2024 was a banner year for Sydney. Not only did we finally get the futuristic next phase of Sydney Metro and the revival of Sofitel Sydney Wentworth, but we also got an exhaustingly long list of high-profile food and drink openings from Olympus Dining and Neptune’s Grotto to Joji and Letra House. Other big things
As the first major event of 2025, Sydney Festival once again kicks off the new year by filling the city with music, theatre, pop-up art exhibitions and lifestyle activations from some of the world’s finest talents. Over 130 performances and events are scheduled in for the 24-day festival, which runs until Sunday, January 26 and
In times to come, when China is more open, anthropologists will be looking for the meaning of what we did to a generation that made just about everything we wear, hear and use. Made in China is a label on so many everyday items. Now meet some of the people that made all that possible.
Wondering what to do on New Years Day in Sydney? Not only are there several New Year’s Day events to get across but Sydney’s biggest attractions are also popping open to help you start 2025 right. It is, after all, the busiest season in Sydney for both locals and tourists so you’ve got plenty to
A critically endangered Cuban crocodile mouths the Shane Gross’s camera dome in Cuba, the detail on its teeth intensified by the glassy water. Over in the narrow watery stretch of Indonesia’s Lembeh Strait, photographer Ipah Uid Lynn catches an incredible, and slightly terrifying, portrait of a skeletal shrimp dancing with its prey. The beauty of
A new art gallery is coming to Marickville – the team at COMA will launch the new warehouse art venue on January 31, 2025 with a solo exhibition of new works by New Mexico-based Australian artist, Justin Williams. The space is inspired by the major warehouse-style galleries of Los Angeles. The 490-square-metre space is located
It was billed as a way to give festival goers a cost-of-living break to ensure they didn’t make the January event part of their budget cuts. So when tickets for the 2025 Sydney Festival went on sale, some were priced at $49 until December 2, 2024. But organisers needn’t have worried. So many fans hit
As we move into the final month of spring, an action-packed November will fill Sydney with life before we get into the thick of silly season. The city just had a spooky few weeks in the lead up to Halloween, now it’s time to sit back in the sun, sip on some wine (or an
The 26th annual Sculpture by the Sea launched over the weekend, transforming the famous 2km coastal walk from Bondi to Tamarama with 100 visually engaging sculptures from artists across 16 countries. Around 450,000 people are expected to attend across the art trail’s 18-day run before it wraps up another year on November 4. And with
Art Gallery of New South Wales opens their exclusive Magritte exhibition this month. Don’t miss the 2-for-1 ticket offer every Wednesday from 5–10pm for an after-dark dose of mind-bending art. René Magritte has landed at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in an exhibition that’s got everyone from art-dads to gallery newbies feeling delightfully
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