A teenager has sold out a Darwin cinema with the premiere of a film that he made almost entirely in secret.

Sydney-born, Brooklyn-based, these Orthodox Jewish sisters are building a modest fashion empire — and you don't have to be religious to appreciate it.

The Adelaide Fringe is one of the centrepieces of the state's festival season — but the cost of organising a show has some artists reconsidering the value of participating.

A few simple ways to tell if that photo your uncle shared on Facebook is authentic — or has been manipulated.

Australian children need stories and books more than ever to help them deal with a "dark and uncertain world", says newly appointed Children's Laureate Morris Gleitzman.

Everyday photographer Jon Lewis hits the streets to document the ever-changing cosmopolitan face of Sydney.

One of Bill Henson's long-time models speaks out about her artistic collaboration, controversy and the decision to pose when she was an adolescent.

The new King Kong movie is thrilling, funny and occasionally sublime — and beats Hacksaw Ridge as an effective depiction of war.

The former Northern Territory public trustee who sold the copyright to Indigenous artist Albert Namatjira's life's work for just $8,500 in 1983 says the sale was a mistake.

When Andrew Grant became wheelchair bound at the age of 28 from a muscular disease, he decided to "reinvent" himself as an artist and channel his experience into his paintings.

Twenty-seven years ago Melinda Clarke published the iconic, hand-drawn Melbourne Map and now she's determined to make a new one.

American publishers don't shy away from the science fiction genre. So why is the situation so different in Australia?

A new statue of a resolute young girl now faces Wall Street's famous Charging Bull, erected for International Women's Day to highlight the scarcity of women on the boards of the largest US corporations.

A Melbourne teenager is turned away from seeing The Book of Mormon after being sold an invalid ticket through reseller website Viagogo, a problem theatre staff say they face regularly.

With house prices fast becoming unaffordable for young adults — particularly in Sydney and Melbourne — is it time to have a closer look at Adelaide?

Hundreds of fans line the streets outside Sydney's iconic State Theatre to welcome US actor Josh Gad who plays Disney's first openly gay character, LeFou, in a remake of Beauty and the Beast.

A restless two-year-old toddler causes a scene and upstages the Queen at the ceremonial unveiling of the national Iraq and Afghanistan memorial in central London.

The creators of a storybook about "wild storms" happening inside the home hope it will encourage children to speak up about family violence.

The quest to find the best coffee roaster in the world kicks off in Melbourne, with a record number of 820 entries from nine countries in this year's Australian International Coffee Awards.

Robert Brownhall's latest exhibition captures Brisbane's iconic urban landscapes — ones he says we take for granted.