International Skull Drawing Competition

Between 1992 and 1997 R.L Stine made publishing history. His horror novels for children were listed as the fifteenth most challenged books of 1990-1999...

It's probably true to say there aren't many books that could be spun out from a Vice column. True, some of the don'ts are quite evocative (ref: ‘It's...

Bruce LaBruce: not for the kiddies. If only we had noted this on the 2007 Rooftop Cinema program next to Raspberry Reich. Anyway, you know, bygones...

There's been talk, oh yes there has. And now it's open. The gallery above Glitzern in Crossley Street. It's actually in the apartment that once belonged...

Spit out your tobacco. Take a shower. This springtime Genki invite you to do away with trailer trash.

The Springtime Happy Caravan will be far from...

In places like South Central Los Angeles, Saturday nights are for listening to N.W.A and mulling over two possible career choices: Bloods or Crips. It...

Zaishu is derived from the Japanese word 'zaisu' meaning small seat. Inspired by a 16th century nomadic Samurai the Zaishu is the little chair with...

A few years ago, Hamburg-based artist Thomas Baldischwyler became understandably intrigued by the memorably titled record Shit is harder than penis...

His mother demanded he have a Collins Street address. His pink-cravated bartenders have served cocktails at Madam Brussels on Bourke Street and his Gin...

Fat might have turned ten, but these girls aren't coasting on the double figures. For a decade, they have been working for a better-looking Melbourne...

In the opening article of Another Man, biographer Charlotte Chandler recalls talking to Pavarotti on the occasion of his 20th farewell performance...

In the 1800s, Levi Strauss would have had little concept of the implications of his invention. Of the jiving, the flaring, the acid-washing, the skinny...

Tucked away above Russell Street, Kanga Kanga stocks - in their words - "Cool Asian Magazines". Visiting the store is like taking a crash course...

Ever returned home too soon from a trip to Europe and found yourself unable to adjust? Walking around in a beret and stripy t-shirt, staring at the Arts...

What do you find at the Ilk Bar? Fresh ilk, of course, Ars bars perhaps, maybe even some ixed lollies? Apparently not.

What you will find, is an interior...

Its title sounds like a bad translation, but don’t judge into the nature – of Creatures and Wilderness by its cover, judge it for the...

Ah, road trips. The mention of them gets my blood racing. It's the romantic notion of packing up the car and actually going somewhere. Exploring small...

It may sound like a painful disease rampant in the 19th century, but don’t be put off by visions of bulbous sores just yet. Sitting atop the Rochester...

Taking a tape measure, determine the dimensions of your coffee table. Proceed with tape measure to the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art. Turn...

The Arcade Fire are the perfect compliment to this Melbourne winter. Their album Funeral contains all the pain of a rainy tramstop with the euphoria...