School of the Arts & Media

main characters from the netflix show beef

Beef gives permission to its feuding central characters and minority audience members to feel complex and nuanced emotions.

illustration of music coming out of head

A new study explains the kind of tunes we can’t seem to shake off.

jean rhys looks intently at camera

A new biography of Jean Rhys, the Dominican-born author of Wide Sargasso Sea, pays close attention to her origins – but stops short of examining the colonial relations central to her story.

Portrait of Elizabeth Macarthur by unknown artist

Kate Grenville suggests we read Elizabeth Macarthur’s letters as ‘a wonderful piece of fiction, sustained over sixty years’. They were exercises in doubleness, concealment, and delicious irony.

Aerial view of Calgoa River

With culture at its heart, First Peoples’ creative collaboration can transform communities.

Grace Tame

Grace Tame joins UNSW academics Kyllie Cripps, Michael Salter and Emma A. Jane for a UNSW Centre for Ideas panel discussion.

dance artist performing in a gallery space

An artist-focused research collaboration aims to develop protocols for engaging with choreographic works in art institutions.

man at home on sofa listening to music with a smartphone

UNSW Arts, Design & Architecture stories explored a range of ideas, from purpose-built quarantine facilities to whether artificial intelligence could create art.

Ian Whitney

Ian Whitney to write two works as part of chamber music group’s outreach program.

Brooke Green, winner of the 2019 Jonathan Blakeman National Composition Prize

The prize rewards composition at a national standard, and the 2019 winner, Brooke Green, was inspired by an issue of national importance.

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