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Visual Art

Art Gallery lands ‘modernist masterpiece’ after $675,000 bidding war

The Art Gallery of South Australia has unveiled its latest acquisition: a rare landscape by Adelaide-born Dorrit Black that more than tripled its expected price when it hit the market for the first time.

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Visual Art

Archibald Prize spotlights ‘unhinged and unapologetic’ Adelaide filmmakers

A ‘pseudo-portrait’ of Danny and Michael Philippou, the Pooraka twins who turned viral YouTube notoriety into Hollywood success, is among the finalists for this year’s Archibald Prize.

WMBYWalter Marsh

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Yield Strength is a risk-taking Adelaide Biennial with its share of weak points

Sera Waters takes family history by the collar

‘Hundreds of hours’: Honouring the art of labour at the Adelaide Biennial

Music

‘Serenading future vintages’: Chamber music returns to Coriole winery

Coriole Music Festival promises another immersive weekend of great food, wine and world-class chamber music. New artistic director Kate Suthers shares a taste of this year’s program.

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Theatre

Green Room: Beetlejuice Adelaide-bound | Flickerfest’s local showcase | Sidney Nolan’s ‘Adelaide Ladies’

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‘Sad experiment’: West Australian Ballet’s larger-than-life Dracula with an empty pit

‘There’s been nothing like it since’: Neil Armfield is never far away from Adelaide’s stages

Theatre review: The Housewarming

Film & TV

A reboot for Das Boot … and other German Flick Fest gems

See the director’s cut of Das Boot and Fatih Akin’s latest film Amrum – plus so much more – at this year’s German Film Festival.

HBBYHelen Barlow

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Why we’re hungry for docs on the headliners of OZ rock

Warwick Thornton’s new colonial Western is a family-driven survival story

It takes Jim Jarmusch a lot of effort to make things look effortless

Books & Poetry

Lattouf on suing the ABC and the Adelaide woman who took on Google

The high-profile journalist sacked over a social media post about the conflict in Gaza has a new book about “women who win”, telling the story of a now-70 year old Adelaide woman who took on Google and “beat the bastards”.

HKBYHelen Karakulak

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Book review: Nostalgic Adelaide

New Adelaide Writers’ Week director named after 2026 implosion

Who do we think we are? The genesis of Johnno

Music

What’s My Scene: Gilly & Bede are one folk duo that won’t end up hating each other

In our regular Q&A column What’s My Scene, InReview speaks to emerging and established local artists to get their take on the South Australian creative scene and their place within it. This week, sisters Gilly & Bede discuss playing on a boat and adding their own contribution to “this gorgeous Adelaide patchwork”.

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Music review: Leonkoro Quartet

Trials ‘will not be broken’ on his long-awaited solo LP

What’s My Scene: Maajela swap the temple for the festival stage

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What does autism look like? Georgina Chadderton’s graphic memoir complicates the picture

In Oh Brother, Adelaide artist Georgina Chadderton presents a colourful, compassionate, and often comical portrait of family, friendship and autism.

JCBYJo Case

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‘I can hear people weeping’: Heather Mitchell rises to the role of Ruth Bader Ginsberg

Slava Grigoryan strikes new chord after ‘gut-wrenching’ Guitar Festival axing

Heart of gold: Archie Moore digs deep for Adelaide Biennial

Review

Retro 1970s hairdos and disco moves as the Cinderella story catches fire

Cinderella is replete with brilliance and humour in Neil Armfield’s affectionate recreation of Rossini’s masterpiece, Graham Strahle reviews the latest State Opera offering.

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