Museum's boss relegated to history
Andrew Taylor, Anna Patty One of NSW's most senior female indigenous officials is set to lose her job.
A painted pointer claims Gallipoli
Andrew Taylor War has no shortage of unsung heroes but Peter Wegner's painting of a dog wearing a gas mask is still a surprise.
Brush with riches short-lived as prices tumble
Andrew Taylor IT COULD be a sign of more puritanical times, the continuing hangover of the GFC or perhaps the fickle tastes of the art world.
Unschooling truly in a class of its own
Andrew Taylor Seven-year-old Aisha Fisher may not know the alphabet, but it does not stop her writing letters.
Airline sails in to sponsor icon
Andrew Taylor A stadium at Docklands bears its name, so too does the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
A plus-sized struggle: cast on the world stage but cast out at home
Andrew Taylor IT TAKES a lot of guts to establish a career in the entertainment industry, especially if you have any gut at all.
'Nobody has ever asked me if I'm Aboriginal. This is the only time.'
Andrew Taylor JACK CHARLES'S indigenous background is hardly a secret, but the federal government has a problem believing him.
'Nobody has ever asked me if I'm Aboriginal. This is the only time'
Andrew Taylor JACK CHARLES'S indigenous background is hardly a secret.
'Nothing sinister' in arts exit
Andrew Taylor Head of Australia Council for the Arts says there is nothing conspiratorial in her impending departure.
Welcome to country ceremony 'lacks heart'
Andrew Taylor THE Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott, supposedly opened up a new front in the culture wars two years ago by dismissing the practice of acknowledging traditional owners as a ''genuflection to political...
Welcome ceremony 'tokenistic'
Andrew Taylor Aboriginal arts administrator questions value of traditional Aboriginal welcome to land.
'No impact' on Henson work
By Andrew Taylor A new show by the acclaimed photographer, Bill Henson, will feature portraits of figures, similar to images of naked teenagers that provoked controversy and a police raid of his show at a Sydney...
Clowning around gives little patients reason to smile
Andrew Taylor Rushed to hospital following a seizure and facing a barrage of medical tests, little Freyja Marchand would not appear to have much to smile about.
Waiting for their big day
Jim O'Rourke and Andrew Taylor IN THE six years since becoming engaged, Michele and Lisa Saffery have held onto a dream that one day they could marry legally in Australia.
Helicopter tragedy
I was meant to be on that helicopter, says Olsen
Andrew Taylor The ABC journalist Paul Lockyer and the eminent Australian landscape artist John Olsen were united by their love of Lake Eyre.
Diggers accused of 'plundering' mosaic from Gaza
Andrew Taylor In 1917, a Byzantine mosaic created under the reign of Emperor Justinian was removed by Australian troops from the ruins of a church near Gaza in present-day Israel.
Questions raised over 'looted' mosaic
Andrew Taylor IN 1917, a Byzantine mosaic created during the reign of Emperor Justinian was removed by Australian troops from the ruins of a church near Gaza.
Warwick Fairfax prescribes a dose of ethics for media
Andrew Taylor AS A man who has experienced a very public fall from grace, Warwick Fairfax finds no comfort in the phone-hacking scandal that has rocked Rupert Murdoch's media empire.
