The face of the 2017 Archibald Prize is more than just that: Agatha Gothe-Snape is thought to be redefining Australia's contemporary art scene and has just made her mark on a Surry Hills laneway.

Trading a day of regular lessons for a trip to the cinema is a sure-fire way to win over a class. But for this group of Indonesian language students in Melbourne, the experience is about more than whiling away an afternoon in a darkened room.

The Kulata Tjuta (Many Spears) project has been judged the winner of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards, and it says a lot about the strength of culture in the APY Lands.

A greyhound trainer who allegedly killed and buried many of the dogs found in a mass grave in the NSW Hunter region is banned from the sport for 15 years.

A theatre production in Sydney uses both humour and shock to show the experiences of Australians dealing with disability.