When it opened in 1968, Melbourne’s National Gallery Victoria made a bold choice for its first exhibition; weird, curious, cutting edge art from a group
Abstract art angers people. It is weird, it is about nothing, it doesn’t take any skill. Fittingly, the first abstract artist was an eccentric Russian
The Oscars are not always known for being cutting edge. But here are 14 times the Academy recognised something new, fresh or extraordinary. FIRSTS and
Elvis Costello is one of the most acclaimed musicians of the modern era. In 1984, he came to Melbourne to film a music video clip,
Steven Spielberg is cinema’s most successful director. He is also well known for attaching himself to projects, and then pulling out during pre-production. Here are
Music and movies are kinda similar in some ways, so its no surprise that musicians and actors sometimes swap roles. Here are ten music superstars,
Some film directors hear it; the call of the wild. They just have to get out of the studio, and into the wilderness. Here are
Keith Haring was one of the most famous and significant artists of his generation. In 1984 he spent a month in Melbourne, and left behind
William Edmondson was an African-American sharecropper from Tennessee. He worked odd jobs, was semi-literate, and was an unremarked on member of his community. Then, one
On August 1969, The Beatles were photographed crossing ‘Abbey Road’, a shot that went on the cover of their last album, and into history. In