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Fernando Poyón, Bringing joy to the earth, 2025. Pencils, concaste, bamboo. Installation view, Rememory: Biennale of Sydney, Penrith Regional Gallery. Commissioned by the Biennale of Sydney and Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain. Photo: Maja Baska. Courtesy: the artist.
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Biennale of Sydney review: Western Sydney shines in this international showcase

In our second review, ArtsHub looks at the Biennale of Sydney's Western Sydney venues.

Installation view, 25th Biennale of Sydney: Rememory, Chau Chak Wing Museum, showing Benjamin Work’s PÁPAAKI at front and Khalil Rabah’s Common Threads at rear.
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Biennale of Sydney review: a world, and an organisation, in decline

This Biennale of Sydney feels less like a single exhibition than a constellation of scattered fragments losing its capacity to…

The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin. Photo: Brett Boardman.
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The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin review: landmark 1970s play revived for a new audience

Some 50 years on, The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin remains just as urgent as ever.

Hugo Weaving and Ruby Arrowsmith-Todd. Image: Supplied.
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Sydney finally has a Cinémathèque – what took so long?

For the first time in decades, Sydney has a cinémathèque dedicated to curated film.

Applications are now open for Sydney Fringe 2026. Photo: Paul McMillan.
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Sydney Fringe 2026: Australia’s fastest-growing indie arts festival wants your show!

Got an idea for a show? Sydney Fringe can help you put it in the spotlight – and creatives across…

Jumaadi, Upside-Down Garden, 2025. Courtesy the artist and Lendlease. Image: Mark Pokorny.
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Upside-Down Garden by Jumaadi turns corporate Sydney on its head

The first large-scale public artwork from Indonesian-Australian artist Jumaadi flips the city’s built and natural environment upside-down.

Kala Gare in the MTC production, My Brilliant Career. A young woman in a Victorian-era dresses stands atop a piano, holding one fist up triumphantly; an ornate chandelier hangs above her.
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My Brilliant Career wins Australia’s richest playwriting prize at AWGIE awards

The MTC's musical adaptation of My Brilliant Career has won the $120,000 David Williamson Prize for Excellence in Writing for…

Installation view, Isabella Kennedy: Ballast, Firstdraft, Sydney. Photo: Supplied.
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Ballast review: emerging artist Isabella Kennedy considers submerged histories

Isabella Kennedy's solo exhibition Ballast is a delicate body of work around the sinking of HMAS Sydney II.

Animated film Arco screens as part of the Europa! Europa Film Festival. Image: Neon.
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10 films to see at the 2026 Europa! Europa Film Festival

This year's Europa! Europa Film Festival runs across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Hobart and Auckland.

The artHITects with their winning artwork Wambuul (Proclamation Park Bathurst), winner of the 2025 Environmental Art & Design Prize – Art category. Photo: Shane Rozario/Manly Art Gallery & Museum.
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It’s time: why you should enter the 2026 Environmental Art & Design Prize

Winning the prestigious Environmental Art & Design Prize marked a pivotal moment for radical artist/architect duo, the artHITects.

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