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'Inspire us': Call to bolster arts funds and axe music laws
Not everybody is happy with the NSW Government's live music and arts and culture policies.
- by Linda Morris
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Arts
A cracker of an art event
Cai Guo-Qiang was in Melbourne this week creating his trademark 'gunpowder drawings' especially for this year's NGV Winter Masterpieces.
- by Hannah Francis
Vivid Sydney takes steps to lighten up the crush
This year's Vivid Sydney will take steps to reduce the overcrowding that last year had some suggesting the outdoor component of the popular festival had become a victim of its own success.
- by Nick Galvin
Arts
Visual artist Angelica Mesiti puts unity into art for her Venice debut
Artist Angelica Mesiti has built a visual art installation around a relic of the Italian Senate.
- by Linda Morris
Obituaries
A showman and a scholar who lived his passion
From his appointment as Art Gallery of NSW director in 1978, Edmund Capon strode like a giant across Sydney cultural and social landscapes.
- by Valerie Lawson
Arts
Rescue plan for 'endangered' Sydney art precincts
The Canal Rd Film Centre forms part of five creative precincts identified by Inner West Council as "endangered species", vulnerable to redevelopment as industrial land is gobbled up for residential property.
- by Linda Morris
Canberra life
Imprint: How printmaking made art accessible
A retrospective of Australian printmaking includes some of the country's best known artists.
- by Karen Hardy
Ben Quilty, a man of conviction
The ascent of Ben Quilty - risk taker, campaigner and remarkable artist.
- by John McDonald
Tracks of the land: artist John Wolseley on working with grubs and beetles
Nature has always been John Wolseley's great love. Now in his 70s, the painter has turned his attention to the microcosmic world of beetles.
- by Ali Gripper
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Patricia Piccinini
Lyon Housemuseum a delightful addition to Melbourne's art scene
Blurring the line between architecture and art, the Housemuseum Galleries will delight.
- by Kerrie O'Brien