Pakistani rapper,songwriter,and actor Faris Shafi,will perform at Blockbuster,for the opening of Rising.

See the rapper with 62 million streams perform in Melbourne – for free

Some of the world’s most popular artists are coming to play at Fed Square at the opening of Rising.

  • Kerrie O'Brien

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A work by Sidney Nolan inspired by the Ravensbrück women’s camp.

These works by Sidney Nolan have never been displayed. Now they’re heading to Melbourne

In 1962,the artist visited Auschwitz. The paintings he created afterwards have been brought together in a new exhibition.

  • Will Cox
Author and director Nora Ephron.

Two new books delve into the 20th century’s wittiest women

Nora Ephron and Dorothy Parker lived in different times but had much in common.

  • Tom Ryan
Mahalia Barnes

What made Mahalia Barnes say yes to Jesus Christ Superstar

Barnes has been surrounded by music her whole life,but it took a very particular set of circumstances for her to take on her first musical.

  • Elizabeth Flux
Composer,conductor and critic Fritz Hart.

The former Age critic who helped the MSO bring music to the people

Largely unknown outside academic circles,Fritz Hart was a seminal figure in Melbourne music.

  • Barney Zwartz
Yayoi Kusama’s The Hope of the Polka Dots Buried in Infinity Will Cover the Universe at the NGV.

‘Five MCGs’ worth of people’:Yayoi Kusama exhibition breaking records at NGV

Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama’s exhibition at the NGV has drawn huge numbers of people during its four-month run.

  • Madeleine Heffernan
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Stacey Edwards

These artists first picked up a brush in prison. It changed their lives

Connecting with their culture through art while in prison has proven revolutionary for hundreds of Indigenous people.

  • Kerrie O'Brien
Roo do you think you are? Comedian Steph Broadbridge strikes a pose.

It’s the comedy show Raygun didn’t want you to see. But is it any good?

Stephanie Broadbridge’s Breaking:The Musical had to overcome some legal challenges to make it to the Comedy Festival,where it’s just started its run. This is what the crowd can expect.

  • Karl Quinn
Karen Quinlan

‘Oh,yeah I think everyone’s always interested in the hot pants’

While Arts Centre Melbourne is best known for its performances,in the depths of Hamer Hall there’s a hidden collection that has captured CEO Karen Quinlan’s imagination.

  • Elizabeth Flux
The brief life of a flower mirrors something of the human condition,which is partly why artists return again and again to them in still life paintings.

Hey bloomer:The simple things we use to celebrate life’s big moments

A new exhibition celebrates the role of the flower in art – and what it reveals about the human condition.

  • Kerrie O'Brien