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Additional $219.7 million for the National Gallery of Australia's building repairs

The National Gallery of Australia’s long-term building problems are soon to be fixed thanks to a mid-year budget surplus and…

The inaugural Melbourne Sculpture Biennale at Villa Alba Museum. Pictured are works by Louise Paramor, installation view, large paper sculptures with saturated colour inside a Victorian mansion.
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Melbourne Sculpture Biennale to return in 2026 with an exciting new venue

A unique celebration of sculpture, the Melbourne Sculpture Biennale is returning and this time it will take over the Billilla…

Pippin Drysdale Infinite Terrain: a photo of a ceramics exhibition in a large contemporary gallery space. The ceramics are colourful vessels and stone-like shapes of various sizes displayed on low to the ground wide shelf-like blocks and medium sized narrower plinths.
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Pippin Drysdale's Infinite Terrain review: charting 40 years in ceramics

Infinite Terrain celebrates the work of Pippin Drysdale in radiant style.

Galatea Keneath in the opera M.T.H.R by Oliver John Cameron, Sydney Conservatorium x NIDA. Photo: Jacquie Manning.
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What can opera offer young people?

Opera is traditionally associated with older demographics. Why should Gen Z and millennials care about it, and what can opera…

Spent Light author Lara Pawson. Image supplied.
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My best book of 2025? Spent Light by Lara Pawson

Lara Pawson's Spent Light, published last year, is an extraordinary book that won't let go of your head.

Alana Hunt: A photo of a contemporary art gallery space with two lightbox screen works in the middle of the space and a large screen work on the back wall.
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Alana Hunt’s A Deceptively Simple Need review: a meticulous study of Australia’s housing crisis

In her solo exhibition at PICA, Alana Hunt offers compelling perspectives on modern ideas of home ownership.

Ellen Dahl stands between two large scale photographs of landscapes.
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Best opportunities, grants and awards for creatives: 15-21 December 2025

Major prizes and opportunities for photographers, stage and screen writers, wearable art, and more.

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Slam poets prepare for the 2025 Bread & Butter Poetry Slampionship at Sydney Opera House

A regular slam poetry night is moving to the stage of the Sydney Opera House to decide the 2025 Bread…

Can we have fewer books published? Image: Gaman Alice on Unsplash.
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In 2026, can we please have fewer books published in Australia?

Publisher and all-round book lover Terri-ann White thinks too many books are published and rails against the cult of the…

You write like AI ... Image: Vadim Mityushin on Unsplash.
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You write like AI, people think it's AI generated—what should you do?

AI writing can be obvious, repetitive and obvious, leading to a tapestry of issues for human writers—let's delve into this…

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