Local street artist Lush is calling his latest project a "guerilla exhibition", a proposal that he announced to his 94,200 Instagram followers on Wednesday.

Photographer Max Dupain's lesser known commercial photography tracks the development of Sydney, from the construction of the Opera House and the first skyscrapers to industrial sites around the city.

The Opera House will become a giant canvas with the work of six Indigenous artists for this year's Vivid Sydney festival.

Art therapy steps in when lifesaving cancer treatment seems worst than the disease.

Vicki Couzens must be accustomed to being on stage by now, but it's usually in the service of her community and culture.

The new Australia pavilion was the talk of the Giardini when it was unveiled at last year's Venice Biennale of Art. Now the pavilion is set to make another splash at the Venice Architecture Biennale – with a swimming pool.

Anthony Warlow takes prize as best actor in a musical at Washington's Helen Hayes Theatre Awards.

Travelling through refugee camps with author Richard Flanagan brought home the horror facing the world's most desperate families.

There are many themes in the work of Martin Scorsese, and they are all on display in the massive ACMI exhibition dedicated to his career.

What's on in Canberra's arts scene from May 27

A Fitzroy gallery is closing amid complaints from artists who say they have not been paid for works sold by the gallery.

A major exhibition of works by Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera is at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

Ballarat is set to follow in the footsteps of Hobart and its "MONA effect" with the announcement of a new arts biennale to be held in 2018.

Mark Hammer's light installation for this year's Vivid festival looks like the perfect artwork for a city that loves itself as much as Sydney.

There is a touch of irony in the title Streets of Papunya. It is a beautiful exhibition at RMIT Gallery, with spellbinding works, mostly by women artists. But with one exception, the paintings do not depict streets.

Two masterful Australian painters get star treatment at two outstanding regional shows.

New Zealand artist Lisa Reihana brings the clash of civilisations to life in her epic video work In Pursuit of Venus, at the National Gallery of Victoria from June 10.

Touring exhibition of 65 vintage prints demonstrates how the pair experimented with modernist photographic techniques.

A specially made block of tofu, the size of a large cushion, is the starting point for a performance art project by Chinese artist Chen Qiulin.

The life, the communities, the hardships and sometimes loneliness of one of Sydney's most famous boulevards is captured in Lyndal Iron's stunning photojournalism.

The annual Top Designs exhibition celebrates kids with a flair for design. Which is just as well, because they're already at a disadvantage.

Windswept works feature in an exhibition running during Dark Mofo.

A new course at Canberra's M16 Artspace is helping people develop the confidence to build an art collection.

A battle of Post-it note art on office windows has erupted in New York City

The acclaimed performance artist describes his latest project as ''a sort of sacrifice''.