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When alfresco art clicks with Nick Scali on eBay

For Sydney artist Maureen Burns, eBay is a rich source of photo art.

The pristine past rediscovered

FOR 145 years, the world's art experts did not know the whereabouts of Cabbage Trees Near the Shoalhaven River by the great Vienna-born colonial Australian artist Eugene von Guerard.

Fantastic obsession, reimagined

Symphonie Fantastique is a new ballet based on Hector Berlioz's score. Valerie Lawson examines its extraordinary pedigree.

Night of firsts - and a second

This concert marked a new era in the Sydney Symphony's history, and the orchestra rose magnificently to the occasion.

Clever Dick lifts the intensity

Richard Roxburgh Richard Roxburgh's latest role challenges him to the limit, writes Andrew Taylor.

Work, rest, play

Michael Gow's Toy Symphony explores the agonising effects of writer's block.

ARTS PREVIEWS & REVIEWS

2,000 Feet Away

Anthony Weigh's collection of nine scenes has yet to cohere into an effective play.

Lessons in Flight

A new play heralds the launch next year of a Sydney-based indigenous theatre company.

Toy Symphony

Michael Gow's new play explores the agonising effects of writer's block.

Naked Samoans Go Home

The bro' Town crew have been described as New Zealand's greatest export since the All Blacks.

Nikon-Walkley Press Photo Awards

Increasingly news photographers appear to be covering their subjects with visual essays in mind.