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Nolan's centenary reminds us what Australian values look like
We speak with the curators of Australia’s leading art museums about which Sidney Nolan paintings are most loved, and why.
Melbourne contemporary art icon to move
After more than three decades, Gertrude Contemporary is set to leave its iconic Fitzroy location.
Contemporary art replaces industrial giant
When industry moved out and left a country town floundering, art festival Cementa moved in to activate it.
When the ground turned to glass
VIDEO: Indigenous glass artist Yhonnie Scarce has seen her country literally turned to glass by nuclear testing.
Want to make art in a whisky distillery?
Finding a marriage in the maverick spirit shared between artists and whisky makers, Glenfiddich opens its 2017 Residency Prize up…
Create NSW debuts with funding focus
Ambitious funding program shows Create NSW’s commitment to keeping up its services to both arts and screen.
Director of AGNSW in contract hiatus
The Art Gallery of NSW Board has delayed renewal of Director Michael Brand’s five-year contract for its full term.
Who makes the rules; and why artists change them
Contemporary artists embrace the role of the rebel, questioning who controls our bodies, our digital selves and our legacies.
To the gallery via the gift shop
The artists behind one of Australia’s most recognised design brands share the challenges of the creative juggle between studio and…
Vale Philip Hunter: 'a warrior gone'
Hunter was a deep thinker and a larrikin, and turned to the landscape he knew to paint.