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The funding tide rolls back in for Sculpture by the Sea

The funding tide rolls back in for Sculpture by the Sea

After the Perth staging of Sculpture by the Sea had to be cancelled in 2025 due to a lack of funding, the popular art event is back.

A $145m art collection returns as gallery reopens doors

A $145m art collection returns as gallery reopens doors

A $145m art collection returns as gallery reopens doors

A $145m art collection returns as gallery reopens doors

Artworks from the Newcastle Art Gallery's $145 million collection can go on permanent display for the first time, after a four-year renovation.

From a city monument to the world's tiniest art gallery

From a city monument to the world's tiniest art gallery

From a city monument to the world's tiniest art gallery

From a city monument to the world's tiniest art gallery

Creating a public monument as a young man was a bewildering experience for a sculptor, who has gone on to create what could be the world's smallest art gallery.

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Showcase reveals artworks stretched to the outer limits

Showcase reveals artworks stretched to the outer limits

A snapshot of contemporary art shows how artists push their materials to the limit, reflecting the forces which shape individuals and society.

Design replaces art commission as fair tickets sell out

Design replaces art commission as fair tickets sell out

One of Australia's biggest contemporary art events has replaced a major commission for 2026, but the crowds don't mind, with day-one tickets selling out.

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.

'Death to Australia': vandals target colonial statues

'Death to Australia': vandals target colonial statues

Two monuments in a major city's CBD have been defaced in the lead-up to Australia Day, with leaders condemning the vandalism as disgraceful and despicable.

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Famous artist's 'brain-tingling' works inspire, provoke

Famous artist's 'brain-tingling' works inspire, provoke

Famous artist's 'brain-tingling' works inspire, provoke

Famous artist's 'brain-tingling' works inspire, provoke

One of the world’s most influential living artists has created a sensual journey for Aussie art lovers that will playfully test their perceptions of the world.

World-renowned sculptor shows the subtleties of emotion

World-renowned sculptor shows the subtleties of emotion

World-renowned sculptor shows the subtleties of emotion

World-renowned sculptor shows the subtleties of emotion

One of Australia's most internationally renowned yet enigmatic sculptors will return for his first Australian exhibition in more than a decade.

Whiteley Byron Bay masterpiece under the hammer for $1m

Whiteley Byron Bay masterpiece under the hammer for $1m

Whiteley Byron Bay masterpiece under the hammer for $1m

Whiteley Byron Bay masterpiece under the hammer for $1m

A Brett Whiteley painting of the Byron Bay landscape has sold for $1 million - but will it end up on the walls of a Byron Bay rich-lister?

Sculpture by the Sea's plea to stay afloat after crisis

Sculpture by the Sea's plea to stay afloat after crisis

Sculpture by the Sea's plea to stay afloat after crisis

Sculpture by the Sea's plea to stay afloat after crisis

Funding for the popular Sculpture by the Sea event should be overhauled, its founder says, after there was a scramble for money to run the annual exhibition.

Sculpture worker says he was sacked after safety alarm

Sculpture worker says he was sacked after safety alarm

Sculpture worker says he was sacked after safety alarm

Sculpture worker says he was sacked after safety alarm

A Sculpture by the Sea installer, who needed facial surgery after a workplace accident, claims he was dismissed after complaining about workplace safety.

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.

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Funding crisis may halt beloved coastal sculpture event

Three weeks before the annual Sculpture by the Sea, organisers are trying to raise $200,000 so the event can go ahead.

Not a millionaire? You can rent a masterpiece instead

A government leasing program for Australian art that has amassed a collection worth $47 million is marking 45 years of lending out works.

Mad Max meets heavy metal in Top End artist's backyard

An artist who sculpts junk metal into demonic creatures will spend 10 days trekking across central Australia to show his works at a coastal exhibition.

From Arnhem Land to the world, power of art on show

Artists connected to the remote Yirrkala community in East Arnhem Land were among the first Indigenous Australians to use their art for political ends.

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Museum lights up with Cerith Wyn Evans neon sculptures

The first major solo show in Australia by Welsh artist Cerith Wyn Evans sees rooms lit with neon sculptures, and glass flutes that breathe sound.

Vandals scared off trying to decapitate Captain Cook

Beefed-up security has prevented vandals doing more damage to a statue of Captain Cook as a historical cottage was defaced with anti-colonial graffiti.

Dumped a ute? It's been turned into sand art at Mona

French artist Théo Mercier's massive installation MIRRORSCAPE is a whole landscape of unwanted junk, found on his travels in Tasmania and sculpted in sand.

Artist's alarm at sculptures credited to French creator

When artist Anya Pesce parted ways with a gallery, sculptures similar to hers credited to a French artist, became available from the same outlet.

Sculpture by the Sea scuppered, 'feels like a funeral'

A lack of funding has forced organisers to cancel a popular seaside sculpture exhibition that attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors to a city beach.

Boulevard goes dotty for Japan's art superstar

For artist Yayoi Kusama, polka dots represent infinity. For Australia's biggest exhibition of her art, more than 60 trees will be wrapped in her signature dots.

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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