OpinionDogs This article is more than 4 years oldCute? These eyebrow-raising dogs are master manipulators of the human heartThis article is more than 4 years oldHannah Jane ParkinsonScientists have found what makes dogs so adorable, and those puppy eyes work for me every timeIn a bit of news that, unusually for these times, doesn’t make one want to hunker down underground never to resurface, a study has been released about the adorableness of dogs. Read More...
ArtToday Picasso would be called a misogynist and Gauguin a paedophile. But how does it influence how we see their works?
The scope of Russia’s power in the world is often measured in terms of military might but Masters of Modern Art from the Hermitage, an exhibition now showing at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, is a fine example of the state’s soft power.
Culled from the collection of modern French painting at the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, the exhibition represents the vision of two Moscow-based merchants, Sergei Shchukin and Ivan Morozov. Read More...
ComedyComedians once embraced a signature quip or look, so why have such tropes fallen out of favour?
Stand down: when comics make unfunny big-screen comediesRead moreImagine a museum devoted to the iconography of comedy. There would be glass cases containing Del Boy’s flat cap, Father Ted’s dog collar and a perfectly preserved set of fork handles. There’d be an animatronic mannequin of Basil Fawlty, performing his impression of the Führer on a permanent loop. Read More...
