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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.
- Linda Morris
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‘Better than doomscrolling’: The group of Sydneysiders flocking to museums and galleries
For Olivia Wu, 26, museums and galleries are “kind of like the modern-day cathedrals”.
- Aidan Elwig Pollock
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
I got naked in front of a room full of strangers. This is what I learnt about myself
After my first life-drawing class, I felt transformed. Then I decided to become a model myself.
- Emily Lighezzolo
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.
- Jenna Price
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.
- Linda Morris
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
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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.
- Kerrie O'Brien
Why this art is a crime – depending on how you look at it
A provocative new exhibition at the National Art School looks at the role of graffiti in contemporary art.
- Nick Galvin
The art of summer – how some of Sydney’s cultural movers and shakers are enjoying their break
Whether grilling politicians on prime time, building sets for an opera spectacular, rehearsing or performing, our creative types need time out. Here’s how they do it.
- Linda Morris, Robert Moran, Nick Galvin, Louise Rugendyke and Chris Hook