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.

What's on in Canberra's art scene from August 5

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.

• Art review

This touring exhibition in the newly refurbished Drill Hall Gallery focuses primarily on paintings from the present.

Suburban houses, sheds, shops, streetscapes and even inhabitants are the subjects of a Melbourne photographer aiming to capture an aesthetic that's rapidly vanishing.

Australia Council board members, including Waleed Aly, have failed to defend Australia Council, which now faces an uncertain future.

Maribyrnong Council has asked a small business in Footscray to take down an "offensive" mural by a renowned Australian street artist featuring US presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in a swimsuit.

A group of artists and theatremakers are working together to tell a story of war and its devastating effects on soldiers.

Guo Jian shares a refugee background like some of the world's best-known contemporary artists.

• Craft review

This Canberra-based initiative, open to artists from the ACT and region,shows high quality and a wide variety of talent.

It's Belconnen's 50th anniversary, and a group of staff at the University of Canberra has an exhibition exploring history, memory and the classification of things.

Quilting and crafting are still highly gendered activities, but increasingly they're not just the domain of grannies and retirees.

Sydney University has terminated the proposed merger of its art school with the University of NSW barely one month after it was announced.

• Arts

It won't be completed for two years but this weekend Melburnians can get a sneak peek at our newest arts site.

Michael Lynch will seek to maintain the independence of the National Art School when he takes over the leadership of the institution.