Arts & Culture
Wearne and his mates
The world might have become more tonal but our poets still have an ear for the old vernacular. We were an upfront lot who didn’t leave much to the imagination.
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Fink’s Buildings
When built in 1888, at a cost of 110,000(pounds), Fink’s Building was one of Melbourne’s tallest office blocks.
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Realism and fantasy
She’s street art’s sweetheart! Kaff-Eine is a much-loved artist with a huge following.
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The staying power of fiction
Many events had already sold out for this year’s Melbourne Writers’ Festival within two weeks of them going on sale.
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Heinous Hounds cherry hot cherry blue
Sunday arvos at the Cherry Bar and Max Crawdaddy and co have the blues happening.
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Ink and aerosol
Steve Cross is a veteran of the graffiti/street art scene, having put up his first tag 30 years ago as a 14-year-old.
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Lovetown at the library
The Burke and Wills monument had been removed, hoardings had been placed around City Square, Chautaqua had won the TJ Smith Stakes at Randwick racecourse and nearby at the Athenaeum Library on Collins St, a full house awaited the arrival of the singer/songwriter Stephen Cummings.
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The word from the garret
The urban artist today is likely to be a spatial specialist who builds installations out of found materials in out-of-the-way corners of the CBD.
Read MoreFinding ghosts and inspiration in Chinatown
It’s mid-afternoon in Melbourne and I’m surrounded by the familiar heritage buildings in Chinatown, though without much time to appreciate them.
Read MoreThe Age of Innocence
Fine artist Julian Clavijo is the only local artist I’m aware of who’s attempted a reverse transition i.e. from the gallery wall to using the street as his canvas!
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Health and Wellbeing
Get students back by July: Council
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