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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.

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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

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

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

Funding crisis may halt beloved coastal sculpture event

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.

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Not a millionaire? You can rent a masterpiece instead

Not a millionaire? You can rent a masterpiece instead

Not a millionaire? You can rent a masterpiece instead

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Museum lights up with Cerith Wyn Evans neon sculptures

Museum lights up with Cerith Wyn Evans neon sculptures

Museum lights up with Cerith Wyn Evans neon sculptures

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

Vandals scared off trying to decapitate Captain Cook

Vandals scared off trying to decapitate Captain Cook

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

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

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

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

Artist's alarm at sculptures credited to French creator

Artist's alarm at sculptures credited to French creator

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.

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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.

Curiosity radiates as crowds reflect on $14m artwork

Lindy Lee's $14 million sculpture Ouroboros has been attracting onlookers and is setting tongues wagging outside the National Gallery of Australia.

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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.

Holey moley! Massive Ouroboros sculpture eats limelight

A massive metal sculpture has been unveiled at the National Gallery of Australia, with artist Lindy Lee relieved it turned out better than she imagined.

Tree by the sea takes out $100k sculpture prize

The annual Sculpture by the Sea competition has kicked off at Bondi after a few logistical hiccups.

Giant Insta-worthy sculpture to bring art to the people

A sculpture by British artist Thomas J Price will be installed outside the Museum of Contemporary Art, so big it will be visible from across Sydney Harbour.

Bush sculptor lets felled trees tell their tall tales

Artist Ralph Tikerpae turns branches destined for landfill into mermaids and childlike figures, some of which will feature at a major regional sculpture show.

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.

'LOL I stole a gorilla': thief admits to silly mistake

A man has pleaded guilty to stealing a much-loved gorilla statue from a retirement village, telling a court he made a "very silly" mistake.

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