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Art & design
Hedonist or intellectual? The MCA’s new exhibition will sort you out
In A World Undone, Nicholas Mangan tackles the big issues of our time with a formidable intelligence but with a dry sense of aesthetics.
- by John McDonald
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Bad hair day? This sexy, icky, potent display might just be the answer
A new exhibition at Heide Museum of Modern Art explores our sometimes weird relationship with hair.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
Aussie rock legend and Jimmy and the Boys frontman, Ignatius Jones, dies
Jones was lead singer of Jimmy and the Boys and went on to direct some of Sydney’s leading arts festivals.
- by Linda Morris
Mona heads to Supreme Court in fight to keep Ladies Lounge for women
The art gallery was ordered to close a women-only exhibit last month after a NSW man launched an anti-discrimination case.
- by Gabriella Coslovich
Jobs at Bunnings: How Australia’s musicians, actors and artists scratch a living
Half of Australia’s working artists are earning as little as $200 from their craft as the sector falls deeper into crisis.
- by Linda Morris
These two art exhibitions take contrary approaches to depicting history
Where the works of William Kentridge only asks questions, the Sydney Biennale provides ready-made answers.
- by John McDonald
It’s a dog day as the Archibald Prize delivery deadline looms
Animals join artists at the final call for entries in this year’s Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes at the Art Gallery of NSW.
- by Helen Pitt
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‘Quality space’: New look for Powerhouse Museum at Ultimo revealed
The Powerhouse Museum at Ultimo will have a new entrance, and its interiors will be ‘decluttered’ of modern additions according to a new plan.
- by Linda Morris
Protest, pain and family the themes as Archibald Prize entries arrive
As the entries arrived at the Art Gallery of NSW ahead of Friday’s deadline, you could tell a lot about recent events in Australia by the faces painted.
- by Helen Pitt
Landmark report shows men still dominate Australian arts
Male artists are more likely to be represented and collected by galleries than women, according to a landmark report.
- by Linda Morris