NGA unveils most controversial purchase since Blue Poles in 1973
The National Gallery of Australia’s most expensive commission – a $14m sculpture by Lindy Lee of a self-eating serpent – has been unveiled in the forecourt of the Canberra institution.
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First Nations board for the arts unveiled
Film and stage director Rachael Maza and Indigenous arts centres peak body boss Philip Watkins will chair the inaugural First Nations Arts board, the government has announced.
Company scrambles as opera boss quits
Opera Australia artistic director Jo Davies has sensationally left the national company over ‘differences of opinion’, less than a year into her contract.
‘Enfant terrible’ returns to Oz stage
One of the country’s most talented and controversial directors will headline the 2025 Adelaide Festival, the prestigious arts jamboree in turmoil after the resignation of its much-vaunted international director.
NGA nabs country’s first Gauguin for $9.8m
A major new acquisition will help deepen conversations over Paul Gauguin’s troublesome legacy, says National Gallery of Australia director Nick Mitzevich.
How a local theatre troupe shook the world
Of all the theatre companies in all the world, a small, independent regional troupe of disabled and neurodivergent actors from Geelong was chosen by the Venice Biennale as the recipient for the prestigious Golden Lion.
No set? No worries. Venice coup for Back to Back theatre
Geelong’s Back to Back theatre has received the Venice Biennale Golden Lion for lifetime achievement, making it the third Australian participant in the ‘art Olympics’ this year to take out a top honour.
Australian Ballet chief stands down
The Australian Ballet’s executive director Lissa Twomey will leave the national company after just 18 months in the role.
With Dark Mofo on the blink, Rising festival steps into the breach
A life-affirming party in a cathedral, a marathon musical gymnasium and theatrical pieces of delicacy and pathos. Has Melbourne’s Rising festival got the balance right?
‘Absolutely incredible’: record local showing of Egyptian treasures
More than 500 artefacts from the British Museum will go on show at the National Gallery of Victoria on Friday aimed at a ‘new generation’ and the curator is still making discoveries.
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