Culture
Art & design
Future of controversial exhibition at centre of furore revealed
The exhibition had been suspended following claims of the provenance of the artwork.
- by Linda Morris
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Fashion’s new fakes: How AI will change what you wear
Six people at the forefront of a revolutionary creative frontier reveal (some of) their secrets.
- by Janice Breen Burns
The surreal deal: Art inspired by the unspeakable
From Del Kathryn Barton and Patricia Piccinini, there are many Australian artists who have been influenced by Surrealism.
- by John McDonald
Why artist Wendy Sharpe is happy to leave things up to chance
Sharpe won the Sulman Prize when she was fresh out of art school, and she reckons that fate intervened on her behalf.
- by Elizabeth Fortescue
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City life
Powerhouse compromise could halt demolition, save $100m
Redevelopment plans for the Powerhouse Museum may be scaled back under options being considered by the NSW government.
- by Linda Morris
‘An unjustified attack’: APY Land collective hits out at probe, critics
The board of the APY Lands Art Centre Collective has hit out at allegations of unethical practices and backed its under siege art administrator.
- by Linda Morris
Hustle Harder: Bringing dance into a gallery, all day long
Choreographer Adam Linder’s new commission for the Museum of Contemporary Art asks questions about how social media mediates our experience of the gallery.
- by Jo Higgins
Melbourne meets The New Yorker: The bold new magazine reviewing the city
Thousands have already subscribed to The Paris End, which treats Melbourne with the same reverence (and irreverence) that New York and London have long enjoyed.
- by Will Cox
Nuclear war and climate change key focus of next year’s Sydney Biennale
Australian artists including Tracey Moffatt, Kaylene Whiskey and William Yang lead the first line-up announcement for the 24th Biennale of Sydney.
- by Hannah Story
Nine out of 10 NSW heritage sites lack a condition rating
A damning audit found Heritage NSW had taken between three months and 17 years to assess properties for protection, and its records were inadequate for 90 per cent of the properties under its care.
- by Linda Morris
Grubby to glitz: St Kilda’s housing rollercoaster
Architectural historian David Brand leads a walking tour of St Kilda in which he describes Melbourne’s experimental building laboratory.
- by Ray Edgar