Supply and demands
State leaders feel the strain over the federal government’s latest vaccine mishap
August 2014
Arts & Letters
Virtually pointless
At the 14th Venice Architecture Biennale, ‘Augmented Australia’ fails to impress
Alien renaissance
A revived interest in alien visitation only underscores how little we know about the universe
The return of the lucky country
The pandemic has exposed the truth of Donald Horne’s phrase, and the morbid state of our national leadership
Like no actor ever: ‘My Name Is Gulpilil’
Molly Reynolds’s beautiful documentary is a fitting tribute to David Gulpilil, at the end of his singular life
Looking for love on the web
Many online daters are trapped in a pornographic shopping mall
Ghosts of R&B past
Timbaland and Boyz II Men haunt FKA Twigs’ ‘LP1’ and How To Dress Well’s ‘What Is This Heart?’
Josh Thomas on the set of ‘Please Like Me’
Behind the scenes with the young Aussie comedian
Troubled souls
David Gulpilil brings Rolf de Heer’s ‘Charlie’s Country’ alive, but Nick Cave can’t save Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard’s ‘20,000 Days on Earth’
Boston and Japan: ‘French Impressionism from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston’
What connects Boston’s peerless collections of French Impressionism and historic Japanese art and design?
Grand designs: ‘Real Estate’
Deborah Levy’s latest ‘living autobiography’ finds her travelling and contemplating home, family and art’s revolutionary potential
More than a feeling: ‘New Long Leg’
The deadpan spoken-word vocals of British post-punk band Dry Cleaning are the mesmeric expression of online consciousness
The Properties of Water
Poetry from the late Kate Jennings
Plans never imagined: Architect Timothy Hill
The ‘Longhouse’ and the ‘Multihouse’ confirm the director of Partners Hill as the country’s most important and influential architect of the past 30 years
Two worlds at the 16th Venice Architecture Biennale
The consumption of space, land and habitat is Australia’s focus at the world’s pre-eminent architecture event
Walking the Wukalina Walk
A new four-day tour in Tasmania is owned and guided by Aboriginal people
Murcutt’s mosque
The Australian Islamic Centre is notable for what it isn’t as much as for what it isAlien renaissance
A revived interest in alien visitation only underscores how little we know about the universeThe return of the lucky country
The pandemic has exposed the truth of Donald Horne’s phrase, and the morbid state of our national leadership
On loop: Bo Burnham’s ‘Inside’
The American comedian’s vulnerable and nuanced look at constant perception in the digital age
Dreaming of Biloela
Tharnicaa Murugappan versus 30 years of policy
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