‘For the first time’ by Black Country, New Road
The debut from the latest British Art School Band delivers perfect pop with arch lyrics that owe a debt to Jarvis Cocker
‘The Committed’ by Viet Thanh Nguyen
The philosophical thriller sequel to ‘The Sympathizer’ sends its Vietnamese protagonists to the Paris underworld
Listening to country: ‘Fractures & Frequencies’ and ‘Infractions’
Elegiac installations from Megan Cope and Rachel O’Reilly at UNSW Galleries call for an understanding of the land as a living entity under threat
Drawn to the drift: Chloé Zhao’s ‘Nomadland’
The award-winning film about America’s itinerants steers away from the darker stories of the working poor
Once upon a time in the north: ‘High Ground’
Stephen Maxwell Johnson’s foray into Australia’s violent colonial history is a visually spectacular, if overfamiliar, revisionist Western
Eye to eye in the wild: ‘Australia Remastered’
The continent’s natural wonders – some now gone forever – are celebrated in a series that uncovers footage from the ABC’s disbanded Natural History Unit
The paintbrush is a weapon: Vincent Namatjira
The Archibald Prize winner’s politics are less straightforward than the art world might like to think
The psychedelic origins of a popular yoga blessing
With a mix of eye-catching works, the second NGV Triennial blends the avant-garde with the populist
Bangarra Dance Theatre’s ‘Spirit’ pays tribute to collaborators