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Bill Henson wants to ‘make the world strange again’ with rare new work
An ambitious new portrait by the acclaimed Australian photographer will preside over the revamped State Theatre – and the CEO of Arts Centre Melbourne says it’s just the beginning.
- by Meg Watson
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Education at the forefront of Australia Day honours
This year’s Australia Day honours list celebrates the contribution of universities and academics to the nation.
- by Bianca Hall
‘Everyone gets a turn’: Bill Henson on the destructiveness of cancel culture
The acclaimed photographer says it’s become easier to trash something than create something meaningful.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
Bill Henson’s latest work a warning against generalisations on gender
Controversial photographer Bill Henson makes us see young love and gender anew, in a new exhibition in Sydney.
- by John McDonald
Empty shopfronts and laneways become galleries for new Melbourne festival
The inaugural art event will turn the top end of town into an al fresco gallery open 24 hours a day.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
Portraits of the artists in isolation
Ten Australian artists, including Bill Henson, Ben Quilty and Wendy Sharpe, share what they have been working on during the coronavirus pandemic.
- by Nick Galvin, Kerrie O'Brien and Chloe Wolifson
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Kindred spirits reunited and as fresh as ever
Photographer Bill Henson and Australian Chamber Orchestra artistic director Richard Tognetti share a yen for fusing tradition with trailblazing and the accessible with the experimental.
- by Maxim Boon
Bill Henson and ACO: a Luminous friendship of sound and stillness
An afternoon of shared music spawned an ongoing collaboration.
- by Andrew Stephens
With his latest works, Bill Henson manages to pause time
The subjects in Henson's photographs appear completely absorbed in intimacy, unaware of the viewer's gaze.
- by Chloé Wolifson
Bill Henson rarely does commissions. He made an exception for this photo shoot
When Bill Henson was asked to photograph Nick Mitzevich, incoming director of the National Gallery of Australia, he couldn't refuse.
- by Katrina Strickland
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