What started as a hastily arranged one-night stand has grown into one of Australia's important exhibitions.

• Art review

Sasha Grishin predicts Hyper Real will generate more selfies than all the other exhibitions at the National Gallery put together.

A Sculptures by the Sea exhibition with a message has been awarded the Waverley Council mayor's prize.

The portrait artist has depicted a wide range of people from Hugo Weaving to his mother-in-law.

Liveworks has a range of new works showing until October 29. So if the pieces I saw on opening night were disappointing, they are only a fraction of what lies ahead.

The people who called these places their home deserved to have their stories told.

The more time Sasha Grishin spent with Dombrovskis' photographs, the more he admired them.

As a young girl Patricia Piccinini wagged school and ended up at the National Gallery of Australia and now she returns to star in Hyper Real.

More than half a million people are expected to attend Sculpture by the Sea, with heavy traffic and delays in Sydney's east predicted.

Looking at her sculptural tribute to the men who fought the Battle of Beersheeba and the horses left behind, artist Harrie Fasher is delighted with the result.

An arresting portrait of artist McLean Edwards wandering dishevelled in a mysterious moonlit landscape did not make the 50 finalists of this year's Archibald Prize.

This exhibition curated by Peter Haynes includes both individual and collaborative works.

Veteran artist Tim Storrier has won this year's $150,000 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize with his portrait of artist McLean Edwards.

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

An innovative new program is bringing together an impressive list of the city's major cultural institutions in an effort to encourage teenagers to "have a go" at cultural activities such as theatre, visual art, music and theatre.

The combination of a spectacular location (the rotunda on Observatory Hill), and a brilliantly conceived installation, makes this one of the most memorable of all the John Kaldor public art projects.

Melbourne Festival: This triennial of media arts rides the fast wave of the present with a glimpse into the future.

Her work examines issues of gender and sexuality, but also seeks to uplift viewers, to help them feel joy.

The Mad Max director is one of 100 people living and dead selected by the museum for a new exhibition.

Music curator Brian Ritchie says Mona has made its mark on Hobart; now it's Launceston's turn.

Local designers no longer have to travel abroad. The big names are coming to us.

There’s soaring international interest for Australian artist Cressida Campbell - but that’s not the only reason demand for her work is outstripping supply.

Just one day after opening her first commercial solo exhibition in Sydney, artist Sally Anderson has won the 2017 Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship.

Gabriella Coslovich chronicles the case of Brett Whiteley and the paintings that may or may not be forgeries.