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Visual Arts
Comedian’s death ‘tears hole in heart of our community’
The New Zealand comic and writer died in Sydney after a ‘short illness’.
Shark danger for nude project
Thousands of Queenslanders are set to strip down and possibly enter the Brisbane city river for a nude project but has experts concerned.
Banksy’s Venice mural awash with controversy
A Banksy mural in Venice which is disappearing due to saltwater erosion has triggered a row between a minister seeking to save it and artists who say it should be allowed to fade.
Teaching in Australia has become a refuge for the least able
Allowing students with appallingly low ATARs into the teaching profession has helped to undermine their social standing.
Snapshots of a regional success story
A photographic event like few other: Ballarat Foto Bienniale is leading the way for the presentation of art in Australia
Heart of the Nation: Rozelle 2039
You may look at this image from the Australian Life exhibition and wonder what on Earth is going on. Can you figure it out?
This show is so good, you can tell art elites weren’t involved
This photography exhibition is almost shocking to witness – and in stark contrast to our ludicrous art prizes, where judges are rarely chosen for their competence.
‘They felt sorry for me … I was worried I’d f..k up a good idea’
When Pip Williams told people she was writing a novel about the dictionary, people looked at her in pity. Now her bestselling book is premiering on stage and being made into a TV series.
Tasmania’s Dark Mofo cancelled for 2024
The decision comes as organisers grapple with escalating financial difficulties, prompting newly appointed artistic director Chris Twite to declare a one-year ‘period of renewal’.
Stretch to believe report has drawn a line under it
It is hard to feel that the NGA report has done much to allay the suspicions that hang over the APY Art Centre Collective paintings, let alone the management of the APYACC.
APY video: gallery says nothing to see here
A National Gallery of Australia review has defended the actions of APY art assistants in a video uncovered in The Australian’s White Hands on Black Art investigation.
NGA’s hands have been washed clean
The head of the NGA has admitted he was ‘unaware’ that a panel that cleared 28 APY Art Centre Collective paintings of white interference had failed to interview a crucial whistleblower.
A trip to Maitland’s fine regional art gallery is well rewarded
A strikingly effective, harmonious and well-hung exhibition of art from the Hunter River region affirms local galleries as vibrant hubs for intellectual stimulation.
Window to history of a designing woman
A stained-glass window from a now destroyed church in Chicago is a rare example of work attributed solely to architect Marion Mahony Griffin.
Indigenous artist blasts APY inquiry
Aboriginal artist and APY Arts Centre Collective board member Sally Scales launched an extraordinary attack on a tri-government probe into the white hands on black art scandal.
Real attitude emerges from beneath thin veneer
Government ministers have been told where to go by the APY Arts Collective.
APY artist backs Skye O’Meara, defends white staff
APY artist Sally Scales has attacked a government probe into white hands on Indigenous art and defended the white studio staff who painted on the canvas of another APY artist.
Art probe can refer cases to the police
South Australian Arts Minister Andrea Michaels has revealed the terms of reference for a wide-ranging investigation into the APYACC.
The great fallacy around the Eureka flag
Most misleading is the casting of the Eureka riot as some kind of ‘democratic’ uprising against the British government, as though Australian democracy had arisen out of a revolt against British rule. Australia’s democracy was actually inherited from Britain.
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