Art & Design
Election 2016: National day of action kicks off campaign against 'ritual sacrifice of the arts'
Debbie Cuthbertson and Andrew Taylor 7:32pm As a national day of action against arts funding cuts kicks off on Friday, an all-star cast of performers, writers and artists are joining forces to mark the "bleak midwinter" for culture in Australia.
Federal election 2016: Labor promises to restore funding to Trove if elected
HENRY BELOT Federal Labor would pump millions of dollars into the National Library of Australia if elected.
Federal Election 2016: Nationals vow $10m for new Shepparton Art Museum amid battle with Liberals
DEBBIE CUTHBERTSON The Coalition has made what appears to be its first arts funding announcement of the election campaign, but it's a move that could prove divisive for the Liberal-Nationals partnership.
What's on in Canberra's art scene from June 17
SALLY PRYOR What's on in Canberra's art scene from June 17
Election 2016: Arts sector launches National Day of Arts Action campaign
ANDREW TAYLOR Arts leaders have launched a two-week election campaign against funding cuts but will voters and politicians listen to their concerns?
Photography exhibition at China in the World at the Australian National University examines the experience of mainland Chinese in Hong Kong
SALLY PRYOR A photography exhibition at the ANU's China in the World looks at what it means to be a Chinese "Mainlander" transplanted to Hong Kong.
Art of Music: Alex Seton turns an 'earworm' into artwork for a good cause
ANDREW TAYLOR Seton's Break in the Weather, named after Jenny Morris' song, features two marble upside-down gumboots modelled on the footwear he wears in his Newtown studio.
Artist Brook Andrew's reimagining of the past
Tai Mitsuji Brook Andrew stretches time to present a different vision of the past in his latest exhibition Space & Time.
Archibald Prize 2016: Adman John Singleton reveals gentle side in portrait
ANDREW TAYLOR Persistence paid off for young artist Irene Vides who convinced larrikin businessman John Singleton to sit for a portrait that she will enter in this year's Archibald Prize.
3D exhibition helps capture the mighty Tang dynasty at the Art Gallery of NSW
John McDonald Treasures from the Silk Road Capital is an exhibition that helps us imagine how people thought in Tang times. Being human, they were probably just as confused as us.
Fake Food Park at NGV bound to tempt even the fussiest little eaters
ANDREW STEPHENS Artist Marti Guixe believes that food can change the world in surprising ways.
Melbourne designers kick goals with an award-winning football boot
Ray Edgar Ten years in the making, the Concave boot is making its mark on the world's sporting fields.
Melbourne spiritualists send paintings from the dead on a brief journey home
Lucy Davies Works drawn under trance by eccentric artist and medium Georgiana Houghton have travelled from Melbourne for an intriguing exhibition in London.
Back to the wild: Canberra-based woodwork artist Ashley Jameson Eriksmoen on 'feral' furniture
SALLY PRYOR Head of furniture at the ANU School of Art Ashley Jameson Eriksmoen has always seen household furnishings as part of the family, she tells Sally Pryor.
New public art festival contour 556, launching in October, will transform Canberra's central landscape
SALLY PRYOR Canberra may have long had a tense relationship with public art, but a new festival may well change the way we think about art and our landscape.
Dark Mofo stirs up an artistic storm as tempest rages in Tasmania
ANDREW TAYLOR Stormy weather provided the theme and a few headaches to this year's Dark Mofo festival.
Dark Mofo festival rocked by scalping scandal as fake tickets appear online
EBONY BOWDEN Tasmania's Dark Mofo festival is warning punters to be on the lookout after a number of fraudulent tickets appeared online.
Canberra artist, scientist Dan Power wins Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize
SALLY PRYOR Until this week, Canberra artist Dan Power spent his days explaining to people why science is important – either through art, or his day job as an educator at Questacon.
Does the Coalition have a cultural policy? None that you'd know of after National Arts Election Debate
DEBBIE CUTHBERTSON Even the Pirate Party has a cultural policy, so why can't the Coalition articulate its vision for the arts. Does it even have one?
What's on in Canberra arts scene from June 10
SALLY PRYOR What's on in Canberra arts scene from June 10
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Tang: Treasures from the Silk Road capital
Precious objects from China’s Golden Age are on display in AGNSW's latest exhibition.
Pure Land: inside the Mogao Grottoes at Dunhuang
The Mogao Grottoes are again at the edge of fashion - as the subject of an augmented reality installation.
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Vivid Sydney 2016
Vivid Sydney 2016 has kicked off with light painting the city with beautiful patterns and colour. Follow us on Twitter and check out our photography club Clique.
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.
