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No permission: guerrilla artists hustling for a living

No permission: guerrilla artists hustling for a living

Artists are struggling to make money from their work, and it means Australia's largest art fair presents an opportunity - whether they are invited or not.

Intimate picture marks end of National Portrait Prize

Intimate picture marks end of National Portrait Prize

Intimate picture marks end of National Portrait Prize

Intimate picture marks end of National Portrait Prize

Artist Nathan Beard has won the National Photographic Portrait Prize in its final year, with an image of his aunt in the months before her death.

Version of Australia's famed MONA destined for Bangkok

Version of Australia's famed MONA destined for Bangkok

Version of Australia's famed MONA destined for Bangkok

Version of Australia's famed MONA destined for Bangkok

Hobart's Museum of Old and New Art has announced plans to develop MONA Bangkok on the banks of the Chao Phraya River.

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Smiling boys' faces transform a city's image of evil

Smiling boys' faces transform a city's image of evil

An international artist who entered a dangerous favela seeking joy and hope a week after one of Brazil's deadliest police operations shares his story with AAP.

David Hockney, star of 20th-century art, dies at age 88

David Hockney, star of 20th-century art, dies at age 88

David Hockney, one of the most celebrated and influential British artists of modern times, has died aged 88.

High-end design burrows into contemporary art fair

High-end design burrows into contemporary art fair

The Melbourne Art Fair is one of Australia's biggest events for art collectors and features an Archibald prize winner - but it's smaller than it used to be.

Work of key women added to vast photography collection

Work of key women added to vast photography collection

One of Australia's biggest photography collections was missing the work of some important women artists but recent acquisitions are helping fix that.

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First Aboriginal news photographer's life in focus

First Aboriginal news photographer's life in focus

First Aboriginal news photographer's life in focus

First Aboriginal news photographer's life in focus

The life of an Aboriginal photographer behind some of Australia's most iconic images has been detailed in a book written by a lifelong friend.

No-show photography firm 'robbed newlyweds of memories'

No-show photography firm 'robbed newlyweds of memories'

No-show photography firm 'robbed newlyweds of memories'

No-show photography firm 'robbed newlyweds of memories'

A wedding photography company has been ordered to pay up after "robbing" couples of memories from their special day.

Day of pain: Jewish anguish still raw on attack date

Day of pain: Jewish anguish still raw on attack date

Day of pain: Jewish anguish still raw on attack date

Day of pain: Jewish anguish still raw on attack date

The Jewish community continues to experience horrors in Australia and abroad two years after the events of October 7, leaders say.

No place for protest on Oct 7 anniversary: deputy PM

No place for protest on Oct 7 anniversary: deputy PM

No place for protest on Oct 7 anniversary: deputy PM

No place for protest on Oct 7 anniversary: deputy PM

Senior government figures have told pro-Palestine protesters the second anniversary of the Hamas attacks on Israel is not the time for demonstrations.

Mates' smiling faces a window into life on the land

Mates' smiling faces a window into life on the land

Mates' smiling faces a window into life on the land

Mates' smiling faces a window into life on the land

Images of old friends chatting in a paddock, worn-out work boots, kelpie pups and striking starry night skies have won a rural photography competition.

The wonder of exotica at Australia's biggest art show

The wonder of exotica at Australia's biggest art show

The wonder of exotica at Australia's biggest art show

The wonder of exotica at Australia's biggest art show

Artist Alexia Sinclair has released her fantastical series The Age of Wonder, as part of the inaugural photography showcase at Australia's biggest art fair.

Close-up on photography at Australia's biggest art fair

Close-up on photography at Australia's biggest art fair

Close-up on photography at Australia's biggest art fair

Close-up on photography at Australia's biggest art fair

An inaugural showcase of contemporary photography features at Australia's biggest art fair. But will more collectors take an interest?

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Portrait of hidden faces declared a hands-down winner

The First Nations girls in an award-winning photo hid their faces as a statement of resistance, with the shot taking out a prestigious national portrait prize.

Magda Szubanski set to enter the Logies Hall of Fame

Much-loved actor, comedian, activist and icon Magda Szubanski will become the fifth woman to be inducted into the Logies Hall of Fame.

Photography prize reveals rich diversity of bush life

A farmer chewing straw was once a ubiquitous image of country Australia but a burgeoning photography prize is transforming tired perceptions of the bush.

Australia's close-up, cropped from 11 million photos

From Cyclone Tracy to Snowy Hydro, pictures by a government photography unit captured life in Australia over more than 50 years.

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Pioneering artist, 80, plays to his biggest crowd yet

Artist William Yang has been taking photographs since the 1970s, and will perform one of his groundbreaking monologues in front of his biggest audience ever.

Australia's 'big nowhere' in the eye of the beholder

Thirty years after swapping Cleo magazine centrefolds for cattle country, photographer Paul J Ryan's images of outback Australia are seeing the light of day.

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.

'Unwilling participant' helps secure major arts prize

An "unwilling participant" captured hanging out with horses and an accomplished author bathed in moonlight are featured in two award-winning portraits.

Collapsing terrain strikes the right hue in photo prize

Australia's longest-running acquisitive photography prize has gone to a Norwegian artist among finalist works delving into life, death and the uncanny.

Artist reimages colonial photos through a Larrakia lens

Larrakia artist Gary Lee has a selection of new and remade works on show at midling 2 (Larrakia:Together) in an exhibition at the Cross Art Projects in Sydney.

Photographers zoom in on Australia with Photo 2024

The Photo 2024 biennale has the global photography world focused on Australia - but what is real and what is a fake from the hyperreal future?

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