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El Anatsui: Australia's first look at Africa's Golden Lion
Third world liquor bottle caps are transformed into artworks that earned Ghanian artist El Anatsui the international lifetime achievement award…
Gallery 4A dining on ‘tofu art’
Chinese artist Chen Quilin pays tribute to Australia's Chinese Diaspora in a medium more usually found in its restaurants: tofu.
Nine tips to win public art commissions
Public art commissions are a rich source of income for artists but public funding makes them notoriously bureaucratic. Cut through…
Visual arts highlights in 2016
From Marilyn to Frida, blockbusters to biennales, the expected crowds at galleries this year mean you better pencil in your…
Do galleries earn their commission?
What do artists get for that 50 per cent commission charged by galleries? Artists and collectors alike want to know.
Unspoken rules of the art market
As a new collector, the art market might feel like an impenetrable club. It need not be. Collecting is simply…
The Last Temptation: Ken + Julia Yonetani
Chandeliers made from glowing uranium glass and an indulgent feast created entirely from salt have a quirky and seductive appeal…
Lloyd Rees: Painting with Pencil 1930 - 1936
I came to realise I was painting with the pencil, said Lloyd Rees of his seminal drawings from the 1930s,…
Exhibitions worth traveling for in 2016
If you suffer from a bit of jet fuel coursing through your veins, then this list will get you onto…
New Museums to be unveiled in 2016
New art museums globally have become platforms for the "starchitect" but these museums opening - or reopening - in 2016…