Scholarships change lives: Franz Kempf Award winner Jake Holmes reflects

One of the hardest things to do as an artist – when you’re just starting out – is call yourself an artist.

Farrin Foster on the power of ego

We’ll laugh about it later

The fairy lights are packed away and the Parklands are bandaged in fresh turf, disguising the scars of Mad March. Headlines herald another bumper festival season for South Australia. But from offstage, mutterings of discontent flitter between weary performers.

Some art is bad

Look, some of this year's festival season blockbuster shows just weren't very good.

A Portal to the past

In Shared Studio's Portal, the golden shipping container sat in front of oRAH, Johnny von Einem found the internet of days gone by.

Finding a voice in a country that’s not your own

CityMag editor Farrin Foster tells the stories of her home in Australia, but recent international travel has her thinking about the stories this country refuses to hear.

A city is what you make it

We are the reason Adelaide can't have nice things.

Men I’ve met who were married but probably shouldn’t have been

In the countdown to the same-sex marriage postal plebiscite, Anthony Nocera recalls some experiences that indicate marriage might not be the sacred, respected, traditional, and crucial social institution some claim it to be.

Lessons from Adelaide’s (big) sister Austin

When viewed from abroad, Adelaide is no further away than Sydney or Melbourne – it's all just Australia. From her current vantage in Austin, Texas, editor Farrin Foster considers the impact of this reality on Adelaide's identity.