Hobart
Court Orders Brothers to Pay Their Drug Dealer After Robbing Him
The men were jailed for stealing cash, meth and a double-barrelled shotgun in what the judge said was “certainly not a well-planned robbery".
Dark Mofo 2020 Has Been Cancelled
With coronavirus fears on the rise, MONA founder David Walsh issued a statement this morning announcing that they're "killing" the popular winter festival.
Pain and Suffering But Make It Art: A Weekend at Dark Mofo
Mona’s winter festival moves heaven and hell to remind us that humans are horrible but clever.
Hobart Locals Are More Into Art Than the French
A new study finds that classy Hobartians are way more engaged in modern art than basic French people.
Dark Mofo’s Hymns to the Dead Was Life-Affirming
Portal, Batushka, Numenorean, Blasphemy and Spire came to Hobart for one night of crushing, life-affirming metal.
Mike Parr Proves We Only Face Our Past With White Narrators
The artist spent the weekend buried below a busy Hobart street to make a statement about totalitarian violence. But now he’s out, we should consider why we needed to bury him in the first place.
St. Vincent, Alice Glass and Laurie Anderson Are Playing Dark Mofo
Plus: Tanya Tagaq! Laurie Anderson! Haxan Cloak! Lydia Lunch! Zola Jesus! William Basinski! Someone get me to Hobart already!
The DJ Who Headbutted Tony Abbott Has Been Convicted
He faces a maximum of two years in jail and a $25,000 fine.
Is Launceston the New Berlin?
No. But this year’s Mona Foma left Hobart for the first time, and the result was inspiring.
At The Museum of Everything, Art Doesn’t Exist
Inside this transient museum of non-art, context is the enemy, nothing is real, and everyone is worried about the end of the world.