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Emily Kam Kngwarray painting at Delmore Downs Station about 1992.

Britain celebrates Emily, after hidden letter reveals it turned down Indigenous art

A long-hidden letter reveals how Britain once dismissed the idea of showing the work of one of Australia’s most celebrated artists.

  • David Crowe

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Senior curator Katie Somerville at the announcement of the NGV summer blockbuster exhibition Westwood|Kawakubo.

The unlikely fashion collaboration that will be a summer blockbuster

Following tributes to Coco Chanel, Alexander McQueen and Dior, the National Gallery of Victoria will celebrate Vivienne Westwood and Rei Kawakubo.

  • Damien Woolnough
Later this year, Bob Dylan is set to release a book of drawings completed during his 2022 tour.

Bob Dylan returns with a surprising new release

In 2022, as the legendary musician was touring the US and Europe, he was also busy with a side project set to land later this year.

  • Alexandra Alter
Bridget Kelly’s with her during Sydney’s Vivid festival.

‘Art makes me feel seen’: Young creator tells

Bridget Kelly is young, talented and “has an extra chromosome for emergencies”. Her love of art is infectious.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Chloe Hayden with part of the collection of textile-based items she curated for the exhibition Powerhouse Materials.

How Heartbreak High star found connection through playing dress-ups

Logie-nominated actor Chloe Hayden has curated a new exhibition for the Powerhouse museum, revealing much about herself in the process.

  • Nicole Elphick
Aneta Grzeszykowska, Mama #34 (detail).

One heard voices, another saw her future. Their art will unnerve you

Six women artists enter an otherworldly realm in Buxton Contemporary’s latest exhibition.

  • Gabriella Coslovich
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Terracotta Warriors exhibition at WA Museum Boola Bardip. Picture: Luke Riley

The ‘good omen’ that heralded an afterlife army’s arrival in Australia

An exhibition of the Shaanxi terracotta warriors in Perth is slated as the largest of its kind outside China. Some artefacts are likely to never travel again.

  • Victoria Laurie
South African-born, Brisbane-raised artist CJ Hendry lives and works in New York City, moving there in 2015 to “play with the big boys” when it became clear she wouldn’t “fit the mould” of an Australian artist.

CJ Hendry rejects the ‘high-end’ art world. Maybe that’s why her works sell for $300k

She has a cult following around the globe and a years-long waiting list. But it’ll be a cold day in hell when the Australian artist enters the Archibald Prize.

  • Bronte Gossling
Japanese Breakfast is the musical project of songwriter Michelle Zauner.

June will not be beach weather for Sydney. Here’s what you should do instead

Sydney’s arts and culture scene has plenty of hot-ticket indoor events that don’t require gumboots, an umbrella or an impossible-to-refold rain poncho.

  • Nicole Elphick
Parramatta’s Powerhouse Museum is being targeted to open September 2026.

As Parramatta’s Powerhouse Museum reaches full height, secret lifted on target opening date

Chris Minns inadvertently revealed the date during a press conference at which he announced a $5 million donation to the museum.

  • Anthony Segaert

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