Culture
Art & design
Arts boss Adrian Collette says Creative Australia is ‘not about moral compass’
The country’s top arts bureaucrat has insisted his organisation is not in the business of judging people’s opinions, merely the quality of their work.
- by Karl Quinn
Latest
Why this artist is turning Australia’s feral animals into ‘mummies’
Taking his inspiration from animal mummies held by the Chau Chak Wing Museum, WA sculptor Abdul-Rahman Abdullah has turned his eye to our introduced species.
- by Linda Morris
Walkley Award-winning cartoonist dies aged 53
For three decades across several national media outlets, celebrated satirist Jon Kudelka held a mirror to the nation.
- by Linda Morris
Exclusive
Vivid Sydney
Major change for this year’s Vivid festival
Vivid Sydney’s new director, Brett Sheehy, is giving Vivid a 24-hour makeover as it aims to outshine global city rivals in Riyadh, Berlin, Seoul, and Lyon.
- by Linda Morris
These HSC students topped visual arts, but only one dreams of becoming a working artist
From works featuring Ned Kelly-esque moto GP riders to sassy ladies in cheetah prints, the next crop of student artists are casting their ambitions widely.
- by Linda Morris
Going, going ... the cultural landmark disappearing before Sydney’s eyes
After nearly 40 years, the inner-city institution is being rebuilt for a new century – but not everyone is happy.
- by Linda Morris
Howling dingoes and desert art: What to see at the Biennale of Sydney
Artistic director Hoor Al Qasimi ’s biennale program seeks to sidestep the incendiary geopolitics of the Middle East to focus on Indigenous experiences and longing for home.
- by Linda Morris
Minimalism is elitist and exhausting. Let me be messy
The appearance of having nothing is, perversely, for those who can afford anything.
- by Mali Cornish
These tiny bugs are in most of our homes. I can’t unsee them
As part of a celebration of art, a new work invites us to take a closer look at a polarising creature – and think more deeply about what we can learn from it.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
Exclusive
Arts
From a New York bathroom to regional Victoria: An exhibition of art’s heavy hitters is on its way
This May, an exhibition featuring works from Dali to Picasso, Degas to Matisse lands at Shepparton Art Museum.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
How the battle for Sydney’s ‘Hollywood north’ has stepped up
The $259 million film and entertainment precinct pitch is competing with three other studio projects in the running for a big slice of government funding.
- by Linda Morris