24 Shows to See in Venice Beyond the Biennale, From Stanley Whitney’s Italian Paintings to a Major Survey of Marlene Dumas
Art lovers making a pilgrimage to Venice for the delayed opening of the 59th Venice Biennial will have packed dance…
Hiding Art in Basements, Returning Loans, Reopening as Bomb Shelters: How Ukraine’s Museums Are Handling the Russian Invasion
As Ukraine defends itself against invading Russian forces, the nation’s museums find themselves in a dire situation, charged with protecting…
#FreeBritney has many of us wondering: do we have conservatorships in Australia?
News Britney Spears’ father has agreed to step down from her conservatorship might have you wondering how equivalent laws work…
Jawaharlal Nehru’s vision for a just and equitable post-colonial world, with India leading the way
This piece is part of a new series in collaboration with the ABC’s Saturday Extra program. Each week, the show…
A brief history of asylum seekers at the Olympics — and why they are sometimes misunderstood
The Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya left Tokyo this week after her Olympics were over, bound not for her home country,…
How Australia’s fickleness on COVID vaccines is perpetuating global vaccine inequity
Despite assurances from Prime Minister Scott Morrison that Australia was at “the front of the queue” for COVID-19 vaccines, Australia’s…
Excessive strip-searching shines light on discrimination of Aboriginal women in the criminal justice system
In January, an unnamed incarcerated Aboriginal woman on remand at the Alexander Maconochie Centre in the ACT was the victim…
As the Taliban surges across Afghanistan, al-Qaeda is poised for a swift return
The imminent fall of Afghanistan is more than a national disaster. It is not just that the gains made in…
Dag Hammarskjöld: a defiant pioneer of global diplomacy who died in a mystery plane crash
This piece is part of a new series in collaboration with the ABC’s Saturday Extra program. Each week, the show…
The Communist Party claims to have brought prosperity and equality to China. Here’s the real impact of its rule
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is in full swing to prepare for the 100th anniversary of its founding this week,…
Climate explained: how the IPCC reaches scientific consensus on climate change
CC BY-ND Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer…
How Eleanor Roosevelt reshaped the role of First Lady and became a feminist icon
This piece is part of a new series in collaboration with the ABC’s Saturday Extra program. Each week, the show…
Australia once rejected ‘feeble-minded’ immigrants. While the language has changed, discrimination remains
“Idiots”, “imbeciles”, the “feeble-minded”, anyone with a “loathsome disease”: all were refused entry into Australia under early migration acts. Today,…
Tech titans like Amazon and Google team up to scale climate solutions
A group of eight large companies, including tech and entertainment heavy hitters such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Salesforce, Disney and…
West Papua is on the verge of another bloody crackdown
“Destroy them first. We will discuss human rights matters later.” These are the reported words of Bambang Soesatyo, chairman of…
Israel and the Palestinians celebrate a ceasefire — but will anything change?
While details are sketchy, Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire. That is good news for everyone involved. The…
Benjamin Netanyahu was on the brink of political defeat. Then, another conflict broke out in Gaza
Despite some conspiratorial claims to the contrary, long-serving Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was not looking or hoping for a…
With diplomacy all but abandoned, Israel and the Palestinians are teetering on another war
The latest violence between Israeli and Palestinian forces should come as no surprise. The issue of Palestinian statehood has been…