The Drawing Room

For many of us, sharks tend to be a source of fear.

But for Valerie Taylor, they've been a wonderful part of her life, with personalities as varied as puppies.

Valerie has swum with sharks all over the world, captured remarkable footage, and led conservation efforts to get us to rethink our relationship with these animals.

A new film, Valerie Taylor: Playing With Sharks, tells the story of Valerie's work and adventures.

For decades, the Venice Biennale has seen Australia's top artists given a chance to present their work on the world stage.

But it turns out that our history with festival stretches back to its earliest years, in the late 19th Century.

Kerry Gardner has uncovered that history for a new book, Australia and the Venice Biennale.

Monet, Renoir, and Degas are among the most revered names in art, but when they began their work they were mocked and rejected by the establishment.

So how did impressionism go on to become so beloved and what did it change about the way we view art now?

A new exhibition at the NGV showcases works by the French impressionists collected by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

The times and the fashions may have changed, but murder is still on the agenda.

Taking audiences into the 1960s, Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries is a spin-off from the highly successful Miss Fisher series

In The Drawing Room, Geraldine Hakewill and Joel Jackson chat about fashion, crafting a character and their own favourite mysteries.

What does it mean to be a veteran in Australia today?

And how can art help to tell the stories of service and of return?

Sean Burton and Rory Cushnahan discuss their art, their experiences, and their new exhibition at the Shrine of Remembrance.

Lynette Wallworth is a multi Emmy-award winning filmmaker and artist, who has shown her work to powerful figures at the UN and travelled into the Amazon to film the story of a shaman.

For her latest work, Wallworth is taking to the stage and telling the story of her own coming of age: of stepping away from her community and finding herself.

Lynette Wallworth is a multi Emmy-award winning filmmaker and artist, who has shown her work to powerful figures at the UN and travelled into the Amazon to film the story of a shaman.

For her latest work, Wallworth is taking to the stage and telling the story of her own coming of age: of stepping away from her community and finding herself.

Theatre told through headphones in the middle of the city; a collaboration with an improvisational jazz band; and a Hindu god taking on the Third Reich: Back To Back Theatre are one of the country's most creative and experimental theatrical teams.

Simon Laherty and Bruce Gladwin look back over two decades of creation, as the group prepares to present three classic shows at the Rising Festival.

Theatre told through headphones in the middle of the city; a collaboration with an improvisational jazz band; and a Hindu god taking on the Third Reich: Back To Back Theatre are one of the country's most creative and experimental theatrical teams.

Simon Laherty and Bruce Gladwin look back over two decades of creation, as the group prepares to present three classic shows at the Rising Festival.

A time-travelling drag queen, an adult tomboy, and a whole host of secondary characters: Queer As Flux is a big show.

But it's all brought to the stage by a single person: Stace Callaghan.

In the Drawing Room, Stace discusses binaries, queer history, and their own path to the stage.