Suspicions have been raised after a computer meltdown caused the postponement of multi-million dollar art sale.

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A painting thought by scholars to be one of only a few by Leonardo da Vinci to have survived the half-millennium since the artist's death has been sold at auction for $US400 million in New York.

These two exhibitions are not to be missed.

Introduce yourself to the wide range of plants of Arnhem Land through stunning works from renowned artists Mulkuṉ Wirrpanda and John Wolseley

The Australian impressionist painter John Russell was an artist in the right place at the right time. During the mid-1880s he found himself in Paris, a friend of Van Gogh, a dinner companion of Monet.

TeamLab's signature exhibition, Future Park, is coming to Sydney's Powerhouse Museum.

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The final design for the "Sydney Modern" expansion, to be released on Wednesday, is a blueprint for turning the flagging Art Gallery of NSW into one of the world's great museums of art, the state government says.

More than 2000 documents relating to the famous anti-war painting, plus digital interactive viewing, are now available online.

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

Robert Mapplethorpe's severe formalism turns his every photo into Art. There is not a natural moment to be found.

The artist has a particular fascination, and even fetish, for the body and the "bodily".

The Powerhouse Museum could strike a partnership with the University of Technology Sydney to allow the museum to retain a presence in Ultimo.

The cliché of the struggling artist applies in Australia, particularly when it comes to women, who earn substantially less than their male counterparts, according to a new report.

Zaha Hadid Architects puts its iconic projects on display.

These unusual and distinctive works have great charm and appeal.

First published in The Sydney Morning Herald on November 12, 1977.

Colm Toibin's The Testament of Mary imagines a counternarrative to the Gospels, giving sometimes blasphemous voice to the woman Christians believe to be the mother of God.

This group of culinary creatives is taking food far from the shallows of Instagram and into the murky deep.

Pretty much every one of Sydney's major arts organisations will be forced to decamp over the next few years in a period of unprecedented upheaval brought about by massive renovations to key parts of the city's cultural infrastructure.

A four-minute video of his friend bobbing alone in the water explores disparate lives

A new project brings many works to light for the first time.

Featuring portraits of some of Australia's greatest movie stars and stills from 100 years of film, Starstruck is not to be missed.

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.