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One of Bill Henson's long-time models speaks out about her artistic collaboration, controversy and the decision to pose when she was an adolescent.

The new King Kong movie is thrilling, funny and occasionally sublime — and beats Hacksaw Ridge as an effective depiction of war.

The former Northern Territory public trustee who sold the copyright to Indigenous artist Albert Namatjira's life's work for just $8,500 in 1983 says the sale was a mistake.

When Andrew Grant became wheelchair bound at the age of 28 from a muscular disease, he decided to "reinvent" himself as an artist and channel his experience into his paintings.

Twenty-seven years ago Melinda Clarke published the iconic, hand-drawn Melbourne Map and now she's determined to make a new one.

American publishers don't shy away from the science fiction genre. So why is the situation so different in Australia?

A new statue of a resolute young girl now faces Wall Street's famous Charging Bull, erected for International Women's Day to highlight the scarcity of women on the boards of the largest US corporations.

A Melbourne teenager is turned away from seeing The Book of Mormon after being sold an invalid ticket through reseller website Viagogo, a problem theatre staff say they face regularly.

The Syrian civil war seems like a world away, but an installation at this year's Adelaide Festival is bringing victims' stories alive, writes ABC reporter Caroline Winter.

Event sales company Ticketmaster defends its resale website, which has been used by scalpers to market inflated-price tickets to events such as Justin Bieber's Brisbane concert and Midnight Oil's reunion tour, as Midnight Oil frontman Peter Garrett calls for law changes.

The BBC apologises for misleading viewers in a documentary about the town of Wilcannia in far west New South Wales, after accusations of unethical behaviour.

International Women's Day is fine in moderation, writes Ben Pobjie. But if it makes no room to consider the feelings of men, what kind of celebration of womanhood is it?

This International Women's Day, we asked musicians, businesswomen, philosophers, writers and filmmakers to tell us about the women who changed the way they think. This is what they said.

Why must a simple family film about a girl falling in love with her kidnapper yak contain insidious political messages? Deirdre Fidge writes.

George Michael died of natural causes as the result of heart disease and a fatty liver, a British coroner finds.

At 24, Danielle Weber still pinches herself when she says she paints for a living. Working from a studio in her parents' suburban home, her portfolio ranges from a logo on a barbershop wall, to a painting of a fighter jet pilot done for a client in the Middle East — but she keeps the dark self-portraits she painted as a teenager hidden away.

The prestigious National Gallery of Victoria is rocked by a wage scandal with allegations emerging of under-payment of security guards and that some are being forced to work illegally for cash.

Plans are being made to publicly release hundreds of thousands of photographs documenting key moments in Australia's political history.

Ticketmaster Resale and Viagogo are the subject of complaints lodged by Choice Magazine to the ACCC over misleading and deceptive conduct after the consumer advocate found some events were marked up by resellers as much as 374 per cent.

Picking a performer and song to represent your country at Eurovision is always a risky business, and this year's choice of Isaiah Firebrace for Australia is no exception.

Isaiah Firebrace is chosen to represent Australia at this year's Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Kiev, Ukraine.

In an art market that has risen 1,300 per cent since the year 2000 and turns over multi-billion dollars per year, where are the prominent Australians?

Indigenous residents of Wilcannia in far-west New South Wales say they are shocked and insulted by their portrayal in a BBC documentary about alcohol abuse in the town.

Nintendo has a history of innovation in the console market, and the Switch follows suit. But what it doesn't have is a social "killer app", such as Pokémon Go, which drove millions of people into their local parks.