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A moody and dramatic image by photographer Caterina Pacialeo of a firepit on a beach at dusk. Flames dance towards the cloudy horizon. Sydney Contemporary 2025 expands with the addition of the inaugural Photo Sydney.
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Sydney Contemporary announces largest fair to date including inaugural Photo Sydney

The ninth edition of Sydney Contemporary at Carriageworks features 114 exhibitors and more than 500 artists – and this year…

A image of different shapes and blurry movement where one can barely make out the silhouettes of three people against a bright white background.
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Event review: Diagrammatica, RISING, Slot 9

Discover the underbelly of Federation Square where you become part of the composition.

A photograph of a brightly lit artist's studio. Art adorns the white walls, including a bold geometric design in blue and multiple sketches and colourful drawings. A flight of wooden stairs leads tantalisingly upwards, out of sight.
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Make art in Rome or Paris: National Art School opens applications to NAS staff and alumni for 2026 international residencies

Through the National Art School, artists can apply now for a three-month residency in Paris or Rome – an immersive…

Digital render of a large oval cylinder tapestry with dots and curves hanging from the ceiling of the second floor and reaching down to the first floor. There are wood panelling inside the architectural foyer with people looking at the tapestry.
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Australia’s 'first 3D tapestry' took over 10,000 hours and used 270 kilometres of wool

Locally sourced and crafted, the ‘Welcome to Country’ tapestry will become a Victorian landmark.

Against a purple backdrop, a man with dark hair and a moustache. 'So you want my arts job' is printed in white.
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So you want my arts job: Festival Director of the Darwin Street Art Festival

Move over Melbourne! According to David Collins, Darwin is where it's at in terms of street art.

cages for small pet animals stacked on top to each other with colourful lights shining on them. The image appears playful.
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Opportunities and awards

Ceramics prize open for entries, Artspace Studio Program artists and Australian Dance Theatre LOFT residents revealed, plus design and fashion…

A white shoe with some light feathery leaves embellishments.
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Exhibition review: Elizabeth Colbert, Objective Abstraction group exhibition, Tacit Gallery

Tacit’s final exhibition is brilliant yet bittersweet.

A painting of a man's face. He is bare-chested and has a beard.
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Thinking about entering an art prize? Just go for it!

The Hornsby Art Prize competition is open now for artists working in painting, drawing, printmaking, photography and sculpture.

A photo of an old-school box television displaying noise. There are two pot plants on both sides of the tv, and the domestic scene is covered in a red tone.
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Arts news watch: this week’s trending topics

We report it – you read it. This week: Queensland literary judges resign, David Attenborough at 99, ‘Vandemonian Lags’ reviewed…

A colourful cubist artwork of the same woman seen from multiple perspectives, painted in shades of white, yellow, orange and blue. The painting is framed by the blurred bodies of two men who are looking at the artwork: the photo is taken over their shoulders. The painting is part of the exhibition 'Cézanne to Giacometti:' at the National Gallery of Australia.
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Exhibition review: Cézanne to Giacometti, National Gallery of Australia

A highly contextualised, thoughtful, and conversational exhibition which maps out a decades-long conversation of modern ways of seeing.

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