Art in an Emergency
By Amy WaltersIn Funny Weather, critic Olivia Laing makes a case for why art matters in these dark times, and questions the state of critical culture.
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MIFF 2020: Right Now’s top picks
By Rosa Ritchie, Samaya Borom, David Branigan and Caitlin CassidyMIFF 68 1/2, 2020’s online version of the festival, is streaming across Australia from 6-23 of August. MIFF is bringing to the country another round of captivating and inspiring films and our writers discuss four of Right Now’s top picks.
Arab, Australian, Other: a review
By Amilee MysonThis collection explores the varied experiences of living in the Arab diaspora in Australia, countering the portrayal of the Australian media, which ranges from homogenisation to racism.
Place and Space: a review of We Are Here
By Maria GriffinWe Are Here is a moving collection of creativity from people who have known homelessness.
MDFF: Right Now’s Top 5!
By Samaya Borom, David Branigan, Anthony Pasla and Kira HartleyBack for its 5th year running, the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival is a smorgasbord of surprising, fascinating and world class documentary films.
Birds Eye View: a review
By Rosa RitchieBirds Eye View guides listeners through the lives of women at the Darwin Correctional Centre.
Museums of blood? A review of Who Owns History
By Charmaine ManuelGeoffrey Robertson’s latest returns our attention to one of the most important arguments within the world of art and culture: who owns objects of the past?
Fighting For Our Lives
By David BraniganNick Cook’s new book is the incredible story of communities taking action and fighting back. Amidst the dark years of an epidemic, marginalised communities rallied to protect their own, forming organisations to give themselves a voice.
Managing the Calculus: the story of an activist, academic and President Obama’s adviser on human rights
By Amy WaltersHow does one person make a difference? Samantha Power’s memoir shows how she balanced her activist nature with her work as presidential Cabinet official, along with the challenges she faced in developing her own idealism.
You Daughters of Freedom: a review
By Maria GriffinThrough the eyes of five remarkable women, Clare Wright explores the battle for women’s votes. Wright reestablishes these forgotten suffragettes and ensures that history will remember their inspiring example.
The Witches Are Coming: a review
By Caitlin CassidyEqual parts funny, empowering and moving, Lindy West’s book of essays The Witches Are Coming focuses on feminism and protest, asking us not to despair, but to be empowered and to act.
Solastalgia: a review
By Amy WaltersThe theme of Tuggeranong Arts Centre’s yearly program is ‘solastalgia’ which asks what the response of art will be in face of destruction, dispossession and the climate crisis. The program was kicked off with moving works from Nick Moir, Tony Curran and Waratah Lahy, and Hannah Bronte.