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Shrimp Show. Installation view, Velvet Lobster. Photo: Supplied.
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Shrimp Show review: Velvet Lobster shines a light on emerging Australian artists

Shrimp Show marks the first anniversary of this exciting new Sydney gallery.

Di Morrissey. Photo: Pan Macmillian.
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The Endless Sky review: Di Morrissey delivers an endearing outback saga

Prolific Australian author Di Morrissey returns with her 31st novel, cleverly blending adventure, mystery and media-world drama.

Kylie Minogue's Padam Padam outfit is featured in DIVA. Image: Supplied.
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Diva review: mighty goddesses unite in this glittering exhibition

The first exhibition at Melbourne's new Australian Museum of Performing Arts is a star-studded look at the diva through the…

Red painted and carpeted gallery displaying fashion. Westwood / Kawakubo
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Westwood / Kawakubo review: fashion that promotes fearless individualism

It is a stunning pairing, bringing together two fiercely individual designers, but the Westwood / Kawakubo blockbuster exhibition suffers from…

Gallery view with woman in black with centre installation using polarising filters. Olafur Eliasson
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Olafur Eliasson's Presence review: art that physically reboots us

Always wanted to touch a rainbow? Or to see a cloud being born? Olafur Eliasson’s Brisbane exhibition Presence gives you…

Soul of Possum. Photo: Darren Gill.
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Soul of Possum review: a First Nations perspective on first contact

With Soul of Possum, playwright Brodie Murray balances a coming of age story against a moment of first contact –…

From left, shortlisted writers in The Furphy Literary Awards 2025 Amy Montague (third place), Jorgia Hamilton, Kym Tyzack, Serena Moss (winner), Emma Westwood and Damien O'Donnell. Image: The Furphy Literary Award.
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The Furphy Anthology 2025 review: celebrating emerging Australian writing

The Furphy Anthology gathers the best short stories from almost 800 entries to this year's Furphy Literary Award.

Born On A Thursday. Image: Phil Erbacher.
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Born on a Thursday review: violence, force and fervour

Jack Kearney’s simmering Born on a Thursday draws us into a typical Western Sydney home in 1998.

Stories You Wear: Magpie Goose at Museum of Brisbane 2025. Image: Red Handed Productions.
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Stories You Wear: Magpie Goose review, Museum of Brisbane

The First Nations’ wearable art exhibition, Magpie Goose, weaves themes of community, culture and Country.

Hyperreal sculpture in gallery setting of man and woman at beach. Ron Mueck
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Ron Mueck: Encounter review: empathy in difficult times

Moving from the intimate to the monumental, the Art Gallery of NSW steps into Ron Mueck’s world and it is…

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