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Margaret Preston’s Mosman Bay (1920).

Two of Australia’s great artists lead exhibition full of echoes

Cutting Through Time explores affinities between Cressida Campbell, Margaret Preston, and Japanese printmakers.

  • John McDonald

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Scientists are investigating whether MDMA could help couples.

Love is in the air: Things to do in Brisbane this week

Make it a date with your Valentine in Brisbane this week with a range of activities to remember.

  • Nick Dent
Eiko Ishioka’s stunning costumes from the 2012 Snow White film <i>Mirror Mirror</i> are included in the <i>Fairy Tales</i> exhibition at GOMA.

Once upon a time in Brisbane: The best things to do this week

Trolls, Devo, The Ring Cycle and Fairy Tales – in a week full of storybook strangeness, these are the best things to do in Brisbane.

  • Nick Dent
Three of the stars of Theatre of Magic at the Elizabeth Picture Theatre.

Theatre of Magic, Chic and an artist market: The best things to do in Brisbane this weekend

See the new Scorsese picture, groove to Nile Rogers and Chic, and indulge in a progressive dinner in Brisbane this weekend.

  • Nick Dent
Archibald index

Archibald 100: the changing face of our nation

The Archibald Prize began 100 years ago, after The Bulletin editor J.F. Archibald left money in his will to set up a national portrait prize to document the people making a name for themselves in the Australian arts at the time.

  • Helen Pitt and Pallavi Singhal
Archibald index

Archibald 100: the changing face of our nation

The Archibald Prize began 100 years ago, after The Bulletin editor J.F. Archibald left money in his will to set up a national portrait prize to document the people making a name for themselves in the Australian arts at the time.

  • Helen Pitt and Pallavi Singhal
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Archibald index

Archibald 100: the changing face of our nation

The Archibald Prize began 100 years ago, after The Bulletin editor J.F. Archibald left money in his will to set up a national portrait prize to document the people making a name for themselves in the Australian arts at the time.

  • Helen Pitt and Pallavi Singhal
Archibald index

Archibald 100: the changing face of our nation

The Archibald Prize began 100 years ago, after The Bulletin editor J.F. Archibald left money in his will to set up a national portrait prize to document the people making a name for themselves in the Australian arts at the time.

  • Helen Pitt and Pallavi Singhal
Art students at the Art Gallery of NSW, protest the awarding of the Archibald Prize to William Dargie for his portrait of Essington Lewis on January 24, 1953.

Archibald Prize: Sydney’s answer to the Melbourne Cup turns 100

It’s the portrait prize that stops the nation. Behind the scenes and inside the controversies of an art award so popular that you can bet on it.

  • Helen Pitt
Donald Friend (far left) at the Holdsworth Galleries opening of his exhibition in 1975.

Calls for proceeds from paedophile artist's work to go victims charity

Arts minister Leanne Enoch said art played an important role in "challenging people who witness it".

  • Lydia Lynch

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