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Early Morning Rain designed by John Coburn AM (1972), woven by Tim Gresham, Cheryl Thornton, Amy Cornall and David Pearce at the Australian Tapestry Workshop in 2023. Photo: Marie-Luise Skibbe / ADC.
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Landmark survey finds most craft and design practitioners earn less than $10,000 a year

Australia's craft and design practitioners are highly trained and deeply committed, but rewards are slim.

Installation view, David Hockney: Bigger & Closer (Not Smaller & Further Away), Carriageworks, Sydney. Photo: Jacquie Manning.
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David Hockney: the celebrated artist is bigger in this immersive digital spectacle, but not closer

Art historian Mark Ledbury ventures inside the illuminated David Hockney experience at Sydney's Carriageworks.

Sidney Nolan, Ned Kelly, 1946. Ripolin enamel on hardboard. Collection of National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Courtesy: Sidney Nolan Trust / DACS / Copyright Agency.
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Sidney Nolan looms large over this exhibition of his early work, but his voice can’t always be trusted

As the AGNSW stages a major exhibition of Sidney Nolan's first paintings, the art historian Chris McAuliffe considers what the…

Installation view, Passage: The Art of Atong Atem, featuring from left, Atong Atem’s As Above and A facet for every turn, The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Melbourne. Photo: Tom Ross.
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Atong Atem’s Passage is a powerful act of cultural reclamation

Atong Atem's major survey exhibition at NGV Australia navigates the power to author one’s own image.

Suspended Powerhouse CEO Lisa Havilah has issued a statement. Photo: Rory Gardiner.
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Suspended Powerhouse CEO denies wrongdoing as museum prepares for grand opening

Lisa Havilah has broken her silence as controversy continues to overshadow Powerhouse Parramatta's opening.

Carolina Bianchi's The Brotherhood comes to Adelaide Festival. Photo: Mayra Azzi.
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Fire-lit opera, a revamped Writers’ Week, Khaled Sabsabi and more: Adelaide Festival 2027 goes big

Matthew Lutton's latest program is expansive, but his ambitions go beyond spectacle.

Installation view, The House of Floating Flowers (Ukibana no ie), PUNQ 2026, Japanese House, Ingham. Photo: Luke McLeod. Courtesy: Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts.
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House of Floating Flowers brings the outside into a remarkable Queensland home

Presented as part of PUNQ, Mari Hirata's site-specific installation takes over the Japanese House in Ingham in northern Queensland.

2022 Wyndham Art Prize Winner: Lilah Benetti, 'More Like a River (Portrait),’ photograph. Image: courtesy of the artist.
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Art without rules: why now is the time to enter the Wyndham Art Prize

Past winner Lilah Benetti says the Wyndham Art Prize makes room for artistic risk.

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UNSW to host Splice festival in 2027 to connect art, tech and games creatives

UNSW's Splice festival aims to connect talent from the arts, technology, film and games.

Installation view, Rosalie Gascoigne, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, 2026, featuring Rosalie Gascoigne, Plenty, 1986. Courtesy: Rosalie Gascoigne / Copyright Agency.
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Rosalie Gascoigne’s ageless experimentation shines in sublime retrospective

Three decades since her last retrospective, the National Gallery of Australia gathers the many pieces of Rosalie Gascoigne's career and…

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