Art
Richard Flanagan knocks back $100k literature prize over sponsor’s fossil fuel links
Flanagan was awarded the Baillie Gifford Prize for his latest book at a ceremony in London.
- by Lachlan Abbott
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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
How a viral, duct-taped banana came to be worth $1.5 million
A prank? A commentary on the state of the art world? The conceptual artwork entitled “Comedian”, which came to Australia earlier this year, is now up for auction.
- by Julie Walker and John Minchillo
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‘I enjoyed the misunderstanding’: Artist Cao Fei on how her mum made her special
The influential Chinese artist discusses being a tomboy, financial survival … and magazines’ sealed sections.
- by Benjamin Law
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
‘I’m still an outsider’: A path from a childhood in denial to lighting up the CBD
Birrunga Wiradyuri says his ancestors made him wait to rediscover his culture. But when the time was right, he picked up a paintbrush and never looked back.
- by Courtney Kruk
Michelangelo ‘painted a woman’s breast cancer’ in the Sistine Chapel
The naked woman was brought to life by the Renaissance figure in his iconic fresco, known as The Flood, painted between 1508 and 1512.
- by Josephine McKenna
There’s much more to Lindy Lee’s Ouroboros than the $14m price tag
There are far more generous and meaningful ways to discuss the NGA’s shiny new sculpture.
- by Alex Burchmore
The love triangle that inspired some of our best-known artworks
Nikki Shiels stars in a new play that unpacks the significance of the infamous Heide Circle.
- by Cassie Tongue
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Bright and dogmatic, Michael Brand leaves just as Art Gallery of NSW hits its straps
After 13 years as director, he will leave behind one of the most visited contemporary art museums in Australia.
- by Linda Morris
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Art Gallery of NSW director Michael Brand announces departure
Brand’s exit represents a changing of the guard at the gallery, with its president also set to leave.
- by Linda Morris
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