In March 2013, Steven Lowy stood before the faithful of the Art Gallery of NSW and made his pitch for a major overhaul that would deliver an ambitious Sydney Modern.

On his fourth attempt, Richard Lewer finally nabbed the biennial Basil Sellers Arts Prize focussing on the theme of art and sport, winning $100,000.

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The Powerhouse Museum is mired in controversy yet again with the appointment of Barney Glover to head the trust that governs the beleaguered institution.

Suhanya Raffel, the deputy director of one of Australia's top galleries, has been appointed executive director of M+, the planned "museum of visual culture" in Hong Kong, the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority announced on Wednesday.

From saints to wild boars, the work of caring for Sydney's public and private artworks is varied and satisfying.

What's on in Canberra's art scene from July 22

The NSW government will not guarantee the future of the National Art School as students embark on campaign to save the institution from merger. 

She was viewed as an ornament to her husband when she was alive, but today Frida Kahlo ranks with contemporary Hollywood celebrities in speaking, as they do, to our preoccupation with ourselves.

Martin Scorsese's splatter is gruesomely believable in this exhibition, which contains abundant material that is either part of the background, inspiration or development of his films.

The Indian architect brings his contemplative design approach to Melbourne.

Thirty years ago the National Gallery of Victoria was robbed of its prized Picasso. The thief has never been caught. Chief conservator Thomas Dixon played a key role in the drama. Here he recounts exclusively to Fairfax Media the heart-stopping events of August 1986.

Michael Snelling does not believe his departure from the National Art School will put its future in doubt, but others are not so sure.

France may be a country in mourning this week, but nothing will dull the shine of the glorious rococo gilding of Versailles when a small portion of it arrives in Australia this summer.

The National Gallery of Australia is set to hand back more ancient Indian antiquities from its collection.

The National Gallery of Australia will stage a multi-million dollar exhibition of treasures from Versailles despite savage budget cuts.

The documentary about painter and sculptor Danila Ivanovich Vassilieff was a collaborative effort by several members of the Moore family.

In his art there is a distilled maturity and a highly developed sense of visual intelligence, but there is also a great freshness and preparedness to embrace new challenges and to work with unconventional colour combinations.

Yarrabah artist Michelle Yeatman draws on her intimate knowledge of country to create distinctive works of art.

While Sydney lights up its Opera House on a grand scale for Vivid Festival, Melbourne's Gertrude Street Projection Festival is a much more community-driven spectacle.

A passion for interior design won Esther Stewart the Sulman Prize. The Melbourne artist, who entered the abstract painting Flatland Dreaming, was "excited" to win over 25 other finalist works.

Melbourne has had so many pop-ups that another may be cause for a collective roll of the eyes. But this one is different.

With many thanks and a heavy heart as one of their sister's is currently in hospital, this year's landscape Wynne prize winner was Seven Sisters by The Ken Family. 

Louise Hearman has been awarded the $100,000 Archibald Prize for a portrait of Barry Humphries.

An itinerant childhood meant the New York-based artist had children of her own by the time she found her mother's grave.