No less than five art fairs have emerged in place of the cancelled Melbourne Art Fair.

Vulnerability and the search for identity among young gay, lesbian and bisexual people is the prevailing theme of the show.

• Art review

As more and more people seek a sense of authenticity within an interior decor, handprinted fabric art is experiencing a resurgence in popularity.

Alec Baldwin, who occupies a central role in New York's cultural life, is now pitted in a bitter dispute with two formidable players in the city's rarefied world of art and money.

Garments from Toni Maticevski​'s latest catwalk shows have come from the runway straight to Bendigo Art Gallery as part of the first solo exhibition. 

Mike Parr says shock is a vital part of modern art, and makes no apologies for his controversial work.

Artists get to grips with Botanic Garden's 'waste' wood, with exquisite results.

A proactive private sector is helping boost Indonesia's art scene.

Painting of naked woman on Vault magazine's cover deemed too inappropriate for newsagents.

Natasha Johns-Messenger's slick circular sculpture clamps around your head and leads you on the vain chase for your double.

Frei Otto's influence is Olympian: from the design of Rio's Maracana stadium to his own impressive tent-like roof designs for Munich in 1972.

Darwin Festival review: Critical mass of events brings bigger crowds and new hope

A new exhibition spans 60 years of the artist's work.

Melbourne youth focused organisation says 'extinction' in youth arts funding from Australia Council cuts forced closure.

The anguish and despair is writ clear on their faces: the child being snatched by white authorities; the mother biting on the captor's finger in a bid to free her baby; the father grappling on to her and their other child as their family is torn apart.

A non-invasive technique developed by the Australian Synchrotron has revealed a hidden portrait beneath a Degas painting.

Fashion designer Lisa Gorman has rigorously defended claims from three independent artists that her label copied their works.

A modest, self-effacing man built one of the greatest private collections of Australian art.

Two artists attempt to bridge the cultural divide between Australia and China.

Parr is widely regarded as one of Australia's pre-eminent artists, but his practice has always been divisive.

The University of Sydney's attempts to shut down its art school could lead to a drop in donations from angry philanthropists, while gallerists and artists have thrown their support behind the National Art School.

Enormous inflatable chambers will fill Hamer Hall as part of the world premiere of Lady Eats Apple, the new show from Geelong's critically acclaimed Back To Back Theatre that will open the 2016 Melbourne Festival.

The paintings that failed to make it as finalists in the Archibald prize are worth visiting in this year's Salon des Refuses.

A new generation of architects is taking an optimistic approach in a rethink of age-old housing issues.