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Crowd gathered around a car as art installation with green lights and music. Joe Namy
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Who will be showing in the 2026 Biennale of Sydney?

Curator Hoor Al Qasimi has now announced 53 artists for her 25th Biennale of Sydney, opening next March.

Genevieve Hegney and Catherine Moore in Fly Girl. Photo: Prudence Upton.
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Fly Girl review: girl power reaches soaring new heights

The little-known story of Deborah Lawrie, Australia’s first female commercial airline pilot, is presented with equal parts comedy and drama…

The Colleano family, subject of the film, The Colleano Heart. Image: The Colleano Heart.
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The Colleano Heart review: a remarkable Aboriginal success story 

Shapeshifting for decades to avoid detection as Aboriginal, The Colleano Heart follows a remarkable family of circus performers who won…

elderly man dressed in dark colors looking serious with one eye patch. Salman Rushdie
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Salman Rushdie to speak in Melbourne and Sydney in 2026

Salman Rushdie will deliver a one-night-only address in Melbourne and Sydney in 2026.

Gallery view with painted yellow walls, historic painting and black and white wall vinyls from photographs. Dangerously Modern.
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Dangerously Modern review: fearless women artists who disrupted the male canon

Rewriting Australian art history, ‘Dangerously Modern’ at the Art Gallery of NSW is equally erudite and entertaining.

Gallery installation with dryers and recycled slippers in basement environment. Mike Hewson.
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Mike Hewson’s The Key’s Under the Mat review: arty playground is joyous and chaotic

Mike Hewson shatters taboos and transforms the Art Gallery of NSW’s Tank space into a light-filled, living playground.

A scene from Canberra Youth Theatre's 2024 production of 'Work, But This Time Like You Mean It'. Two young men sit on a steeply raked stage, comforting one another; both wear black trousers, black shoes and red and white striped collared shirts. Behind them, three people in identical uniforms but wearing surreal chick head masks, sit at the top of the raked stage.
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Canberra Youth Theatre tour explores fast food industry’s ‘disastrous consequences’

The Sydney tour of ‘Work, But This Time Like You Mean It’ has been supported by a $100,000 gift from…

Heather B Swann. Photo: Matthew Newton.
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With an $80k commission, Heather B Swann embarks on the final series of her lifetime

Heather B Swann's major new project will be exhibited in Sydney in 2026.

Woman performing cabaret act in living room. House concerts
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House concerts – what are they, and are they on the rise?

ArtsHub talks with producer Drew Fairley on the pros and cons of presenting house concerts.

Girl with hair pulled back and dark skin looking at gold sculpture in her likeness.
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Major Thomas J Price and Lee Ufan sculptures unveiled at Sydney galleries

What do two new sculptures outside the MCA and AGNSW say about institutional priorities and philanthropy today?

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