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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.

Never-before-seen Margaret Preston artworks go on show

Never-before-seen Margaret Preston artworks go on show

Never-before-seen Margaret Preston artworks go on show

Never-before-seen Margaret Preston artworks go on show

Paintings by Margaret Preston that have never been on show to the public before feature in an exhibition of Australian women artists.

Multiverse of motherhood shines brightest in Archibald

Multiverse of motherhood shines brightest in Archibald

Multiverse of motherhood shines brightest in Archibald

Multiverse of motherhood shines brightest in Archibald

A portrait addressing the juggle of motherhood, a day job and making art has taken out one of Australia's richest and most prestigious sector awards.

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King and Queen unveil portraits marking coronation

King and Queen unveil portraits marking coronation

Portraits of the King and Queen commissioned to mark their coronation have been unveiled by the royal couple two years after they were crowned.

Intrepid artists get the retrospectives they deserve

Intrepid artists get the retrospectives they deserve

Retrospectives at the National Gallery of Australia give Ethel Carrick and Anne Dangar the attention they deserve, but time is running out to see them.

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.

Exhibition tells 'bigger story' of survival and culture

Exhibition tells 'bigger story' of survival and culture

Secret family stories showcasing the strength, survival and culture of Kalkadoon people will be unveiled after decades of being kept under wraps.

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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.

Rare Banksy owned by blink-182 rocker up for auction

Rare Banksy owned by blink-182 rocker up for auction

Rare Banksy owned by blink-182 rocker up for auction

Rare Banksy owned by blink-182 rocker up for auction

Banksy's re-imagining of the 1992 painting The Singing Butler by Scottish artist Jack Vettriano is expected to fetch millions at auction.

Crews guard richest collection of rock art from blazes

Crews guard richest collection of rock art from blazes

Crews guard richest collection of rock art from blazes

Crews guard richest collection of rock art from blazes

Emergency crews are fighting to contain out-of-control bushfires from scorching a rich concentration of Indigenous rock art as hotter weather looms.

Drama of WA's Kimberley in paintings - and on plates

Drama of WA's Kimberley in paintings - and on plates

Drama of WA's Kimberley in paintings - and on plates

Drama of WA's Kimberley in paintings - and on plates

A new commissioning program features Indigenous artists including Mervyn Street, who led a class action to recover stolen wages in Western Australia.

Artist illuminates the calm and fear of rural Australia

Artist illuminates the calm and fear of rural Australia

Artist illuminates the calm and fear of rural Australia

Artist illuminates the calm and fear of rural Australia

Painter Nerrida Parfitt's work could be considered Australian gothic, using rural roads and landscapes to explore themes of isolation, peace and impermanence.

Find humanity in a surreal high-tech city with Cao Fei

Find humanity in a surreal high-tech city with Cao Fei

Find humanity in a surreal high-tech city with Cao Fei

Find humanity in a surreal high-tech city with Cao Fei

At the exhibition Cao Fei: My City is Yours, people can imagine their virtual identities, or contemplate the loss that accompanies relentless urbanisation.

Liberation of abstraction embraced in troubled times

Liberation of abstraction embraced in troubled times

Liberation of abstraction embraced in troubled times

Liberation of abstraction embraced in troubled times

Acclaimed US painter Julie Mehretu is holding her first exhibition in the southern hemisphere at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia.

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A whole room of Banksys as street art fills a gallery

A new work by street art superstar Bansky will feature when two of Australia's biggest street art collectors show off their finds.

South African dissident writer Breyten Breytenbach dies

South African writer Breyten Breytenbach, a staunch opponent of the former South African government’s apartheid policy, has died in Paris.

European fake art network uncovered in Italy

European auction houses were complicit in selling thousands of fake Warhols, Banksys and Picassos to unsuspecting buyers, Italy’s culture ministry says.

Painter Frank Auerbach, who fled the Nazis, dies at 93

Frank Auerbach, who escaped Nazi Germany as a child and went on to become a leading painter in the post war School of London, has died at the age of 93.

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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.

The surreal world of René Magritte comes to Australia

The first-ever Australian retrospective dedicated to the influential surrealist René Magritte opens at the Art Gallery of NSW.

Reddit, Wikipedia images inspire artist's Paris posting

Sydney artist Adele Warner has won the 2024 Brett Whiteley Travelling Arts Scholarship, earning her a three-month residency in the French capital.

Buyers step through portal at nation's biggest art fair

Many artworks have already sold as Sydney Contemporary - Australia's biggest art fair - opens to the public.

Artist puts High Vis glare on Australia's colonisers

In an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, works by artist Joan Ross use lurid colours to talk back to colonial paintings.

Long road to Australia's top Aboriginal art award

Tjuntjuntjara artist Noli Rictor drove 25 hours to Alice Springs and then flew to Darwin to receive Australia's most prestigious award for Aboriginal art.

'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.

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