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Art & design
‘Oh, yeah I think everyone’s always interested in the hot pants’
While Arts Centre Melbourne is best known for its performances, in the depths of Hamer Hall there’s a hidden collection that has captured CEO Karen Quinlan’s imagination.
- by Elizabeth Flux
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Trump’s order on museums sparks debate on truth-telling
The US president’s latest executive order removes “improper ideology”; some experts argue it’s a fascist move that revises history.
- by Bianca Flowers, Andrew Hay and Julio-Cesar Chavez
John Olsen called this artist’s Archibald win the worst decision he’d seen. But it didn’t stop him
Mitch Cairns’ intimate new solo exhibition at the AGNSW is both playful and introspective.
- by Michaela Boland
Hey bloomer: The simple things we use to celebrate life’s big moments
A new exhibition celebrates the role of the flower in art – and what it reveals about the human condition.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
‘I just drove’: Inside the frantic dash to get entries into coveted art show
The final few minutes before entries into the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes closed on Friday saw some epic efforts to make the deadline.
- by Nick Galvin
How a teenage drop-out went on to dress the world’s most famous women
With his “amazing maths brain”, Melbourne-born designer Martin Grant became a star of global fashion.
- by Janice Breen Burns
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University ‘postpones’ show by artist dropped by Creative Australia
After being dumped as the nation’s representative at the world’s biggest art show, multimedia artist Khaled Sabsabi has been dealt another setback.
- by Kerrie O'Brien and Linda Morris
They’re off and running in the art show that stops the nation
Hopeful artists will arrive at the Art Gallery of NSW all week as the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prize season gets under way.
- by Nick Galvin
‘You better get down here quick’: The race to paint an Archibald Prize winner
When Kirsty Neilson asked landscape artist Lucy Culliton to sit for the $100,000 Archibald Prize, there was one condition.
- by Linda Morris
Art Gallery of NSW names first female director in 154 years
Director Michael Brand will depart the gallery next Friday, in a quick handover following a global search for his successor.
- by Linda Morris
‘Highest density of quality artworks I’ve ever seen’: Welcome to Frankston
From hidden laneways to towering walls, the suburb has become a living canvas. It will host a free street party this weekend.
- by Hannah Hammoud
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