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Gallery installation with dryers and recycled slippers in basement environment. Mike Hewson.
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Mike Hewson’s The Key’s Under the Mat review: arty playground is joyous and chaotic

Mike Hewson shatters taboos and transforms the Art Gallery of NSW’s Tank space into a light-filled, living playground.

A scene from Canberra Youth Theatre's 2024 production of 'Work, But This Time Like You Mean It'. Two young men sit on a steeply raked stage, comforting one another; both wear black trousers, black shoes and red and white striped collared shirts. Behind them, three people in identical uniforms but wearing surreal chick head masks, sit at the top of the raked stage.
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Canberra Youth Theatre tour explores fast food industry’s ‘disastrous consequences’

The Sydney tour of ‘Work, But This Time Like You Mean It’ has been supported by a $100,000 gift from…

Heather B Swann. Photo: Matthew Newton.
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With an $80k commission, Heather B Swann embarks on the final series of her lifetime

Heather B Swann's major new project will be exhibited in Sydney in 2026.

Woman performing cabaret act in living room. House concerts
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House concerts – what are they, and are they on the rise?

ArtsHub talks with producer Drew Fairley on the pros and cons of presenting house concerts.

Girl with hair pulled back and dark skin looking at gold sculpture in her likeness.
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Major Thomas J Price and Lee Ufan sculptures unveiled at Sydney galleries

What do two new sculptures outside the MCA and AGNSW say about institutional priorities and philanthropy today?

Gallery view of an expansive video of ocean and coastline across three walls. Lisa Reihana
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Lisa Reihana review: Ngununggula’s first international exhibition

A regional gallery has given Lisa Reihana her second survey exhibition – when New Zealand is still yet to do…

Exhibition view with painted green wall, photographs and jewelry. Helen Britton best exhibitions 2025
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Helen Britton review: a jeweller who is so much more

Internationally celebrated artist Helen Britton totally short circuits how we think about jewellery with wonder.

A sequence from Tegan Jeffrey-Rushton's 'Overture', Adelaide Fringe 2025 season. The prduction is being remounted for IDEA'25. Four dancers perform a contemporary dance production on a red-lit stage.
Features

IDEA’25: strengthening Sydney's contemporary dance sector

FORM Dance Projects’ second annual Independent Dance Exchange Australia is addressing critical gaps in dance development and presentation opportunities.

person holding a hand-written protest sign in front of their face. Tax Reform for the Arts
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Government's tax reform for the arts tabled – but will it be enacted?

The NSW Government has put forth a summary of submissions on Tax Reform for the arts, ahead of a summit…

Two women looking at art and chatting at an art fair. Sydney Contemporary.
Opinions & Analysis

Was Sydney Contemporary a sales success? The numbers are in

It was always going to be tenuous this year, but was Sydney Contemporary a reflection of a struggling economy, or…

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