Belvoir’s 2027 season is bringing bold new stories to Sydney
Belvoir St Theatre has announced its 2027 season, with nine productions and two late-night shows set to take over the Sydney theatre across the year.The program brings together major international...
View ArticleArt Agenda: an insider’s guide to Sydney Contemporary
Sydney Contemporary is one of the largest art fairs in the southern hemisphere and this year celebrates it 10th edition with an expanded line up and a multitude of creative experiences on offer. It...
View ArticleValentine Fodor is turning a hotel room into cake
In partnership with The EVE Hotel Sydney For three days this September, the familiar rituals of hotel life are being reimagined as something altogether stranger. Coinciding with Sydney Contemporary,...
View ArticleArt in September: Your guide to the Australian exhibitions taking place this...
September is one of the country’s most exciting months for the arts. Headlining the month is of course the annual Sydney Contemporary art fair, held at Carriageworks and now in its 10th year....
View ArticleThe RUSSH Editors’ cultural report card: everything we loved in August
Somewhere between the chaos of deadlines, the printing of our biggest issue EVER (soon to be released…), international travel, birthdays and keeping you abreast of all the latest happenings in global...
View ArticleVisual artists in Australia could now be entitled to minimum pay standards
An important change is coming to the arts sector that could improve the working conditions of those in this vital industry. In a historic move, the Fair Work commission could officially recognise the...
View ArticleSly Morikawa’s ‘Devotion’ captures the beautiful chaos of Sanja Matsuri
Sweat-slicked skin, inked bodies, white fundoshi and flashes of bare flesh pressing against one another beneath the feverish Tokyo sun. Ornate irezumi ripples across backs and shoulders as bodies surge...
View ArticleWhat the News Bargaining Incentive means for news in Australia
The way we consume news could be set to change, as a standoff between the Australian Government and the world’s biggest tech companies continues.After years of tension over how platforms like Google...
View ArticleArt Agenda | Hadley’s Art Prize
Australia has a proliferation of art prizes, the most famous of which is the annual Archibald Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Each year, the media and art-world commentators debate the...
View ArticleArt in August: Your guide to the Australian exhibitions taking place this month
If you’ve been keeping up with Sebastian Goldspink’s Art Agenda series for RUSSH, or have been keeping up with our arts field updates more generally, then you’ll know that we don’t play when it comes...
View ArticleMichael Zavros is the 2026 Archibald People’s Choice Award winner
Michael Zavros is the ANZ People’s Choice Award winner for the 2026 Archibald Prize, for his portrait of author and Jewish community leader Alex Ryvchin.Zavros’ work was selected by visitors to the Art...
View ArticleWhat the RUSSH Editors watched, listened to and read in July
This last month has produced what’s felt like an onslaught of new music, films, TV shows and podcasts – from the return of Ride to the IMAX renaissance courtesy of Nolan’s The Odyssey and new albums...
View ArticleAi Weiwei is bringing a monumental new sculpture to Sydney
One of the world’s most influential contemporary artists is returning to Australia. Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has been commissioned to create a new sculpture for the lawn outside Sydney’s...
View ArticleArt Agenda: First Nations photography
This NAIDOC Week marks a significant milestone, celebrating its 50th anniversary under the theme ’50 Years of Deadly’. The establishment of NAIDOC Week has always been about honouring First Nations...
View ArticleBody language: How movement directors changed the course of fashion imagery
On the 25th of January 2024, beneath the Pont Alexandre III in Paris, under the first full moon of the year and a sky that had been raining all night, models walked the Maison Margiela Artisanal show...
View ArticleWhat the ‘RUSSH’ editors were watching, reading and listening to in June
Nobody talk to us yet about how we’re halfway through the year. June has zipped by – but not without plenty of content to keep us warm during those long winter nights.Whether devouring films at this...
View ArticleArt Agenda: the Groupie
Group exhibitions, showcasing a collection of artists, occur in commercial galleries or museums for several reasons. Curatorially, they provide an opportunity to tell a narrative through the...
View ArticleArt Agenda: Emerging voices in contemporary Australian art
As a curator, one of my greatest joys is discovering new emerging artists. They represent potential changes in the prevailing aesthetic and promises of new directions. When I was younger these artists...
View ArticleTracey Emin transmutes trauma, defiance and near-death in her London...
In the winter of 1993, to prepare for her White Cube solo debut, Tracey Emin gathered up all the oil paintings she’d made at art school and fed them to a bonfire in her then-boyfriend Carl Freedman’s...
View ArticleArt in June: Your guide to the Australian exhibitions taking place this month
There’s nothing better than escaping a blustery winter’s day with a trip to within the serenity of four art gallery walls. The hum of daily life seems to stop for a moment, order is uncannily restored,...
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