As marriage rates fall, divorce rates among over-fifties increase and more women choose to live alone, the stigma surrounding being single should be non-existent. Clementine Ford explains why that’s not quite the case
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Natalie King OAM is one of Australia’s foremost curators, who has spent her three-decade career cultivating lifelong relationships with artists. She recently pulled of a rare feat: curating her second Venice Biennale
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Having lived in four countries before high school, architect and designer India Mahdavi had to learn to communicate beyond language. Where words fail, she turns to colour
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Tia Gostelow was just 16 when she wrote her first song, which won triple j’s Indigenous Initiative. She tells Alexandra English how everything — and nothing — has changed
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The still-life photographer Anna Pogossova talks to Alexandra English about venturing into the world of AI
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Frances Rings is the first Indigenous woman to be named artistic director of Bangarra. It’s been a lifetime in the making
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As soon as Rafael Bonachela learnt how to do a plié, the dance world came calling. Now the artistic director of Sydney Dance Company, he credits his international success to having an insatiable creative curiosity
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Dolly Alderton, the author, journalist, podcaster, screenwriter and advice columnist, talks to Alexandra English about the enduring appeal of the Agony Aunt
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Turn your out-of-office on, put your phone away, cancel your plans and settle in with one of these great reads
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While it’s true Alice Englert comes from filmmaking royalty (her mother is Jane Campion), with a new series on Stan and her directorial feature film debut imminent, it’s clear she has forged a path all of her own
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Sloane Crosley’s new novel, Cult Classic, confronts the universal fear of running into your ex. Alexandra English gets a moment with the humour essayist and keen observer of Manhattan life
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Australia’s godmother of contemporary art, Roslyn Oxley, is as passionate as ever about her artists and her collectors
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Musician and painter Martha Marlow has had a whirlwind 12 months, putting out her debut album, working on a second, and holding her first solo art show. Here, she talks about finding beauty in pain and her new art-pop direction
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With her fourth album, Serpentina, Banks enters a new stage of her life and career — one where she has full control
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It’s not easy being a creative. Even less so after two years of lockdowns. Here, Phoenix creative director Beau Neilson and arts entrepreneur Emilya Colliver discuss the importance of fostering a vibrant city
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Atong Atem’s artworks are a vibrant reclamation of ethnographic photography and a celebration of her South Sudanese heritage
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Artist Vicki Lee and her photographer husband, Ted O’Donnell, began their signature floral series on their first date 10 years ago. A new book, Asphyxiate, is their farewell to flowers as they embark on new creative ventures
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There are selfies, and then there are Gerwyn Davies’ selfies. In this series, the fine art photographer and costumier (and model) riffs on the palette and textures of BAZAAR’s curated edit of It bags. Foam, sequins, faux fur, spandex — it’s all here in the glorious, harsh Australian sunlight
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Ngugi artist Elisa Jane Carmichael draws inspiration from Country and works closely with her mother and sister to revive and preserve traditional artmaking techniques — with a contemporary spin
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Photographer George Byrne recently closed the book, literally, on the first stage of his artistic career. He talks to Alexandra English about phainting (that’s photo-painting), self-publishing in a pandemic and creating an abstract utopia
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