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Gallery director Lauretta Morton in the new wing.

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.

  • Linda Morris

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Shell-shocked at the shops

With perhaps a kernel of truth in the marketing. Also, why Boundary roads abound.

Khaled Sabsabi will be represented twice at Venice.

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.

  • Linda Morris
Yasmine Sharif and Seb Chan

Melbourne loves vinyl. This year, it’s getting an official celebration

A major exhibition from London dedicated to music in all its forms will be one of the key attractions at this winter’s RISING festival.

  • Karl Quinn
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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.

  • Kerrie O'Brien

Warren Zevon’s voice rises again in joy and sadness

A recording of the last concert by Warren Zevon, in all its ragged beauty, has been released.

  • Warwick McFadyen
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Thomas Friedman, the three-time Pulitzer-winning columnist for The New York Times, said he did not withdraw from the writers’ festival.

American writer says he was uninvited from Adelaide Festival over ‘timing’

New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman said he did not withdraw from the 2024 festival of his own volition.

  • Michael Koziol and Stephen Brook
Australian photographer Ponch Hawkes has been documenting our lives for five decades.

From counter-culture to suburban nudes: Melbourne lives captured through a lens

Like Helen Garner, Ponch Hawkes has documented the lives of Melburnians. Her acclaimed photographs are a window on decades of social change and everyday moments.

  • Kerrie O'Brien
Arts writer, publisher, critic, curator: Dr Ashley Crawford.

Melbourne arts community mourns Dr Ashley Crawford

The much-loved critic had been at the forefront of the burgeoning Melbourne cultural scene since the 1980s.

  • Ray Edgar
Premier Jacinta Allan announced a raft of measures to tackle antisemitism and extremism.

Bondi attack must prompt a reflection on antisemitism in the arts

Jewish artists and writers have reported feeling ostracised and culturally homeless in their formerly welcoming creative communities. This must change.

  • Benjamin Preiss