Watching THE LAST VERMEER, I was reminded of the sterling if controversial scholarship of John Carey and his book, What Good Are The Arts? (Faber 2005).
Carey began his book by asking the question, What is a work of art?…
Dubbing or subtitles?
Nowadays, the thought of a foreign film being dubbed as opposed to hearing the original actor say their lines with the translation subtitled at the bottom of our screen seems unbelievable.
But it used to be the …
Although it has been collecting Persian art since the 1880’s it is only now that a major survey of its collection is being held at the Powerhouse Museum.
Between pre World War 1 there was a major influx of Iranian …
There was a break in the rain revealing a glorious, sunny Sydney skyline and stage infrastructure for this season’s performances of LA TRAVIATA at Mrs Macquarie’s Chair.
This production was delayed for over a year due to the Covid19 lockdown. …