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The rise of the Art Advisor
With galleries increasingly under pressure, and universities pumping out a stream of arts professionals, other job options are flourishing as…

Australia's most prestigious Indigenous art award goes to...
From rural to remote to urban, the winners of Australia's longest running Indigenous Art Award were announced last night.

Five films expose WA artists
Mobile and internet-connected release has brought a renaissance in short-films, championed by ABC Arts profiling WA artists.

Finalists announced for next Kaldor project
In March, Kaldor Public Art Projects invited artists to come up with a good idea; today five finalists have been…

Artistic Director named for next Biennale of Sydney
Biennale turns to London Curator for its 20th exhibition, with an emphasis on the intersection of performance and visual arts.

AGNSW purchases 49 works
With an eye on the future, the AGNSW Trustee-endorsed acquisitions were a larger-than-usual injection of signature works, bolstering both its…

Hahan's punkish collision of comics and high art
With the quirky title 'Internationalism = less than 24 hour weekend', Indonesian artist Hahan rocks Sydney’s commercial circles.

A rare close-up with Chuck
MCA brings American artist Chuck Close to Sydney for this year’s International Art Series blockbuster.

Should we be sceptical of the images artists make?
Where does the truth lie in an image's construction and what we bring to its reading? A Sydney College of…

And the Mosman Art Prize goes to…
From a field of 702 entries, the winning painting for this $30,000 Prize jostles between reality and abstraction.