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Date Time NFSA announces blockbuster exhibition celebrating Australia’s film making success In an unprecedented world premiere, the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) has unveiled its most ambitious exhibition to date, Australians & Hollywood: A Tale of Craft, Talent, and Ambition. Exclusive to Canberra and two years in the making, this is the NFSA’s first original show in two decades, and celebrates Australia’s contemporary cinematic, acting, and filmmaking success. This blockbuster exhibition features never-before publicly seen props, costumes, original documents, and...

Art in the plague year: when a painting is like a new sofa We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement In March last year a friend in Bangladesh forwarded a news item that said Australia’s borders would be closed until September. “Is it true!!!!” he exclaimed. I was sceptical and replied that neither the economy nor people’s limits of endurance would allow the closures to last that long. I thought we’d be flying again within a few months. It’s in such moments you discover you’re really an optimist. One mont...

3537 Photo for representation only. - File photo THE Indian government’s decision to informally tell airlines not to fly Chinese nationals into the country is not merely a precautionary measure aimed at checking the spread of Covid-19. There is more to it than meets the eye, even as China had suspended all special air operations from India with effect from early November, citing the rising number of coronavirus cases on Vande Bharat Mission flights. The eight-month-old border standoff has impacted India-China dealings in myriad ways. Last week, the External Affairs Ministry expressed conce...