December 2024
Major Sydney gallery to charge entry fee for first time in 25 years
From January 31, visitors to the Museum of Contemporary Art will have to pay $20 to get in. Chairwoman Lorraine Tarabay blames a decline in government funding.
- Michael Bailey
Why this CEO reckons networking is ‘BS’
For Australian Museum boss Kim McKay, work and life are about having meaningful conversations. Social media chit-chat doesn’t cut it.
- Sally Patten and Lap Phan
How a billionaire and government saved a key Sydney theatre
Griffin Theatre Company gave the world Cate Blanchett and David Wenham, but a soaring budget for a much-needed rebuild almost took it away.
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- Michael Bailey
November 2024
‘Too cool, too avant-garde’: This gallery owner is over conceptual art
The son of one of Australia’s greatest landscape painters says the contemporary market is oversupplied with galleries but undersupplied with enduring talent.
- Michael Bailey
October 2024
First woman tipped to run Art Gallery of NSW
The long-time lieutenant of departing director Michael Brand is widely regarded as a worthy successor.
- Michael Bailey
Diary alert: Shows to catch in November
My Brilliant Career becomes a musical, a guest guitarist turns the ACO into house-music hedonists, and a pioneer of abstract art looks back.
- Michael Bailey
September 2024
The Australian gallery making moves on Mayfair
Can Yavuz sets out in his galleries to “challenge, inspire and reclaim”. It’s worked here; now he’s hoping to do the same in London.
- Stephen Todd
Gloves beat McNuggets for rich sculpture prize
Gloves reshaped into romantic rabbits have won the Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, besting an earrings and necklace set made from Maccas and its packaging.
- Michael Bailey
August 2024
A big winner from a 1990s bank sale offloads art collection
After Graeme Morgan made $100 million selling Sealcorp to St George Bank he threw himself into art collecting. Now much of his collection is up for sale.
- Elizabeth Fortescue
- Employability
- Higher Education Awards
Job-ready skills for the fast-changing workplace
The joint winners of the employability category embed career experience in study programs to give graduates an edge in the competitive job market.
- Sian Powell
Christie’s-backed art fintech puts finishing touches on recap
It also opened a $US50 million debt book opportunity alongside the equity round and told backers it would be open to a sale or join venture discussions.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
May 2024
How this comedian built a career while working for PwC
His bosses thought he’d just popped out for a moment, but he was actually working at the ABC.
- Aaron Weinman
Six ways to stay entertained for those staying home this winter
Not everyone is travelling abroad for the northern hemisphere summer. Cosy up in Australia on a rail trip with Journey Beyond, or indulge at The Victoria & Albert Guesthouse in the Blue Mountains.
- Fiona Carruthers
- My Brilliant Weekend
- Life & Leisure
Michael Brand’s weekend rituals and favourite restaurants
The Art Gallery of NSW director has a packed weekday – and night – agenda. This is how he lets go on Saturdays and Sundays.
- Elizabeth Fortescue
April 2024
The $10,000 and $30,000 rules for art that will make you money
With 83 per cent of young collectors buying art for financial reasons, here’s how to make sure you know what you’re doing.
- Lucy Dean
This famous artist hates questions, and isn’t afraid to let you know
Celebrated Australian artist Dale Frank, whose 10-year survey has just opened at the National Art School in Sydney, will answer your questions. Begrudgingly.
- Samantha Hutchinson
Forget sex, drugs and rock’n’roll: kale and kombucha take over touring
Frontier Touring has a new-look team, but it’s not the only thing in the music biz that has changed.
- Samantha Hutchinson
March 2024
The allure of collectable glass
Have we reached peak ceramic? This designer is a forging a new path with glass.
- Stephen Todd
February 2024
New-look Powerhouse gets a timely funding boost
Sydney’s newest museum with a rooftop garden on top of a skyscraper will now function as a hub for education on biodiversity, sustainability and conservation.
- Samantha Hutchinson
How to crash one of Sydney’s hottest restaurant events
Fine-dining restaurant Bennelong jazzes up Sydney afternoons, and it’s often full, but there’s a hack to getting in if you haven’t booked ahead.
- Mary-Ellen Hepworth