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Art & design
Scarlett Johansson said no to voicing Chat GPT. Sounds like they used her anyway
The Academy Award nominee expressed shock and anger at OpenAI’s latest AI tool, seemingly inspired by her role in the film Her.
- by Thomas Mitchell and Wyatte Grantham-Philips
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Opinion
Archibald Prize
In defence of Gina Rinehart, I hate my portrait too
The vanity in portraiture lies in the conceit of being selected in the first place, swiftly followed by dismay at the outcome.
- by Antoinette Lattouf
‘Freezing my tits off on Liverpool St’: The unfiltered history of Kings Cross
From Sydney’s first strip club, to drag cabaret and late night parties – Kings Cross was once the centre of Australia’s after-hours entertainment scene.
- by Helen Pitt
The $3 million MCA commission ripe for the selfie generation
Thirty years after Jeff Koons’ Puppy, three major outdoor sculptures will be commissioned from next year at the MCA Australia in honour of the late arts patron and philanthropist, Neil Balnaves.
- by Linda Morris
Opinion
Gina Rinehart
By resisting exposure, Gina Rinehart painted a portrait of the ‘Streisand effect’
Supporters of Australia’s richest woman wanted the National Gallery of Australia to remove portraits of her. Now both have received much more exposure than Gina Rinehart bargained for.
- by Jacqueline Maley
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Arts
Gina, I, too, have suffered an unflattering image, and yes, it burns
The art world has apparently had a gutful of celebs trying to bury unflattering portraits. Australia’s richest person could learn from King Charles, who took his latest mauling on the chin.
- by Bianca O'Neill
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Indigenous art
The other portrait Gina Rinehart wants removed from the National Gallery
Supporters of the mining magnate want a second portrait pulled from the walls of the National Gallery of Australia.
- by Linda Morris and Eryk Bagshaw
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Indigenous art
Gold medallist led campaign to take down Gina Rinehart portrait
Kyle Chalmers and one of the top officials in Australian swimming co-ordinated a group of 20 elite Australian swimmers to campaign against the National Gallery.
- by Eryk Bagshaw and Linda Morris
The Japanese art that involves a little voyeurism
Why is the ancient art of ukiyo-e an ongoing source of inspiration for some of our top artists?
- by Kerrie O'Brien
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Art
Meet the Emirati royal set to direct Australia’s largest arts festival
International curator Hoor Al Qasimi, the youngest daughter of the Sultan of Sharjah, is to lead the artistic direction of the next Biennale of Sydney.
- by Linda Morris
The portrait Gina Rinehart doesn’t want you to see
Australia’s richest person wants the National Gallery to remove a portrait of her by Archibald Prize-winning Indigenous artist Vincent Namatjira.
- by Linda Morris and Eryk Bagshaw