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Hirstville Housing Inc.
Damien Hirst's plans to build a small village have been approved by North Devon council.

Who will win the Children's Book of the Year Award 2014?
Check out the opening sentences of six shortlisted books and witness the experts’ predictions ahead of Friday’s announcement.

Anything Goes for Opera Australia
Cole Porter’s musical comedy, a new Australian opera, and works by Verdi, Puccini and Mozart feature in the 2015 season.

Wagner's masterpiece to helm SSO's 2015 season
Sydney Symphony Orchestra returns in 2015 with international superstars while paying tribute to Australian war heritage.

Cordeiro and Healy fuse Lego and Ikea furniture
After a year in Malaysia, Cordeiro and Healy’s Sydney show explores a sexual undercurrent common to Lego and Ikea.

Drawing on centuries of beautiful graphic skills
The Art Gallery of New South Wales presents European graphic prints in a rare collection.

Does art almost always get a free pass?
Rotten food and dirty rooms are used to test whether aesthetic experiences are more or less intense than ‘ordinary experiences.'

The Blue Room unveils second season for 2014
The eight shows on offer in season two offer up a dynamic cross-section of Perth’s independent theatre sector.

OZ magazine goes digital – and the party continues
The University of Wollongong will house the digital archive of counterculture magazine OZ, continuing the lit legend.

VIDEO: Circus arts flourish at Edinburgh Fringe
Artists in Edinburgh are taking advantage of the presence of friends and colleagues to collaborate, experiment and train together.