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man and woman in gallery exhibiting Egyptian artefacts. Pharaoh.
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Exhibition review: Pharaoh, NGV International

This is an exhibition that demonstrates how we can shift up and still surprise – and how we can show…

Two people hold up a large textile work in an outdoor setting.
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Craft as a universal language: IOTA 2024 reveals lead artists and theme

The Indian Ocean Craft Triennial returns for its second WA edition to channel the diversity and communicative powers of craft.

A performer at Spirit of Welcome Community Festival 2023. Photo: Damon AMB. A woman with long brown hair wearing a white top with floral embroidery singing at the front of a seated crowd.
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Empowering refugee artists through music and culture

Refugee artists performing at the Spirit of Welcome Community Festival on 16 June will be renumerated at industry rates.

Painting of man with long hair and t-shirt in big brushstrokes by Laura Jones.
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Who are the 2024 Archibald, Wynne and Sulman winners?

Another female artist wins this year’s Archibald Prize, with a great portrait by Laura Jones of author Tim Winton.

Installation view of 'Ivan Durrant: Marmalade Skies Through Opal Eyes' at Hamilton Gallery. L to R: 'Cavendish', 2023, and 'Murray River', 2021. Photo: Supplied. Two paintings showing blurry riverscapes with bright colours, seemingly drawn from a photograph.
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Exhibition review: Ivan Durrant: Marmalade Skies Through Opal Eyes, Hamilton Gallery

An exhibition that focuses on Ivan Durrant's commitment to colour and observations of the world around him.

Installation view of 'Africa Fashion' on display from 31 May to 6 October 2024 at NGV International, Melbourne. Photo: Lillie Thompson. Nine mannequins standing on a tiered display with red lights. Each of them are wearing glittery and glamorous garments by African fashion designers.
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Exhibition review: Africa Fashion, NGV

‘Africa Fashion’ is a visual feast imbued with history and agency.

Hornsby Art Prize. Image is of a blond haired white man in his 30s holding a bunch of flowers and standing in front of his painting, which depicts a young woman lying across a red armchair with big gold hooped earrings, rolled up brown trousers, a green and white crop top and high heeled brown and white zebra print shoes, with various hands and arms reaching in from the edges of the frame holding balloons, striking a match, making gestures at her. She looks off to the right.
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The Hornsby Art Prize is a gift for artists, offering so much more than simply the financial rewards, says last…

Painting of Julian Assange looking through a slit, like Ned Kelly, and swathed in blue. His head is the balloon of a hot-air balloon with a basket beneath and the US flag across the bottom.
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Archibald, Sulman and Wynne finalists revealed, along with Packing Room Prize

The finalists for the three high-profile art prizes have now been announced, with the winners due to be revealed next…

Rosemary Laing (1959-2024). Photo: Courtesy of Tolarno Galleries. A Caucasian woman with flowing grey hair, wearing a black-rimmed glasses and a black windbreaker. The background appears to be a lake.
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Vale Rosemary Laing

The celebrated Australian photo-based artist Rosemary Laing has died, with tributes flowing in from both home and abroad.

Installation view of ‘Anugerah: (Bestowed)’ at HAIR ARI. Photo: Courtesy of HAIR ARI. Three figures with no limbs wrapped with cotton straps with Javanese text, each of them is wearing a clay mask. They are inside a gallery space with dim warm lighting and more Javanese text on the wall.
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Exhibition review: Anugerah: (Bestowed), HAIR ARI

Indonesian-born artist Addin Sugarda considers rituals of connection and cultural longing in her exhibition.

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