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Major wing of New York’s famed Met reopens with work by First Nations artists

In a time of swings and roundabouts for Aboriginal Australian art in New York, two new works take a prominent position in the reimagined Michael C. Rockefeller wing.

  • Michael Koziol

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Sunlight on the Road, Pontoise (1874) by Camille Pissarro

The now-iconic paintings that were once derided as monstrosities

As a lavish display of Impressionist works opens, an anatomy of three of the show’s iconic paintings reveals why art’s original rebels can still surprise us.

  • Kerrie O'Brien, Lindy Percival and The Visual Stories Team
Pablo Picasso’s Dora Maar with Green Fingernails, 1936.

She was the face of Picasso’s Weeping Woman. But there was more to Dora Maar than a woman crushed

The idea of a female muse as a source of inspiration for the male artistic genius has had its day as their female sitters take centre stage.

  • Linda Morris
Artist Cerith Wyn Evans.

If it was up to this artist, all his creations would be Untitled

The Welsh artist doesn’t lose sleep over people misunderstanding his work.

  • Stephanie Bunbury
Can you pick the art prize winner in this selection of artworks available for sale?

The lucky dip art fair where you can pick up an Archibald-winning artist for $100

The Incognito Art Show offers art works for $100 a piece – but you won’t know who the artist is until you’ve bought the piece.

  • Linda Morris
Girl sitting on a bed by Edith Collier

These women were written out of art history. Now their work is getting the recognition it deserves

Dangerously Modern collects the work of 50 artists, and brings some long-forgotten stories to light.

  • Elizabeth Flux
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Artist and footballer Darcy Vescio

A town where everything is footy: How a star player is merging sport and art

For Darcy Vescio, art and football have never been competing passions – there’s room for both. See their work at a one-day-only exhibition this weekend.

  • Will Cox
Reflections/Habitations,  a new sculpture by husband-and-wife duo Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan. 

What we learn when we stop talking and let art speak

Thinking Together at Bundanon Art Museum invites us to slow down and listen deeply.

  • Neha Kale
Archibald Prize winner Julie Fragar, right, and her subject Justene Williams.

It didn’t stand out at first, but the Archibald Prize winner suits the times

There were stronger portraits, but the glorious chaos of Julie Fragar’s work captures the global mood.

  • Michaela Boland
Back in The Game, left, and The Spirit.

An Australian artist turned Thom Yorke’s music into art. Expect magic

Jonathan Zawada had always loved the Radiohead frontman’s music. Their collaboration brought him to tears.

  • Michael Dwyer

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