Culture
Art & design
His grandmother’s song was silenced, but art helped Reko Rennie find his voice
His grandmother’s legacy lies at the heart of many of Kamilaroi artist Reko Rennie’s works, which blend activism with exploration of identity and culture.
- by Elizabeth Flux
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Feted in France, the Australian artist you’ve never heard of. Until now
The Australian cubist potter, Anne Dangar, died in relative obscurity, but a new exhibition aims to resurrect her much-neglected reputation.
- by Linda Morris
This ACMI exhibition shows us the tomorrow we want is ours to make
The Future and Other Fictions dares to imagine what might be to come for us all.
- by John Bailey
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Architecture
$200m glow-up: Sydney’s first skyscraper gets a glittering makeover
More than 75,000 tiles were manufactured to replace original glass mosaics encased in ugly pebblecrete on the walls of Sydney’s first high-rise tower. The effect is shimmering.
- by Linda Morris
‘Myths don’t come from nowhere’: Why the Penrith Panther is getting its own show
Real or not, the elusive beast has its claws deep into the collective psyche of the western city. Art gallery director Toby Chapman is no exception.
- by Nick Galvin
The artist loved by Obama is bringing a new show to Sydney
The New York-based Julie Mehretu has become a star of the international art world, at times courting controversy.
- by Michaela Boland
Ipswich Art Gallery to showcase $116m Rothko painting from National Collection
The painting is on loan for two years from the National Gallery of Australia as part of a program designed to bring visitors to regional galleries.
- by Nick Dent
A Kennedy daughter offers a hand to Pacific nations threatened by climate change
In one of her last acts as US ambassador, Caroline Kennedy has sealed a deal to safeguard at-risk South Pacific cultural relics and artefacts.
- by Linda Morris
Inside Australia’s most beautiful houses, pools and an ‘otherworldly’ tin shed
The Australian Institute of Architects 2024 National Architecture Awards have announced 35 top awards. See the full list of winners and explore the gallery.
- by Julie Power
‘Everybody owns a gun. It’s like having a cordless drill’
From teenagers with glocks to middle-aged mums with shotguns – these portraits from Melbourne photographer Tom Franks place an Aussie lens on US gun culture.
- by Meg Watson
This NGV show celebrates the greatest love stories – our pets
Whether you’re a dog or a cat person, you’ll know it’s a relationship like no other, as the artworks in NGV’s exhibition from across the centuries and cultures reveal.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
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