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Art & design
Peak arts body calls for return of funding
Controversy has broken out over government arts funding priorities described by the Opposition as a ''Hunger Games'' mentality.
- by Linda Morris
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Arts
'Weirdly mouth watering': Art Gallery of NSW to host touring treasure
Food becomes art in the hands of ancient Chinese craftsmen.
- by Linda Morris
And that's a wrap: Fifty years of public art on show
One of Australia's best known and most infamous public art projects, the 1969 wrapping in fabric of a 2.5km stretch of the coastline at Little Bay, all began with a stale sandwich in a warehouse squat in New York's SoHo.
- by Nick Galvin
Opinion
Art reviews
The 2018 Craft ACT Members’ Exhibition is of a high standard
In Place Makers, the works exhibited tend to reflect an artistic retreat inwards.
- by Kerry-Anne Cousins
politics
Nelson Mandela
Aboriginal children should not endure the struggles their parents did
On the centenary of Nelson Mandela's birth, a new exhibition urges us to work together to achieve equality and justice for all.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
My art is a way of trying to create cosmos out of chaos, says John Stezaker
John Stezaker's art is a form of collage that creates slightly surreal, thought-provoking works.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
Contemporary art that's cute, cuddly and charitable
The Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC) is testing whether small marsupials can sell contemporary art.
- by John McDonald
Celebrating female design prowess
A new exhibition showcases the work of female designers across diverse creative fields
- by Ray Edgar
What's on
Out of Russia: Long-hidden treasures from the Hermitage head to Sydney
It was the shrewd genius of two wealthy Russian outsiders that allowed one of the world's great collections of French modern art to be amassed.
- by Linda Morris
'Charlie's Guernica' takes pride of place
Christabel Blackman, eldest daughter of late artist Charles Blackman describes his work The Room of Edgar Allan Poe as "Charlie's Guernica".
- by Steve Meacham
Arts
Australian women call time on abuse of power in art world
Female artists, administrators, leaders and educators are leading the charge for change in the Australian art world.
- by Melanie Kembrey