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Nick Galvin

Nick Galvin

Nick Galvin is Arts Editor of The Sydney Morning Herald

Pinchgut’s Erin Helyard.

Getting intimate: Pinchgut wants you to lean forward in this ‘reckless’ move

Historically scaled performance returns intimacy to the concert hall.

  • Nick Galvin

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Bonachela works with two dancers this week.

Sydney Dance Company artistic director Rafael Bonachela reveals departure date

The Spanish-born choreographer and Kylie Minogue collaborator joined SDC in 2008 and has taken its work to the global dance stage.

  • Nick Galvin
Anna Lapwood radiates authenticity and glee.

How this organ superstar picked up 4 million followers on social media

Anna Lapwood has become one of the best recognised classical musicians of her generation playing one of the most unlikely instruments.

  • Nick Galvin
In a world where  fakes are legion, Bill Crews offers authentic compassion,

How Bill Crews turned a millionaire’s win at the track into genuine Loaves and Fishes to feed the poor

Compassion radiates from the crusading Uniting Church minister, who still has plenty on his plate even at the age of 81.

  • Nick Galvin
Australian Chamber Orchestra Principal Viola Stefanie Farrands with her newly-purchased 426-year-old viola by the acclaimed Italian maker Giovanni Paolo Maggini, acquired by the ACO Instrument Fund.

This instrument cost $3m. Here’s the sound you get for your money

After five years, violist Stefanie Farrands has finally found her “soulmate” in the form of an exquisite instrument.

  • Nick Galvin
Fiona Lowry

Why this art is a crime – depending on how you look at it

A provocative new exhibition at the National Art School looks at the role of graffiti in contemporary art.

  • Nick Galvin
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Dr Michael Mohammad Ahmad.

Michael Mohammed Ahmad on telling the story no family wants told

In Bugger, the author draws on his own experience to write an unflinching novel about child sexual abuse.

  • Nick Galvin

Never mind Tony, Oscar and Olivier ... let’s toast winning a Syd

The long-running Sydney Theatre Awards finally have their own eponymous trophy – here are the winners from the 2025 event.

  • Nick Galvin
How Sydney’s cultural movers and shakers are enjoying their time off.

The art of summer – how some of Sydney’s cultural movers and shakers are enjoying their break

Whether grilling politicians on prime time, building sets for an opera spectacular, rehearsing or performing, our creative types need time out. Here’s how they do it.

  • Linda Morris, Robert Moran, Nick Galvin, Louise Rugendyke and Chris Hook
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A stranger attacked Travis. She didn’t get mad - she got herself a hit show

The British artist’s award-winning show will make you question everything you thought you knew about transgender people.

  • Nick Galvin