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Reinvigorated Dark Mofo ready to fire at full strength

Reinvigorated Dark Mofo ready to fire at full strength

An often controversial music, food and arts event will soon return at top capacity, a year after running a reduced offering to get its books in better shape.

Artist wins $100k prize with art of wax, sand and glass

Artist wins $100k prize with art of wax, sand and glass

Artist wins $100k prize with art of wax, sand and glass

Artist wins $100k prize with art of wax, sand and glass

The winner of the 2025 Ramsay Art Prize, Australia's richest for contemporary artists under 40, uses everything from beeswax to copper pipe and stained glass.

Australia’s dark past woven through powerful exhibition

Australia’s dark past woven through powerful exhibition

Australia’s dark past woven through powerful exhibition

Australia’s dark past woven through powerful exhibition

An exhibition celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art confronts the dark heart of Australia’s colonial history.

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Frans Hals portraits return to Holland after a century

Frans Hals portraits return to Holland after a century

Two paintings by Golden Age master Frans Hals have been brought at auction for $US7.8 million by two museums with support from the Dutch government.

Viral baker maintains innocence amid author food fight

Viral baker maintains innocence amid author food fight

An Australian baker and social media influencer says she has received online attacks after being accused of plagiarising recipes from other authors.

Tradie wins art prize honouring soldiers' legacy

Tradie wins art prize honouring soldiers' legacy

A Sydney artist has used skills he learnt as a tradesman to win an art prize commemorating soldiers who fought on the Gallipoli Peninsula in 1915.

Ditched art duo drum up cash for Venice project

Ditched art duo drum up cash for Venice project

After Creative Australia rescinded their Biennale commission, Khaled Sabsabi and Michael Dagostino are fundraising for an independent artwork in Venice instead.

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Antiques and auctions inspire Archibald artist

Antiques and auctions inspire Archibald artist

Antiques and auctions inspire Archibald artist

Antiques and auctions inspire Archibald artist

The 2025 Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes are underway, with more than 2000 entries expected to arrive at a gallery in Sydney this week.

How a French artist inspired queens of Aussie fashion

How a French artist inspired queens of Aussie fashion

How a French artist inspired queens of Aussie fashion

How a French artist inspired queens of Aussie fashion

A show at the National Gallery of Australia explores how 1980s fashion darlings Linda Jackson and Jenny Kee were inspired by French artist Sonia Delaunay.

Authors fume over claims stolen books used to fuel AI

Authors fume over claims stolen books used to fuel AI

Authors fume over claims stolen books used to fuel AI

Authors fume over claims stolen books used to fuel AI

Writers want legal changes and compensation after a tech giant allegedly used pirated books to train its artificial intelligence model.

Beyond The Scream: Munch portraits on show in London

Beyond The Scream: Munch portraits on show in London

Beyond The Scream: Munch portraits on show in London

Beyond The Scream: Munch portraits on show in London

A new exhibition at London's National Portrait Gallery will explore how Norway's master of loneliness was in fact surrounded by people.

Heads in jars used to examine cultural theft, legacy

Heads in jars used to examine cultural theft, legacy

Heads in jars used to examine cultural theft, legacy

Heads in jars used to examine cultural theft, legacy

Winter festival Dark Mofo has revealed its first piece for a reinvigorated 2025 event, a work using flesh in jars to examine cultural theft.

Venice team reversal was racist, art awards judge says

Venice team reversal was racist, art awards judge says

Venice team reversal was racist, art awards judge says

Venice team reversal was racist, art awards judge says

The revocation of Australia's Venice Biennale team was racist, writer and judge of the postponed Asia Pacific Arts Awards Jinghua Qian says.

Greens call for scalps over dumping of biennale artists

Greens call for scalps over dumping of biennale artists

Greens call for scalps over dumping of biennale artists

Greens call for scalps over dumping of biennale artists

The boss of Australia's arts funding body should be sacked after revoking an artist pair from a prestigious biennale, the Greens claim in an election manifesto.

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Venice Biennale team wants apology as supporters rally

The artist and curator dumped from their Venice Biennale commission have called for Creative Australia to explain and apologise, as their supporters rally.

Festival shines light on age old traditions through art

The 10th iteration of a free Indigenous light festival will feature music, comedy, workshops and talks alongside the art installations the event is known for.

Arts awards postponed amid Venice selection uproar

The Asia Pacific Arts Awards have been postponed, amid a row over the decision to ditch the team picked for the Venice Biennale.

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.

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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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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