Culture
Art & design
'Outsider' releasing giant swathe of vital Indigenous art to auction
The second work in legendary artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye's “Final Series” to come to market is to be auctioned in Sydney.
- by Steve Meacham
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Opinion
Spectrum
Inspirational art: from photocopies to seductive selfie magnets
A major survey of Lindy Lee's work charts a journey from photocopied creations to alluring large-scale public sculptures made with metal and soldering irons.
- by John McDonald
Gardening
Let's talk about La Trobe
An online talk will celebrate the father of Melbourne’s Royal Botanic Gardens.
- by Megan Backhouse
Architecture
He survived the plane crash that killed his mum. Then came the statue.
Immortalised as a three-year-old survivor, Spencer Bailey has a unique insight on how the dead should be remembered.
- by Ray Edgar
Lunch with
'I'm never truly satisfied': Meyne Wyatt on the pursuit of perfection
What's next for the actor, writer and Archibald Packing Room Prize winner.
- by Helen Pitt
Review
Stuck at home, artist indulges unusual fascination
The title Cabin Fever neatly brings together the artist’s interest in mid-century ski lodges and that feeling brought on by extended lockdown.
- by Chloe Wolifson
Visual art
When the circus went quiet, Mike Finch picked up a pen and drew a pub
Under lockdown, Circus Oz's former artistic director has been drawing – and selling – intricate drawings of his favourite Melbourne pubs and other landmarks.
- by Mikey Cahill
Spectrum
What am I wearing? Why, cane toads, of course
At this year's Craft Contemporary festival, a 'grotesque' invader is reborn.
- by Janice Breen Burns
Vivid Sydney
Vivid-lite to return in 2021 as festival organisers ponder crowd control
The popular light and sound show will be smaller than previous years after the 2020 edition was cancelled due to the pandemic.
- by Josh Dye
Brett Whiteley
Who needs Paris when you've got Kangaroo Valley?
Things are a little different for this year's winners of the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Prize.
- by Linda Morris
Performing arts
'Come back, it's your Opera House': plans to draw young Sydneysiders to SOH
Missing international visitors, the Sydney Opera House is turning to Sydneysiders, and young ones at that, to swell its audiences.
- by Linda Morris