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Bold decision by Reserve Bank bucks conservative views on $5 banknote redesign

The redesign of the $5 banknote will centre First Nations art in an enduring statement for our future.

Aboriginal man talking to a group of people for a cultural learning workshop at Koori Heritage Trust
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Art Basel Hong Kong 2025 welcomes Australian ambition

As things get heated on home turf, the international potential of Australian arts practitioners continues to expand.

A scene from A Daylight Connection's 'A Nightime Travesty' at Malthouse Theatre for Asia TOPA 2025. Two Aboriginal women dressed as airline stewardesses stand on a blue-lit set as bloody rags fall from above. Behind them at stage right stands a sexy, shirtless, Aboriginal actor playing Death; at stage left, two musicians are visible.
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Theatre review: A Nightime Travesty, Malthouse Theatre, Asia TOPA 2025

A ferociously funny, controlled yet chaotic Blak vaudevillian comedy that pulls no punches and decapitates its prisoners.

Two first nations women standing in front of a painting. Aboriginal art.
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APY Art Centre Collective vindicated, but calls for wider sector inquiry

APY Art Centre Collective has been cleared of any wrongdoing via creative interference, but says the two-year ordeal demonstrates a…

Midpul, a First Nations male Elder, sitting and painting with a brush, making lines and dots in ochre.
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Northern Territory artists shine at Charles Darwin University

The institution has launched a new gallery in the heart of the city to showcase the region's artists.

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YIRRAMBOI expands globally, welcoming Northern Turtle Island, Canada as its 2025 Focus Nation

The Naarm/Melbourne-based First Nations festival is taking a step towards global cultural unity and collaboration. 

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Defining First Nations exhibitions that will shape 2025

A calendar of must-see First Nations art exhibitions in 2025.

Woman with curly hair wearing black dress with white circles and surrounded by Aboriginal art. Nici Cumpston
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First Nations curator Nici Cumpston to lead US collection

She will be Kluge-Ruhe's first First Nations Director in its 26-year history.

Bronze canoe stolen as part of public artwork, shown prior to its theft. A canoe made out of bronze laying on the ground in an outdoor setting next to some rocks.
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Aboriginal bronze sculpture cut through and stolen

"They will get a rude shock when they realise it can't be sold as copper," says artist Julie Squires.

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