Art & Design
Art Loop video installation to make shoppers stop and look at Melbourne Central
Dylan Rainforth 12:00am How many of the 51 million commuters and shoppers who pass through Melbourne Central each year will pause just long enough to check out some video art?
Mariana del Castillo: Fugitive Faith at the Fitters' Workshop is a challenging and multilayered exhibition
Sasha Grishin The exhibition is in part autobiographical, in part a comment on the migrant experience, and in part a protest at the consumerism found in contemporary Australian society.
Room for more art as Sydney Opera House unveils Le Corbusier tapestry
ANDREW TAYLOR The Sydney Opera House is a step closer towards realising Joern Utzon's vision for his landmark building with the unveiling of the Utzon/Le Corbusier tapestry.
Visitors view archived artworks in storage facility as part of Next Wave
Dylan Rainforth Called Shadow Sites, a new exhibition is part of the Next Wave festival's emerging curators program.
Paul Kelly strikes a pose for Jacqui Stockdale's series The Boho
Dylan Rainforth Jacqui Stockdale, who grew up in Benalla, has been playing bushranger, retracing Ned Kelly's steps to garner the images she painted as landscape backdrops for her new series The Boho.
Big ideas but obscure art at the 20th Biennale of Sydney
John McDonald There is strong vision and commitment to this year's Biennale of Sydney but not all the art impresses.
Art review
Jan Senbergs: Observation - Imagination at the National Gallery of Victoria
Sasha Grishin Jan Senbergs' work combines dramatic imagery with poetic majesty and frequently adds a touch of humour.
Our pick of what's showing in the galleries
Dan Rule There's a quiet poeticism to Susan Norrie's major new exhibition, Field Work 2006-2016, despite its documentary-like feel.
British academic Jeremy Myerson attacks Google's design aesthetic
Dan Rule Professor Jeremy Myerson , a leading design academic from London's Royal College of Art, has launched a spirited attack on Google's "detrimental" influence on workplace design.
International design competition to build Donald Trump's wall
Dan Rule Design collective Third Mind Foundation launches an international design competition for Donald Trump's proposed wall along the length of the US-Mexican border.
Poignant deconstructions to illustrator Plantu's Brussels bombings drawing flood social media
Dan Rule The most iconic illustration in the wake of Tuesday's attacks has been an image of a French flag hugging a Belgian flag.
Nude street art by Lushsux censored in Hosier Lane by City of Melbourne
KARL QUINN The City of Melbourne is famously supportive of street art, but it has drawn the line at a couple of giant nude murals.
Capital Life: What's on in Canberra's arts scene from March 25
SALLY PRYOR What's on in Canberra's arts scene from March 25
Archival detective Aura Satz shines spotlight on female film and sound pioneers
Dylan Rainforth Experimental filmmaker and sound artist Aura Satz will speak in Melbourne while visiting Australia as part of the Biennale of Sydney.
New Balaclava gallery Smyrnios BT Contemporary targets budding art collectors
Dylan Rainforth A new gallery in Balaclava targets those in "the early stages of developing a collection".
It's not too late: ArtsPeak pens open letter to Malcolm Turnbull
LINDA MORRIS The body representing the nation's artists, actors, directors and writers has appealed to the Prime Minister to personally intervene and reverse funding cutbacks and an efficiency drive which threaten to impoverish the sector.
Naomi Milgrom receives Philanthropy Leadership Award from Creative Partnerships Australia
Dylan Rainforth Melbourne arts philanthropist and business leader Naomi Milgrom is "hugely honoured and very delighted" to be recognised by Creative Partnerships Australia.
Tom Roberts at the National Gallery of Australia has gone gangbusters and here's why
Sasha Grishin "Betty Blockbuster" was an unfortunate nickname invented to describe one aspect of the reign of Betty Churcher at the NGA.
Philanthropy award winner Peter Wilson says people shouldn't wait until they are rich to start giving
ANDREW TAYLOR The winner of the Emerging Philanthropy Leadership Award, Peter Wilson wants to persuade people to donate to the arts ahead of spending money on a car or their children.
Exhibition at the home of Betty and Roy Churcher shows a life lived through art
SALLY PRYOR For Betty and Roy Churcher, life was always all about art.
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Jan Senbergs' retrospective at the NGV
Jan Senbergs: Observation-Imagination is at NGV Australia from March 18. Senbergs will be in conversation with historian Patrick McCaughey on March 20 at 2pm.
White Night Melbourne 2016
White Night Melbourne transforms the city through installation, lighting, exhibitions, street performances, film, music, dance and interactive events and takes place in Melbourne's streets and laneways, parklands, public spaces and cultural institutions.
White Night Melbourne Preview
Preparations and previews at the commencement of White Night Melbourne 2016. A journey of discovery through the heart of Melbourne with music, food, film, art, and light. An urban adventure at Australia’s only all night celebration of culture and creativity.
A brolly good show
Dancing umbrellas: an exhibition of movement and light is at Heide Museum of Modern Art March 5-June 5.
The 64th Blake Prize Finalists
Finalist artworks in the 64th Blake Prize at the Casula Powerhouse in western Sydney. Follow us on Twitter and check out our photography club Clique
