In a small shaky room of an inner Sydney house, one of Australia’s greatest anthems was born. Iva Davies wrote Great Southern Land between the bustle of busses passing by and planes overhead, having to wear headphones to hear himself work. Now, 40 years after its release, the song has been further immortalised as the title of the new permanent gallery at the National Museum of Australia.
An inspiring art initiative has opened at the National Museum of Australia exploring the beauty within agriculture. Earth Canvas is a touring exhibition teaming up Australian artists with regenerative farmers between the Murray and Murrumbidgee rivers. The free multimedia showcase is on until 30 October.
CW brings you the latest art's and entertainment news from around the Capital. This week a new exhibition hopes to urge action on climate change, alternative arts hub offers free belly dancing lessons and Canberra's own cabaret star returns to her hometown.
Quietly Spoken is a beautiful showcase of the enormous talent of Annette Blair, from reliving days spent in her father’s work shed to finding inspiration in classic still life painting and bringing them to life-like form.
Deep in the belly of Old Parliament House, the original home of Australian democracy, lies a new exhibition, Changemakers, which celebrates the women who have shaped society as we know it today.
Film maker Frederick Wiseman spent seven decades making what he called reality fictions, a type of uninterrupted documentary, ten of which will screen at the National Film and Sound Archive between now and the end of October. Â
In Reception this way: Motels - a sentimental journey with Tim Ross, all but two of the photographs on display come from the National Archives of Australia’s collection right here in Canberra, so CW thought it only fitting to explore the featured motels from our region.
The company that brought Van Gogh Alive to the capital now returns with a world first – Connection: Songlines from Australia’s First Peoples in a spectacular immersive experience at the National Museum of Australia.
A pink and blue ball pit, a bathtub filled with ‘bubbles’, and a giant birthday cake – it may sound like an Alice in Wonderland sequel, but this place actually exists. Welcome to Canberra’s very own Selfie Museum!
Greeted by an unconventional concierge – specifically, a life-sized great white shark – the ANU School of Art and Design’s graduation exhibition is the epitome of all things weird, wonderful, and out of this world.
With only weeks left to go before Jeffrey Smart closes on 15 May, the National Gallery of Australia’s collection of his work has grown with the acquisition of Near Knossos.
Right now, the scents of spring waft down the steps of the Hyatt Hotel Canberra, drawing visitors to enjoy high tea in the company of some interesting and fashionable guests.
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