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Creative Australia ditches Venice Biennale artistic duo

Creative Australia ditches Venice Biennale artistic duo

Arts funding body Creative Australia has dumped the artist and curator it selected to represent Australia at the Venice Biennale.

Cash shortage forces major gallery to charge $20 entry

Cash shortage forces major gallery to charge $20 entry

Cash shortage forces major gallery to charge $20 entry

Cash shortage forces major gallery to charge $20 entry

The Museum of Contemporary Art has long been free to the public, but it says a lack of government funding means it has to charge $20 entry fees.

Opera House shines with spotlight on Indigenous artists

Opera House shines with spotlight on Indigenous artists

Opera House shines with spotlight on Indigenous artists

Opera House shines with spotlight on Indigenous artists

The Sydney Opera House will be illuminated with the works of First Nations artists, celebrating culture, connection and storytelling of Indigenous people.

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Victorious 'patriarchy smashing' Ladies' Lounge reopens

Victorious 'patriarchy smashing' Ladies' Lounge reopens

The Museum of New and Old Art is reopening its notorious and lavish Ladies' Lounge following a court win over a man who claimed the space was discriminatory.

Intergenerational knowledge reimagined at Triennial

Intergenerational knowledge reimagined at Triennial

Artists or groups from 30 countries in the Asia-Pacific region feature in QAGOMA's 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, opening on Saturday.

Young Congolese refugee paints new Australian life

Young Congolese refugee paints new Australian life

A creative arts program is nurturing refugee talents, such as Congolese teenager Ezra, to crack the at times elitist Australian art scene with industry skills.

Up-and-coming artists start careers with a plan B

Up-and-coming artists start careers with a plan B

The latest crop of fine art graduates from RMIT University has much to say. But in a cost-of-living crisis they don't expect to make a living from art.

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Police bust art crime network forging Banksy, Picasso

Police bust art crime network forging Banksy, Picasso

Police bust art crime network forging Banksy, Picasso

Police bust art crime network forging Banksy, Picasso

Modern and contemporary fake artworks including Banksy and Andy Warhol have been uncovered following an Italian police operation.

Prayers answered with divine comedy in Sister Act

Prayers answered with divine comedy in Sister Act

Prayers answered with divine comedy in Sister Act

Prayers answered with divine comedy in Sister Act

A musical version of the hit 1992 Whoopi Goldberg film opens in Melbourne starring Casey Donovan.

'We're back': Dark Mofo to return at full steam in 2025

'We're back': Dark Mofo to return at full steam in 2025

'We're back': Dark Mofo to return at full steam in 2025

'We're back': Dark Mofo to return at full steam in 2025

Dark Mofo has announced it will make a fully fledged comeback in 2025 after the winter festival ran a reduced event amid financial headwinds.

Voice actor behind Healthy Harold has concerns about AI

Voice actor behind Healthy Harold has concerns about AI

Voice actor behind Healthy Harold has concerns about AI

Voice actor behind Healthy Harold has concerns about AI

Actors and writers warn artificial intelligence is getting better at replacing the work of humans, sounding the alarm at a parliamentary inquiry.

Artist denies using dead man's debit card to skim $5000

Artist denies using dead man's debit card to skim $5000

Artist denies using dead man's debit card to skim $5000

Artist denies using dead man's debit card to skim $5000

Painter Mirree Bayliss has pleaded not guilty to using a man's ATM card to withdraw or spend a total of almost $5000 in the months after he died in hospital.

AFL star's book to help kids deal with parents in jail

AFL star's book to help kids deal with parents in jail

AFL star's book to help kids deal with parents in jail

AFL star's book to help kids deal with parents in jail

A new book by former Richmond AFL star Andrew Krakouer and foster carer Jacqueline Dinan aims to help children struggling with an incarcerated parent.

Seed of Hope gives options to isolated refugee women

Seed of Hope gives options to isolated refugee women

Seed of Hope gives options to isolated refugee women

Seed of Hope gives options to isolated refugee women

Art therapy for a group of isolated migrant and refugee women has unlocked potential job opportunities as well as a communal space to lay roots in Australia.

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'Paradox of Pompeii' to be told through everyday relics

Casts of volcano victims, detailed frescoes, carbonised bread and other ancient artefacts will help illustrate the story of Pompeii in a new Australian exhibit.

Cancelling pianist for Gaza comment an error: orchestra

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra says it was an error to remove a pianist following his comments on Gaza.

'Beautiful' Langton tribute the public Archibald choice

The artist whose portrait of an esteemed Indigenous activist won the Archibald People's Choice says the prize is a platform to speak about important people.

Culture and country front of mind at Garma festival

Culture and country are at the heart of the Garma Festival as music, art, and bunggul (dance) remain highlights of the event.

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Aussie founders combine to supercharge AI design tools

Two fast-growing Aussie tech firms are joining forces to bring breakthroughs in generative artificial intelligence and design to experts and beginners alike.

Scuba artists take a deep dive to draw inspiration

A Queensland artist and dive enthusiast is hosting drawing sessions at the Museum of Underwater Art on the Great Barrier Reef - waterproof paper supplied.

Art runs in the family at Young Archies portrait awards

A portrait of a best mate underwater in a Japanese anime helmet is among the winners at the 2024 Young Archies at the Art Gallery of NSW.

'Male supremacy': ladies lounge discrimination appeal

An art gallery will argue a tribunal decision to label its ladies-only lounge discriminatory didn't take into account ongoing disadvantage faced by women.

Streetcar is a modern take but keeps to original script

The actors involved in MTC's A Streetcar Named Desire know they have enormous shoes to fill and have risen to the challenge while being sensitive to the theme.

Exploring a mysterious art forest by a sewage plant

Intrepid explorers will be able to wander through a mysterious piece of world-renowned land art at a sewage plant as part of a major Australian design program.

MONA queen's forest foray has aura of ambiguity

It's been six months since Kirsha Kaechele held a bizarre congress to get loggers and forest defenders talking. In typical MONA fashion it's been polarising.

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