Zaha Hadid leaves mixed architectural legacy
Zaha Hadid, who has died aged 65, was one of the most forceful personalities in contemporary architecture, renowned as a trailblazer and an imperious maverick who didn't suffer fools gladly.
Zaha Hadid, who has died aged 65, was one of the most forceful personalities in contemporary architecture, renowned as a trailblazer and an imperious maverick who didn't suffer fools gladly.
The artist's passion and commitment are obvious as is her assurance in moving between objects that can be work and objects more suitable as sculptural wall pieces.
Ben Quilty says he will leave Australia if politicians do not campaign for the abolition of the death penalty in countries like China and the United States.
A companion publication for Australia's installation at this year's Venice Biennale of Architecture has been released.
Up to 1300 architectural photographs dating back to the golden era of mid-century Modernism have been digitised.
An ambitious, perhaps even bizarre, proposal to excavate Manhattan's Central Park down to bedrock and enclose on all four sides with a continuous 300-metre tall wall of skyscrapers has won the annual eVolo Skyscraper Competition.
Cultural identity is closely tied to where we grow up, so what happens when that place comes to symbolise evil?
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.
Arts news in Canberra.
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.
Called Shadow Sites, a new exhibition is part of the Next Wave festival's emerging curators program.
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.
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?
One of Australia's most important contemporary artists, who doesn't exhibit any more because "it's just not worth it", has been lured into a new show by the opportunity of working with priceless ancient Greek artefacts.
How has this seemingly dowdy picture of a mum in profile achieved its global celebrity status?
The world's rich are cashing in on art being an "asset class" – and no where has this been more apparent than at Hong Kong's recent Art Basel.
The City of Melbourne is famously supportive of street art, but it has drawn the line at a couple of giant nude murals.
Jan Senbergs' work combines dramatic imagery with poetic majesty and frequently adds a touch of humour.
There are some shabby moments in this fashion retrospective.
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.
Design collective Third Mind Foundation launches an international design competition for Donald Trump's proposed wall along the length of the US-Mexican border.
The most iconic illustration in the wake of Tuesday's attacks has been an image of a French flag hugging a Belgian flag.
Australia's old master spent years perfecting his painting technique in pencil.
What's on in Canberra's arts scene from March 25
"Betty Blockbuster" was an unfortunate nickname invented to describe one aspect of the reign of Betty Churcher at the NGA.
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