Culture
Art & design
She was a loving witness to our changing city. How did we forget her?
An exhibition of Viva Gibb’s remarkable photographs evokes an inner-city Melbourne that is long gone.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
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Exhibitions
Why these tiny vampires deserve our respect
A coming show at the Australian Museum gets up close to bloodsuckers – and it’s not for the squeamish.
- by Linda Morris
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Gina Rinehart
Rinehart portrait saga ends with painting returned to billionaire
The flattering portrait of Gina Rinehart has been returned to its donor after a five-year stand-off over the terms of its display.
- by Linda Morris
Opinion
Literature
The game dames: The bold Australian women who found the world, then brought it home
Were Australian men as well travelled in this era? What made these women so keen?
- by Richard Glover
Two mine shafts stood in the way of a gallery extension. It took 15,000 cubic metres of grout to sort out
The new $48 million wing of the Newcastle Art Gallery is as much an engineering feat as a cultural one.
- by Linda Morris
Cancelled, then reinstated. Now this artist is set to make history at Venice
The artistic pair of Khaled Sabsabi and Michael Dagostino have been accorded a rare double appearance at the Biennale of Venice at which they will unveil artworks they insist will unify, not divide.
- by Linda Morris
I’m all at sea if I’m not creating: Animalia author Graeme Base
A new exhibition reveals never-before-seen works from the Animalia artist
- by Kylie Northover
The radical new wave of Indonesian activist-artists hitting our shores
Driven by a powerhouse of local collectors and a bold new generation of talent, a high-voltage cultural exchange is rewriting the map of contemporary art.
- by Jenna Price
Can art defeat cancel culture? Feel free to disagree
A new exhibition unites unlikely objects in a bid to beat the bullies.
- by Liza Power
Randa Abdel-Fattah to feature in Australia’s biggest literary festival
The announcement comes just weeks after the Adelaide Writers’ Week event collapsed following a mass boycott when the Palestinian-Australian academic was dumped from the program.
- by Linda Morris
‘Overrated’: A surprising admission from Sydney’s antique jewellery queen
Cher, Liza, Cate were all clients, but now Anne Schofield is shutting up shop and speaking candidly.
- by Katrina Strickland