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Why we need strong women to lead risk-taking in the arts
It's easy to talk about breaking glass ceilings and taking risks, but the National Gallery's Assistant Director Alison Wright shows…

20 new portraits for NPG valued at half a million
The commitment to commissioning portraits gets a $500,000 endorsement, as the National Portrait Gallery marks a 20-year legacy, and launches…

Art lessons from William Kentridge
William Kentridge shared wisdoms of life in the studio – including embracing stupidity, bastardry and saying no – during his…

Review: Masters of modern art from the Hermitage, AGNSW
Hermitage Director says this exhibition presents ‘a Hermitage view of the history of modern art,' but it does so much…

Art is a constant reminder of our colonial wars
Two hundred log coffins were commissioned for Australia’s bicentenary. Thirty years later, the NGA's Director and the project’s curator discuss…

Peer mentorship offers rewards beyond the silo of geography
A new program led by the British Council pairs Australian and British arts colleagues from minority and First Nations backgrounds…

Tackling Climate Change: Why you're more powerful than you think
Pacific communities show us how to advocate against climate change in the Oceania Rising project, presented across three Sydney institutions.

Women lead the way in transcending boundaries
Six artists with Australian-Moroccan/Saudi heritage make incremental push-backs on what they will and won’t accept.

Review: William Kentridge at AGNSW
Curated by Kentridge himself, this is a great celebration of creative engagement and its capacity to dovetail into every aspect…

The Sydney Opera House is not a billboard – sector speaks out
Anger across the sector as NSW Premier orders the Sydney Opera House to be used for horse racing advertisement –…