Scott Maclachlan said he had been guilty of “stupid, insensitive and ignorant comments” to women in the industry, including asking them if they wanted sexual contact with him, and making comments about their bodies.

Some of the most exciting music being written is for contemporary opera: a new Australian company wants to bring it to national audiences.

A haunting performance set in a defunct zoo was a highlight of the captivating second weekend of the Mona Foma festival in Hobart.

The national broadcaster should have a flagship arts program as prominent and enduring to this vital area as Four Corners is to its current-affairs line-up.

Staged on the set of a low-budget porno conceived in 1979, X is a welcome comeback for Ti West’s thoughtful yet visceral brand of horror.

With artists leaving in droves, audiences reluctant to return to venues and universal crew shortages, even stage survivors are worried.

Hossein Valamanesh, one of Australia’s most versatile and respected artists, died of a heart attack earlier this year.

The giant of the Australian music industry was remembered by Jimmy Barnes, family and friends, one year on from his memorial concert in Melbourne.

The former Silverchair frontman has been charged by NSW Police with high-range drink-driving following a crash with another vehicle in the state’s Hunter region on Wednesday night.

This pared back production of Maria Stuarda shines a light on the commanding presence of Olga Peretyatko.

Nine new commissions have been announced as the countdown begins for the December opening of the contemporary art galleries of Sydney Modern.

You can’t talk about the Lemonheads’ iconic 1992 album It’s A Shame About Ray without talking about Sydney’s inner-west.

“I dunno, you don’t wanna be yelling over a guitar forever, you know?” leader singer Georgia Maq says.

For more than half a century, the 74-year-old has built his worldwide musical theatre empire on being fashionably unfashionable.

YouTube has long been the most popular music service in the world. Finally, it figured out how to generate enough cash to make many people in the music world happy.

The veteran journalist has said there is something “fundamentally wrong with a system that can produce such a deeply insensitive and divisive decision”.

It is back to the future with the NSW government’s announcement of the museum’s renewal at Ultimo.

The museum will become the heart of a new cultural precinct almost a year after the decision to shut its doors was reversed.

The Herald reviewed the ‘sweet harmonies’ and ‘transitory burlesques’ of Princess Rangiriri and her Maori Maids, who had begun their George Street residency.

Two new films seal Ron and Russell Mael’s dual destiny as pop legends and arthouse auteurs.