Melbourne Festival 2016: Sir Jonathan Mills creates Cultural Collisions at the University of Melbourne

Greg Semu draws on his Samoan heritage to depict the suffering of a heavily tattooed Christ.

Students and staff seek counselling amid claims that students mid-degree have been left in limbo.

Robyn Stacey's camera obscura images blend science and magic

As Melbourne counts down to the opening of a lauded Banksy exhibition, a local street artist has painted a large mural on the site of the show critical of its organiser.

If you're thinking the structure that has popped up in Queen Victoria Gardens looks like a hut, you'd be right.

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There is encyclopaedic diversity in the 100 selected objects, but a failure to create a greater narrative.

A former director of the Australian Museum has delivered a scathing assessment of the state's museums.

Constant budget cuts, known as efficiency dividends, are wrecking galleries and museums, according to the directors of Australia's major cultural institutions.

Her current solo exhibition at Beaver Galleries is her 60th since 1974 and she has a distinguished international reputation.

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Despite, or perhaps because of, changes, this is the most woeful Waterhouse exhibition since the prize was initiated in 2002.

Malcolm and Lucy Turnbull have chosen more than 50 artworks to display at Parliament House and the prime minister's official residences.

Moje's ability to keep faith with the vision was the mark of a great artist.

Arts news in Canberra

The inaugural festival will see hundreds of performing and other artists descend on Melbourne to give us a taste of contemporary Asia.

Museums and galleries in regional NSW are starved of money compared to cultural institutions in Sydney, a parliamentary inquiry has been told.

These three shows range from cityscapes to rural landscapes.

The Craft ACT 2016 members' exhibition and the show by four young Adelaide artists are both well worth seeing.

Winning the Archibald prize is like getting "doctor" next to your name, says Louise Herman. It will open a lot of doors but not necessarily interest overseas investors.

He introduced the world of glass to Canberra and, in the process, introduced Canberra to the world.

Artist or filmmaker? John Akomfrah's Vertigo Sea attracted a lot of attention at the Venice Biennale but it left John McDonald bewildered.

An Italian collective from a dull town makes space-doom music as Ufomammut and stunning poster art for artists such as Iggy Pop, the Black Keys, Sigur Ros and Amanda Palmer.

Italian jeweler Bulgari is still the sum of its 130-year past, when Elizabeth Taylor was the bullseye of a jet-setting Italian/American film community camped out in some of Rome's fanciest real estate.

The deadly mating habits of the redback spider inspired Cate Blanchett's latest role.