Coats builds up manipulated fields of complex colour in her paintings.

For decades, Yayoi Kusama's dazzling mirror and polka-dot infused installations, or “Infinity” rooms have enthralled audiences.

For Indigenous painter and clan leader Djambawa Marawili, art carries a lot more meaning than aesthetics alone.

There's plenty to see and do in Canberra, and the region, this week.

Eventually one realises that this severe, intellectual painter has always worn his heart on his sleeve while denying the very existence of a shirt.

Architect Richard Johnson is the invisible hand guiding the design of the Art Gallery of NSW's blockbuster exhibition Rembrandt and the Dutch Golden Age.

Interior designer Miv Watts reveals an array of authentically eccentric – and beautifully cluttered – homes of famous arty types in her new book. Not a trace of minimalism here.

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Michael Winters is seeing the landscape inside out, from within and from above – simultaneously,

This astounding redesign of 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' and 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland', characters and scenes explode from the page.

For Jenny Watson, who grew up in sleepy Mont Albert and then the Dandenongs, coming into the city to study art was a gamechanger. It was the 1970s and inner city Melbourne was a hot bed of creativity.

Behind a nondescript grey door at the National Gallery of Victoria's Australian gallery, a transformation is taking place.

With more than 150 events, there's something on offer for everyone. Here's our picks for the festival.

A painting bought from a Lismore car boot was later identified as an early work from one of Australia's most significant still-life and interior painters.

An iconic Aboriginal artwork will be removed by the City of Sydney to pave the way for the sale of a building.

A kiss on the hand might be quite continental .... but we all know who our best friend is.

With her 103rd birthday just days away, Eileen Kramer believes some of her best times lie ahead.

Indigenous artists are demonstrating their talents in these workshops.

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Salvatore Zofrea's art is a celebration of botanical fecundity.

DESIGN Canberra showcases the best the city and its emerging artists has to offer.

There's plenty to see and do in Canberra this week.

Tarnanthi is a word that means "to rise, come forth, spring up or appear" and this year's festival of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art had an infectious positivity.

Arts donors are in revolt against the Australia Council, criticising "ill-conceived" changes to Australia's participation in the Venice Biennale.

Sixteen female artists take a fresh look at the experience of maternity.

Clark Barrett didn't hesitate when asked what he wanted from Sydney Modern.

He's the star that the stars of Hyper Real look up to.