 The exhibition brought together a number of versions of the Weeping woman. |
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A CSIRO report has warned climate change will threaten the region's economy and security unless governments and aid agencies start preparing for its impacts.
The two-part CSIRO report was commissioned by a new coalition of aid, church and development groups.
It warns that a two degrees Celsius increase in temperature by 2030 will have a devastating impact in northern Pakistan, India and western China.
The first auction of official Star Trek memorabilia hit warp speed when a model of the science fiction franchise's Starship Enterprise sold for more than $A770,000.
A rare drawing of kiwi birds by British naturalist John Gould is expected to attract international interest when it goes on auction in Adelaide today.
A stage musical based on cult Australian movie Priscilla, Queen of the Desert had its world premiere in Sydney last night.
The musical Les Miserables celebrates its 21st birthday in London this weekend, at the same time as snatching the record as the world's longest-runner from Cats.
Bloggers are scoring rich paydays by turning their online diaries into books, but some publishers say the craze could fizzle out with a glut of new titles destined to yield disappointing sales.
Bidders, at least one them costumed, have paid top dollar for Star Trek items at the start of Christie's auction of memorabilia from the seminal television and movie franchise.
The archaeologist co-ordinating a project to profile rock art on the Burrup Peninsula in north-west Western Australia has defended a scholarship offered by oil giant Woodside.
New York Times journalist RW Apple, a leading writer on war and politics for decades before he returned to writing about the food and wine, died overnight aged 71.
One of Australia's largest energy companies is to fund a three-year study into rock art on the Burrup Peninsula in north-west Western Australia.
The biggest book fair in the world has opened in Germany, with Indian authors taking centre stage.
The publisher of the book in which German Nobel literature laureate Guenter Grass confesses he served with the Nazis' Waffen SS in World War II says it will go on sale in at least another 33 countries next year.
The National Trust says it is pleased the heritage value of Western Australia's Burrup Peninsula and its ancient rock art is finally being recognised.
The Australian playwright and author Gwen Meredith has died at her home in the New South Wales southern highlands, aged 98.
A group of young artists from central Australian Indigenous communities is travelling to Melbourne to perform the world premiere of a play at next week's International Arts Festival.
A new theatre production company for South Australia's south-east and Upper Spencer Gulf will begin operation next year.
It has been a long wait but rescued Beaconsfield miner Brant Webb will finally get to have a beer with Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl today.
The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) has reached an out-of-court settlement with curator Geoffrey Smith.
A "new" album of Beatles music mixed by their legendary producer George Martin and described as a new "way of reliving the whole Beatles musical lifespan", will be released in November.
Laverton has celebrated its racing history with a busy weekend of activities in the northern goldfields town.
An awareness campaign has been launched to try to curb the exploitation of Aboriginal artists in the Kimberley, in northern Western Australia.
Federal Attorney-General Philip Ruddock says he is willing to consider allowing researchers limited access to books banned because of terrorism concerns.
Three proponents of Superflat - a pop-art style created by Takashi Murakami, dubbed Japan's Andy Warhol - have brought their unique brand of post-modernism to France. | 