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Home Truth, a new work on sustainable housing from NGV, has just opened. Photo: Derek Swalwell
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Home Truth: artwork offers a bold paradigm shift in Australia's housing crisis

The latest Architecture Commission at the National Gallery of Victoria poses big questions for sustainable living.

Art installation of vintage kitchen furniture and video projections. Archie Moore
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Exhibition review: Archie Moore, Dwelling (Adelaide Issue), Samstag Museum of Art

A subtle exhibition that uses memory to question our own perceptions of home, and the erasure of others.

Nusra Latif Qureshi, ‘On the edges of darkness II’, an intricate gouache work depicting one figure balancing on the shoulder of another holding red strings in their hands against a pistachio green background.
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5 exhibitions with contemporary diaspora artists reimagining traditional mediums

Discover miniature court paintings, ceramics, family albums, Japanese woodblock prints and more by contemporary diaspora artists.

Night time view of an illuminated glass sculpture of a boat in garden setting. Dale Chihuly
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Exhibition review: Chihuly in the Botanic Garden, Adelaide Botanic Garden

24-years after Dale Chihuly's last Australian exhibit, his return to this scene is stratospheric - delivering on what his reputation…

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This week's arts news and trending topics

We report it – you read it. This week's top arts news stories.

Installation view of 'Tony Clark: Unsculpted', Buxton Contemporary, the University of Melbourne, 2024. Featuring Tony Clark and Joanne Ritson’s 'Jasperware Arrangement', 2024 and 'Jasperware (Landscape)', 1993. A painting of a white abstract sculptural form on blue background, with a small white sculpture replicating the painting in front.
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Exhibition review: Tony Clark: Unsculpted, Buxton Contemporary

An exhibition capturing the wide-ranging interests of Tony Clark and latest experimentation into sculpture.

Installation view of Maurizio Cattelan's 'Comedian', 2019, on display in NGV Triennial 2023. A single banana duct-taped to a white wall.
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Controversial duct-taped banana that drew crowds at NGV Triennial could fetch over US$1 million

Maurizio Cattelan's banana artwork, 'Comedian' will hit the auction block five years after it was purchased – the price is…

Two men, Dowel Jones, stand in pink decorated space. One wearing black top and light trousers, the other in white T shirt, brown jacket and dark trousers.
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From film to fatbergs, here are 12 things to check out at Geelong Design Week

Australia’s UNESCO City of Design will bring back over 70 events for the largest regional design festival, Geelong Design Week.

Tajette O’Halloran, ‘Untitled’ 2023, The Lismore Show. One of the artists selected for Powerhouse and the Office of the 24-Hour Economy Commissioner commission. A brightly lit carousel in the night.
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Opportunities and awards

Ceramic award open for entries, Darwin Fringe call-out, plus Young Virtuoso winner, finalists of SA Literary Fellowship, and more!

Contemporary exhibition of glass artworks in gallery with black walls and low lighting. Gabrielle Bisetto
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Exhibition review: Gabriella Bisetto, JamFactory Adelaide

A brave exhibition that confronts death and ageing through the medium of glass.

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