The Monthly Awards 2019
Highlights of the year in Australian arts and culture
In light of recent events
What to climb next
Oslo Davis is a widely published illustrator and artist. Raised Eyebrows, his yearly newspaper of drawings, is out now.
‘The Weekend’ by Charlotte Wood
The Stella Prize–winner returns with a stylish character study of women surprised by age
‘Act of Grace’ by Anna Krien
The journalist’s propulsive debut novel tackles the aftermath of the Iraq War
No one’s laughing now: Todd Phillips’ ‘Joker’
A gripping psychological study of psychosis offers a surprising change of pace in the superhero genre
Currents of joy: Stephen Bram and John Nixon
Overlapping exhibitions by the two abstract artists convey their shared radical modernism
What elitism looks like
Flagrant conflicts of interest abound at the top
‘Know My Name’ at the National Gallery of Australia
An exhilarating exhibition considers a persistent gender bias in the visual arts
Morrison’s climate flip
Australia has a lot of catching up to do on emissions reduction