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Elizabeth Fortescue is the Arts editor of the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph

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HIGH FEES APPLY, MUST CREDIT AND ONE TIME USE., , WEEKEND TELEGRAPHS SPECIAL. MUST TALK WITH PIC ED JEFF DARMANIN BEFORE PUBLISHING. , , Vogue March issue must be included in Sunday's story -, e.g. the cast of the Australian production of rap musical Hamilton feature in the Vogue March issue on sale Monday 08 March. ONE TIME USE ONLY. , , Shoot location - Mount Annan, Botanical Gardens. Photography: Charles Dennington/Vogue Vogue Australia March 2021_Hamilton cast_Brent Hill, Akina Edmonds, Shaka Cook, Chloe Zuel, Lyndon Watts, Matu Ngaropo, Jason arrow, Victory Ndukwe, Marty Alix and Elandrah Eramiha_. Photography Charles Dennington.

Cast of hit musical Hamilton in Vogue shoot

The cast of Hamilton, the smash-hit Broadway musical which blends hip hop and history, has posed in a photo shoot for Vogue magazine.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA- NewsWire Photos FEBRUARY 22, 2021: The installation team at the NGA hung Van Gogh's famous painting, Sunflowers. Sunflowers normally hangs in the National Gallery, London. It is one of the most loved paintings in the world. Coordinating curator Sally Foster with the Sunflowers.Picture: NCA NewsWire/Gary Ramage

Van Gogh’s masterpiece in Australia for first time

Sunflowers is the glowing centrepiece of a jaw-dropping exhibition set to open at the National Gallery of Australia.

Confidential

Artist Jason Benjamin with Robyn Berkeley holding a print of Jason's work at her gallery. Berkeley Galleries in Paddington produce prints of the work of famous Australian artists and are celebrating 30 years of operation.

Archibald artist Jason Benjamin dead at 50

Award-winning Australian artist Jason Benjamin has been found dead in the Murrumbidgee River, after last being seen on Saturday.

NSW

Curator Damian McDonald with a 1959 Goggomobil Dart minicar, in Ultimo today. The vintage micro car is in a new show at the Powerhouse Museum later this year. Picture:Justin Lloyd.

Powerhouse Museum revs up its vintage cars

A 1960s microcar made in an Aussie wheelbarrow and washing machine factory is coming out of mothballs for a new exhibition.

NSW

Pictured at the Art Gallery of NSW in Sydney is artist James Powditch (a finalist in last years Archibald Prize) and his Artexpress exhibiting daughter Ella Powditch.Picture: Richard Dobson

Artist’s Archibald portrait makes way for daughter’s exhibit

Sydney’s Powditch family has pretty much got a mortgage on the Art Gallery of NSW. Or, at least, one room of it.

Arts

WEEKEND TELEGRAPHS SPECIAL. MUST TALK WITH PIC ED JEFF DARMANIN BEFORE PUBLISHING - Pictured in Leichhardt today is Costume Supervisor Jude Loxley, and Wig maker Kylie Clarke, working on the costumes for the Hamilton stage show. Picture: Tim Hunter.

First look at Hamilton musical costumes

To steal a line from the show, this is the room where the magic of bringing the Broadway smash, Hamilton, to life happens ahead of its Sydney premiere.

ExclusiveArts

Quest to find stolen Archibald winning portrait

Actress Rachel Griffiths is fronting a documentary in search of the 1958 Archibald Prize winning painting by artist William Pidgeon, which mysteriously disappeared in 1997.

Lifestyle

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos DECEMBER 16, 2020. Six time Archibald Prize Finalist Angus McDonald wins the 2020 Archibald Prize ANZ Peopleâs Choice award for his portrait of Behrouz Boochani a Kurdish - Iranian writer, poet, filmmaker and journalist at the NSW Art Gallery in Sydney Australia. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

Archibald Prize People’s Choice winner announced

An image of the Kurdish-Iranian journalist and author Behrouz Boochani by Lennox Head artist Angus McDonald has won the 2020 Archibald Prize People’s Choice award this morning.

ReviewArts

Disney Theatrical Productions under the direction of Thomas Schumacher presents Frozen, the new Broadway musical, music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez and book by Jennifer Lee, opening night March 22nd, starring Caissie Levy (Elsa), Patti Murin (Anna), Jelani Alladin (Kristoff), Greg Hildreth (Olaf), John Riddle (Hans), Robert Creighton (Weselton), Kevin Del Aguila (Oaken), Timothy Hughes (Pabbie), Andrew Pirozzi (Sven), Audrey Bennett and Mattea Conforti (Young Anna), Brooklyn Nelson and Ayla Schwartz (Young Elsa). Michael Grandage is director. Picture: Supplied

Frozen the Musical gets warm reception in Sydney

FIRST REVIEW: Frozen the Musical had a smashing opening night in Sydney and won’t disappoint whether you’re an adult or a child, arts editor Elizabeth Fortescue writes.

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Embargoed until 1 December 2020 - DAILY TELEGRAPH - Pictured is Florist Saskia Havekes at her Potts Point shop with Sunflowers, who has been engaged by the National Gallery of Australia to create flower arrangements to go with its big exhibition, Botticelli to Van Gogh: Masterpieces from the National Gallery,. Picture: Tim Hunter.

Why sunflowers are this year’s ‘flower of choice’

Vincent van Gogh put the spotlight on sunflowers in his famous paintings — and the beautiful blooms are again having their moment in the sun.

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