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Doug Aitken, Transformer. Artist impression. Image courtesy Doug Aitken and DarkLab.
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Tasmania cancels installation by American artist Doug Aitken

After seven years, DarkLab is admitting defeat on Doug Aitken's Transformer.

Shaun Gladwell, A Nebuchadnezzar Cycle, 2026. Still, digital video, 63:00. Commissioned by Bundanon Trust. Courtesy: the artist and PALAS Sydney.
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Man on Fire review: Shaun Gladwell and Arthur Boyd in searing dialogue

In the hands of Arthur Boyd and Shaun Gladwell, the prescient tale of Nebuchadnezzar becomes a warning against hubris and…

The Institute of Modern Art's Platform artists for 2027 with, from left, Daniel Sherington, Amanda Bennetts, Prita Tina Yeganeh, Savannah Jarvis and Adam Cole. Photo: Josef Ruckli.
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The early-career artists making it onto the biggest stages

ArtsHub speaks to five artists coming through initiatives to spotlight and elevate early-career talent.

Artist Joanne Lee and Hari Koutlakis at co-art Studio. Photo: Supplied.
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Breaking glass ceilings: the studios empowering disabled artists to shine

For disabled artists, supported studios don't just provide opportunities to work, but also vital support networks.

Brian Robinson with his work Zugubal at Newcastle Art Gallery, 2026. Photo: Peter Stoop.
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The bold vision of Brian Robinson's Multiverse at Newcastle Art Gallery

The major Newcastle Art Gallery exhibition explores the expansive storytelling of Brian Robinson, where Torres Strait Islander cultural knowledge and…

Noongar composer Aaron Wyatt in a promotional image for Decolonising the Bells, his collaboration with Speak Percussion, which premieres at Kindred People in September. An Aboriginal man with long hair, a short grey beard and glasses, faces the camera. We wears a kangaroo-skin cloak and holds a handbell in one hand and a painted stick in the other.
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First Nations festival Kindred People joins Melbourne’s crowded arts calendar

Presented by Monash University, the new festival will run biennially if its first iteration is a success.

In Absence Mona Yhonnie Scarce: a photo of a large ciccular ashen-coloured wooden tower installed amongst trees on the edge of a river which is Berriedale Bay in Nipaluna/ Hobart.
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Yhonnie Scarce's In Absence now permanently installed at Mona

Visitors to this year's Dark Mofo festival will be among the first to experience the monumental and moving installation in…

Damien Frost, Tyler Darke at Berlin Berlin - Egg Club, Kings Cross, London, 2018. Courtesy: the artist.
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Photographer Damien Frost headlines 2026 New Annual festival

There will be some Australian faces in Damien Frost's upcoming exhibition at New Annual in Newcastle.

Cult band TISM return to the NT for the 2026 Darwin Festival. TISM last played Darwin in 1996, their only gig there to date. The photo shows one member of TISM, dressed in bright red overalls and a matching balaclava, launching himself off the stage towards the crowd; fans stand ready to catch him, arms upraised, behind the crowd barrier. Another TISM member, also dressed in red overalls but wearing a red balaclava and red, rooster-like crest, watches on from the stage.
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Darwin Festival announces 2026 program

Artistic Director Kate Fell’s final Darwin Festival features cult alt-rock band TISM alongside an array of new cross-cultural and First…

Installation view, Brian Robinson: Multiverse, Newcastle Art Gallery, 2026. Photo: Matt Carbone. Courtesy: the artist.
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Newcastle Art Gallery's stunning new exhibitions open up a multiverse

Brian Robinson's Multiverse headlines the new exhibitions at the Newcastle Art Gallery.

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