Art & Design
Sticky battle
Post-it note art war takes over New York City
LENNY ANN LOW 7:41pm A battle of Post-it note art on office windows has erupted in New York City
Artist Ulla von Brandenburg lifts the curtain as viewers get in on act
ANDREW STEPHENS The humble step lifts its game in Ulla von Brandenburg's first Australian solo show.
Ikea settles with US company over Norman Foster aluminium chair design
Dan Rule Ikea has settled with American furniture company Emeco over its claim that the Swedish furniture and homewares behemoth copied one of its aluminium chairs, designed by famed British architect Norman Foster.
Ana Arana's Gali compact kitchen unit is so small it fits into a box
Dan Rule A Spanish architect and designer has devised a novel kitchen design for single-occupancy apartments and otherwise compact living and work environments.
Wave of praise for Vanuatu's cyclone-resistant shelters
Respected Australian surfboard designer Nev Hyman and architect Ken McBryde, of leading design house Hassell, have collaborated to create a series of cyclone-resistant shelters for remote Vanuatu communities decimated by Cyclone Pam in March 2015.
Australia Council delivers major blow to visual arts, say leading museum directors
ANDREW TAYLOR A coalition of artists, museum directors and the heads of art schools has attacked the Australia Council's four-year funding program, which resulted in several visual arts organisations losing critical financial support.
Capital Life: What's on in Canberra's arts scene from May 20
SALLY PRYOR What's on in Canberra's arts scene from May 20.
Caroline Rothwell's sculpture composes the weather at the MCA
ANDREW TAYLOR Artist will create a six-metre high sculpture shaped like a pinwheel, which will act as a wind turbine, for the Museum of Contemporary Art's sculpture terrace.
Sydney University receives $1.75 million donation for new Chau Chak Wing museum
ANDREW TAYLOR Two of Sydney's most important arts patrons are donating $1.75 million to the new Chau Chak Wing Museum at Sydney University.
Can you identify the models in famous photographer's 1960s fashion shoots?
CAROLYN WEBB Fabulous, hip but unnamed: The National Gallery of Victoria is seeking to identify models snapped by 1960s fashion photographer Henry Talbot.
New Ramsay Art Prize welcome news for artists under 40
Dylan Rainforth A new Art Gallery of South Australia prize bucks the trend for bad news in the arts sector, plus meet the kooky residents at the Telltale Grande Hotel and an exhibition featuring artists addressing social and political issues.
Carriageworks director Lisa Havilah calls on the arts to be entrepreneurial and take risks
ANDREW TAYLOR Carriageworks director Lisa Havilah says the arts should be more commercial and take risks, but is critical of the federal government's handling of the portfolio.
Powerhouse Museum may be split, with fashion and design kept in Sydney's CBD
ANDREW TAYLOR Senior bureaucrat warns Powerhouse Museum board over move to Parramatta and suggests museum could split collection, with fashion and design displayed at a new site in the Sydney CBD.
National Museum buys Albert Namatjira watercolour painting found at deceased estate
CLARE COLLEY Small Albert Namatjira watercolour found hidden at the bottom of a cupboard in Adelaide sells for $27,500.
Comment: Australia Council funding loss hits home for Arena Theatre Company
Virginia Lovett Surely a national theatre company for young people creating original Australian work has an important role to play. Or will we be happy for our children to be raised on Peppa Pig?
From hand-shaped buildings to cloud-like forms, visions of a brave new Melbourne
ANDREW STEPHENS Wild imaginings are unleashed in an exhibition exploring the way things might have been.
Jan Senbergs and the art of observation
John McDonald A former refugee from Latvia has continued to push the boundaries of art, switching mediums whenever he has become too comfortable.
Glass and craft the Canberra winners while contemporary art space loses in latest round of Australia Council funding
Sally Pryor and Andrew Taylor It's yes to glass and crafts, but no to dance and contemporary arts, as a bittersweet week in the arts world draws to a close.
Etched in the sun II at Nancy Sever is a triumph of ethical Indigenous printmaking
Sasha Grishin This collaborative exhibition contains enormous variety and integrity.
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Architect Zaha Hadid's unique designs
Zaha Hadid, the Iraqi-British architect whose curving, elongated structures left a mark on skylines around the world, died in Miami on Thursday. She was 65.
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.
