Art & Design
Artist Spencer Tunick's Sea of Hull attracts record number of naked bodies in UK
10:56am Thousands of people have stripped and been painted blue as they starred in a huge installation to celebrate a British seaside town's relationship with the sea.
Archibald Prize 2016: Natasha Bieniek's tiny portrait of Wendy Whiteley a head in front to win
ANDREW TAYLOR 3:58pm A tiny portrait of Wendy Whiteley is a strong contender to win the Archibald Prize, but the outcome could still surprise.
Archibald Prize 2016: Winners aren't always grinners as artists strike a sombre mood
Elie Choueifaty and Andrew Taylor 12:15am Big heads have long crowded the Archibald Prize, but this year's exhibition is filled with long faces.
Archibald Prize: six winners on what it has meant for them and how to paint a contender
NICK GALVIN As the Archibald Prize judges decide this year's verdict, six previous winners talk about what it has done for them and how to paint a contender.
ACCA head Max Delany aims to broaden the appeal of art
ANDREW STEPHENS Fashions may have changed but Max Delany's love of Gertrude Street's rich social and cultural history remains.
Robert Mapplethorpe, Larry Clark in haunting new exhibition at National Portrait Gallery in Canberra
SALLY PRYOR A new photography exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery explores the complexities of youth and individual expression, writes Sally Pryor.
Strong women are the best inspiration, says Canberra artist Julie Bradley
SALLY PRYOR A chance visit to an English museum set Julie Bradley's art practice on an entirely different course, she tells Sally Pryor.
Smartphones become time machines as apps bring history within reach
Ray Edgar Port Melbourne is the latest testing ground where boundaries between past and present collapse.
Has Instagram changed photography forever? CCP's birthday brings the present into focus
Ray Edgar In the time it takes you to read this story, more photos will have been published than in the entire 19th century.
Visual art review: Sally Gabori retrospective
John McDonald Late-blooming artist Sally Gabori's large-scale paintings express her deep feelings for her family and homeland.
This is no ordinary drill: Imagined disaster to transform North Melbourne Town Hall
AISHA DOW Simulated flood disaster in North Melbourne will involve rabbit skinning and recipes to cook rat, in exploration of rationing.
What's on in Canberra's arts scene from July 8
SALLY PRYOR What's on in Canberra's arts scene from July 8
The Bends by various artists and QWE3NZ by Gabi Briggs at Huw Davies Gallery, Photoaccess
Peter Haynes Claire Capel-Stanley, the curator and one of the exhibiting artists in The Bends, takes her title from the Radiohead song.
Archibald Prize 2016: Betina Fauvel-Ogden wins Packing Room Prize for George Calombaris portrait
ANDREW TAYLOR Betina Fauvel-Ogden has been awarded the $1500 Packing Room Prize for her portrait of celebrity chef George Calombaris.
Art review
Storytellers by Kyoko Imazu at Megalo Print Gallery in Kingston is memorable
Sasha Grishin The strength of her art lies precisely in her ability to enthral the viewer with this mass of intriguing detail and to create a web of fantasy through which to catch our imagination.
Biennale of Sydney appoints Mami Kataoka as its first artistic director from Asia
ANDREW TAYLOR Mami Kataoka takes over as artistic director of the Biennale of Sydney as the number of similar contemporary art events increase.
Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation pop-up pavilion promises a green revolution
ANDREW TAYLOR Vietnamese architect Vo Trong Nghia has created an aromatic pavilion for Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation's fourth and final Fugitive Structures series of experimental architecture.
Two more antiquities may have to be returned by the National Gallery of Australia to India
SALLY PRYOR Two more Asian antiquities in the National Gallery of Australia's collection may have to be returned to India.
Cairns Indigenous Art Fair: A sorcerer's tale from Cape York transforms waste into art
ANDREW TAYLOR A remote Indigenous community shares its stories and protects the environment with its ghost net art.
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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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Archibald Prize 2016 finalists
A selection of finalists in the 2016 Archibald Prize at the Art Gallery of NSW.
The Pormpuraaw Art and Culture Centre
On the western side of Cape York, in Queensland is The Pormpuraaw Art and Culture Centre. The centre helps indigenous artists create and showcase their work. Photos by Janie Barrett
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.
