Doctors prescribing museum visits
At the French city of Lille’s Palais des Beaux-Arts, “museo-therapy” draws on the power of art to improve health and wellbeing.
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- Apr 22
Credits for nature sounds to fund conservation
Artists who add a special credit to songs that use the sounds of nature can channel royalties from streaming to conservation projects.
- Apr 6
Solarpunk moves beyond sci-fi
Solarpunk started out as a speculative fiction genre. Now it informs sustainable architecture and design.
- Nov 27, 2023
Concert series boosts mental health
With an emphasis on mindfulness and human connection, New York’s legendary Carnegie Hall is using culture to cultivate wellbeing.
- Sep 21, 2023
Arts scene more accessible for disabled
Queensland's arts and music scene is becoming more accessible for people with disabilities.
- Aug 1, 2023
Want that Barbie skin glow naturally?
Milk thistle may help tackle some skin concerns, including signs of ageing and acne. just ask the stars of the movie 'Barbie'.
- Jul 12, 2023
Artwork makes new home for marine life
Shortly after being sunk at the end of WA’s world-famous Busselton Jetty, a ceramic art sculpture has become a new home for marine life.
- Apr 14, 2023
Reality TV helps public understand sight loss
A new Reality TV series for Britain’s Channel 4, Scared of the Dark, aims to help audiences understand sight loss.
- Jan 4, 2023
Metal music goes political in Iran
Metal band TarantisT courageously goes above the radar to call out injustices in Iran.
- Aug 26, 2022
Public holidays when you want them
With many public holidays pegged to Western traditions, companies are taking a more inclusive approach to days off.
- May 29, 2022
Artist brightens up her city's drab streets
A British artist paints the facades of some of her city’s rundown and neglected houses, transforming them into a rainbow of colours.
- May 27, 2022
Festivals offer long-lasting connection
People who go to festivals feel more connected to other people and more willing to help strangers for at least six months after the event.
- Feb 16, 2022
Exhibition challenges stereotypes of sex work
A new art exhibition in London explores the humanity, hypocrisy and — sometimes — humour of the much-maligned sex work industry.
- Dec 5, 2021
Art makes cents (and other good things)
Investing in public art can improve street safety, provide tourism and new jobs, and combat social isolation and anxiety.
- Oct 7, 2021
TV shows reinventing on-screen bromance
The TV sitcoms Ted Lasso and Sex Education are recasting male friendships, showing there are different ways of ‘being a man’.
- Sep 10, 2021
Ten-year-old Texan collects 500,000 books for kids
A 10-year-old Texan boy is spreading the gift of reading to other children by collecting 500,000 books.
- Jul 14, 2021
Street art repairs potholes
A French street artist is repairing the many potholes in roads and gaps in footpaths and crevices in walls with colourful tile mosaics.
- Apr 25, 2021
France legally protects accents
A groundbreaking new law aims to let the French speak freely and without fear of discrimination.
- Feb 4, 2021
When you go down to the woods today
Japanese creatives build a giant wooden xylophone in the middle of a forest. And it plays Bach, well ‘Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring’.
- Dec 11, 2020
Circus is a lifesaver for vulnerable kids
When the pandemic hit, Lolly Jar Circus closed for four months, sending the small Adelaide community circus into a spiral. Now it's back,
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