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The iconoclastic art inspiring the next generation

The iconoclastic art inspiring the next generation

Dale Frank's latest exhibition will crowd the senses in an irreverent and satirical display that transcends mediums, conventions and generations.

Artist 'saddened' her MONA exhibit broke the law

Artist 'saddened' her MONA exhibit broke the law

Artist 'saddened' her MONA exhibit broke the law

Artist 'saddened' her MONA exhibit broke the law

The artist behind the Ladies Lounge exhibit at Hobart's MONA museum has said she is deeply saddened after the exhibit was found to have broken the law.

Play challenges perceptions of growing up mentally ill

Play challenges perceptions of growing up mentally ill

Play challenges perceptions of growing up mentally ill

Play challenges perceptions of growing up mentally ill

A coming-of-age play exploring the struggles of a mother-daughter relationship navigating mental illness aims to encourage audiences to question their beliefs.

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Tuning out: party ends for a third of music festivals

Tuning out: party ends for a third of music festivals

A landmark report into Australia's live music festival sector has revealed at least one in three events lose money.

Four months on, evidence arrives in APY arts probe

Four months on, evidence arrives in APY arts probe

Almost four months after it was asked to investigate the APY Arts Centre Collective, the watchdog for Aboriginal corporations has received some evidence.

Tiwi artist still painting despite works lost in crash

Tiwi artist still painting despite works lost in crash

Kaye Brown lost a whole collection of artworks in a truck crash three months ago but the Tiwi artist has kept painting while waiting on an insurance payout.

Artist builds alternative worlds in MCA survey show

Artist builds alternative worlds in MCA survey show

Nicholas Mangan: A World Undone at the Museum of Contemporary Art has everything from solar-powered installations to bioluminescent coral.

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Waterloo: 50 years since birth of lyrical masterpiece

Waterloo: 50 years since birth of lyrical masterpiece

Waterloo: 50 years since birth of lyrical masterpiece

Waterloo: 50 years since birth of lyrical masterpiece

Swedish supergroup ABBA is set to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Waterloo, the song that won the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest and propelled them to stardom.

Hundreds test drugs at Easter weekend music festival

Hundreds test drugs at Easter weekend music festival

Hundreds test drugs at Easter weekend music festival

Hundreds test drugs at Easter weekend music festival

A voluntary drug testing facility has detected high-risk synthetic substances passed off as other drugs at an Easter weekend music festival.

Promoters defy festival gloom... by playing the blues

Promoters defy festival gloom... by playing the blues

Promoters defy festival gloom... by playing the blues

Promoters defy festival gloom... by playing the blues

As big music festivals fall over, a new grassroots fusion music event hopes to defy the festival blues as part of a trend towards smaller music events.

Surprise! Celia Pacquola returns to stand-up

Surprise! Celia Pacquola returns to stand-up

Surprise! Celia Pacquola returns to stand-up

Surprise! Celia Pacquola returns to stand-up

Comedian Celia Pacquola returns to stand-up comedy with her first show in five years, I'm As Surprised As You Are.

Poet takes on racism and the legacy of Captain Cook

Poet takes on racism and the legacy of Captain Cook

Poet takes on racism and the legacy of Captain Cook

Poet takes on racism and the legacy of Captain Cook

New Zealand poet Tusiata Avia takes on racism in her latest work, as her acclaimed stage show Wild Dogs Under My Skirt comes to Australia.

Lego show brings the block party back to Australia

Lego show brings the block party back to Australia

Lego show brings the block party back to Australia

Lego show brings the block party back to Australia

Art of the Brick was an experiment when it first showed in Australia. The exhibition has since become a global success and returns to Melbourne after 13 years.

Banksy tree mural fenced off after apparent vandalism

Banksy tree mural fenced off after apparent vandalism

Banksy tree mural fenced off after apparent vandalism

Banksy tree mural fenced off after apparent vandalism

After making a splash on a wall near a London cherry tree, a mural by street artist Banksy has been boarded up following a suspected attack by vandals.

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'Taking year off': gig is up for Splendour in the Grass

Splendour in the Grass has been cancelled, disappointing Kylie Minogue fans after the superstar was announced as the annual musical festival's headliner.

Famed American sculptor Richard Serra dies at 85

American artist Richard Serra, the "poet of iron" whose enormous steel sculptures have adorned outdoor spaces around the world, has died at 85.

What about F1 with spiders? Comedy festival is back

The Melbourne International Comedy Festival kicks off with more than 650 shows across three and a bit weeks - and the comedians really, really need attention.

Pioneering Meadmore works reveal Australia's design DNA

The most comprehensive collection of industrial designs by internationally renowned sculptor Clement Meadmore is going on public display for the first time.

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Contestants face off in prompt battle for best AI image

A new kind of drawing competition uses artificial intelligence in a "prompt battle" where contestants go head-to-head to produce the best AI image.

Energy and talent come first at Arts Project studio

Arts Project Australia supports artists with intellectual disabilities to make work that's been exhibited in galleries here and internationally.

New play kicks goals with tale of AFL and Australia

The Melbourne Theatre Company's world premiere production of 37, named for Adam Goodes' jersey number, tells the story of a struggling local football team.

Authors question State Library over cancelled workshops

Prominent authors have signed a letter to the State Library of Victoria, protesting against the postponement of teen writing workshops by pro-Palestine writers.

Hopes of tour for Private View's dance of desire

Restless Dance Theatre's Private View sold out its Adelaide Festival shows, hitting the audience with the company's brand of hilarity, heart, and discomfort.

Royal portraitist's debut Aussie show fit for a king

Portrait painter Ralph Heimans, who has painted Queen Elizabeth II and Queen Mary of Denmark, is holding his first major exhibition in Australia.

Da Vinci exhibition illuminates Renaissance era genius

Pages from Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Atlanticus will be displayed at an exhibition dedicated to the Renaissance-era genius and painter of the Mona Lisa.

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