reviewed in The @Australian this week include Christine Anu (by @Sose_Fuamoli), Bring Me The Horizon (by @al_belling), Beth Gibbons (by @MarkMordue), Paul Weller (by Phil Stafford) and Koi Kingdom (by Eric Myers): theaustralian.com.au/arts/re…
A $9.8 million Gauguin has been acquired by the National Gallery of Australia, making it the first painting by the controversial French artist to enter a public collection. theaustralian.com.au/arts/vi…
First edition of @australian was published #OnThisDay 60 years ago with articles on Liberal/National tensions, industry competitiveness, Olympics, Sydney roads/transport, Republican National Convention, Beijing-Moscow relations, future of NATO. The more things change … #auspol
Of all the theatre companies in all the world, a small, independent regional troupe of disabled and neurodivergent actors from Geelong was chosen by the Venice Biennale as the recipient for the prestigious Golden Lion: bit.ly/4bECwbp
Tomorrow in Review: Australia’s remarkable year at @la_Biennale in Venice. Archie Moore, Peter Weir and Back to Back Theatre, one of the most remarkable theatre companies in the world, all won the Golden Lion.
Here’s how it unfolded @australiantheaustralian.com.au/arts/re…
Eric Idle at 81: ‘My job is cheering people up’. Ahead of an Australian tour, Monty Python co-founding writer, performer and musician Eric Idle reflects on writing what’s become one of the most popular funeral songs of all time. theaustralian.com.au/arts/re…@australian@EricIdle