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Buddha made from 20 tonnes of incense ash
20 tonnes of ash and five days of 12 prodding assistants has resulted in Chinese mega-artist Zhang Huan’s latest work…

Ten exhibitions that will define 2015
The Big Guns – exhibitions that will pack a punch in 2015 from pop legends to light legends to the…

Another Indian antiquity at NGA under spotlight
Following the NGA’s new policy on the provenance of artworks, another statue has become the heart of discussions.

Slicing the Big Apple for Australia
Working in New York is a dream for many Australian artists. The Green Street Studio makes it possible.

Is art a commodity?
Speculation, flipping, bid rigging and guarantees all serve to bolster the global art market, but at what cost to transparency?

Drawing on the resoundingly familiar
Lucy Culliton and her travelling menagerie arrive at Mosman Art Gallery for her first survey: 130 paintings both beautiful and…

Legend of Australian abstraction saluted
A Robert Jacks retrospective tracks one of Australia’s great painting careers through 200 paintings at the NGV.

Art Basel endorses Australian Kickstart campaign
4A’s Yangjiang Group project has caught the eye of the world’s hottest fair, one of four international projects to be…

What goes around comes around at Primavera
In its 23rd edition, this MCA exhibition for emerging artists has been curated by one of its first selected, Mikala…

Killing time in a hostile world
As Australian troops return to Iraq, artists tackle the aftermath of conflict in a confronting exhibition at Artspace.