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Endearing everyday moments, slices of Australian life on show
From children playing in the remote rock pools of the Kimberley to a beach shack made entirely of thongs, sometimes it's the simplest images of everyday Australian life that are the most arresting.
- by Sarah Emery
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Arts
Nude gender quotas won't be put in place says Art Gallery of NSW
Male or female, see a painted nude in the flesh, urges the gallery's deputy director.
- by Linda Morris
Gender equality
Royal Academy nudes to reach gender parity as art world grapples equality
Britain's Royal Academy is to ensure its next exhibition of nudes has an equal gender split of naked men and women, as it navigates the post-Me Too era.
- by Hannah Furness
Review: William Robinson portrays the supernatural power of nature and creation
The Creation may be a constant theme in Indigenous art but William Robinson is one of very few western artists to tackle this vast and portentous subject.
- by John McDonald
Artists open 1000 Doors onto other worlds and emotions for Melbourne Festival
In the warehouse-sized lower level of their Melbourne studio-office, Christian Wagstaff and Keith Courtney show me the door. It's an old timber one that looks like it's been salvaged from a Victorian terrace house, full of character.
- by Andrew Stephens
Sydney Festival
Singing the songlines of the Sydney Opera House
An immersive choir will sing the songs of Sydney at Bennelong Point.
- by Helen Pitt
Arts
Feminist artist Kiki Smith: 'Getting older, certain things quiet'
The fearless New York artist shocked with art that explored the female body. Now, with a "different energy" she is exploring the magic of nature.
- by Rachel Olding
Arts
You've heard of Brett Whiteley, but who is George Baldessin?
An inspired exhibition at the NGV is pairing Whiteley's works with those of the lesser known Melbourne artist George Baldessin.
- by Hannah Francis
Arts
How passion for singing helped save Jenny
All Jenny Simm every wanted to do was to sing. But for most of her life all she ever heard was people telling her to shut up.
- by Nick Galvin
Arts
New exhibition space sends Australian Museum collection packing
The Australian Museum's Pacific Collection is to be rehoused from next year.
- by Linda Morris
Alexander McKenzie, art school 'dropout', on the power of imagination
As a teenager, Alexander McKenzie quit art college after just three months. "Actually, I stormed out," says McKenzie, now one of Australia's most commercially successful artists.
- by Steve Meacham