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Gustav Klimt: 100 years - February 8

The Kiss, 1907-08 (oil on canvas) by Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918); 180x180 cm; Osterreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, ...

To mark the centenary of Gustav Klimt's death on February 8, The Store by Fairfax has produced six high-quality giclee prints from this Austrian artist’s most iconic works.

Ice cream, Insta-art and the colour of money

Going bananas: The Ice Cream Museum has become a pink-hued mecca for Instagrammers.

In mid-2016 the Museum of Ice Cream opened in New York. By the time the Manhattan pop-up show closed 45 days later, 300,000 people had marvelled at its pink-tiled rooms, sprinkle pools and quirky, themed displays. Another 200,000 languished on the waiting list.

Beyond the beige: disability aids enter the modern era

The Emma Watch sends a gentle vibration to counteract the tremors caused by Parkinson's disease.

British graphic designer Emma Lawton developed Parkinson's disease when she was 29. The tremors made drawing straight lines impossible. Lawton loves to draw. Professionally she needs to. Australian-born designer Haiyan Zhang had a solution. She designed the Emma Watch, which sends a gentle vibration to counteract the tremors.

Mardi Gras art responds to the political and the social

In creating Gingham Woman, the late Brenton Heath-Kerr covered himself in mauve and white fabric from head to toe, a nod ...

The first Mardi Gras 40 years ago ended with violent arrests. But in its wake, a coterie of talented visionaries saw the potential of using creative and witty art, floats and costumes to express their political message and celebrate their community. Their work is celebrated in the Mardi Gras exhibition Museum of Love and Protest.

Where to see Indigenous music on Australia Day

Don't miss the Double-J-nominated Kardajala Kirridarra at the Yabun Festival.

With the Australia Day Change the Date debate getting more contentious, the question of what music to listen to on the day now that the ABC's Triple J won't be airing its popular Hottest 100 is also causing controversy.

Hyper Real at the NGA leaves you craving more depth

Sam Jinks' Woman and Child (2010).

Hyper Real at the National Gallery of Australia is one of those exhibitions that must have seemed like a great idea at the time. Realism may appear to be the most obvious approach to making art, but it has been the exception rather than the rule throughout different cultures and epochs. The Seated Scribe of 2500BC, found in the tombs at Saqqara, is a radical departure from the flat, stylised forms of most Egyptian art. Courbet's A Burial at Ornans (1849-50), depicted a contemporary funeral in the countryside on a scale previously reserved for grand history painting.