Art
I was never supposed to hear this album. It changed how I think about art
In 2015, Wu-Tang Clan released a single-copy album. This year, a handful of listening parties meant the public could hear it for the first time.
- by Elizabeth Flux
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‘Looney Tunes Jesus’ picture pulled from Sydney exhibition after protests
One of the finalists in a major art prize has been taken off the gallery wall after an intense campaign by Christian activists.
- by Kate McClymont
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Master or monster: The artist equally loathed and revered
Call it charisma, presence or personal magnetism. Paul Gauguin had it in abundance.
- by John McDonald
Ten great books we’re excited to read in July
From a highly anticipated poetry collection to a mind-bending debut, here are the books we’re looking forward to this month.
- by Melanie Kembrey
Opinion
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Do we care about the Archibald Prize too much?
The best interpretation one may put upon this phenomenon is that it’s a bit of fun, but it is a worrisome trend because the prize becomes the public standard by which art is judged.
- by John McDonald
Police escorts, angry drivers: Australia’s most expensive art commission has arrived
An immersive, public sculpture by Australian artist Lindy Lee has arrived at the National Gallery of Australia, after its epic journey from Brisbane on the back of a truck.
- by Linda Morris
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Science
They ‘see’ music, smell colours, feel flavour. What’s it like to have synaesthesia?
Zinia is a composer who literally sees her music take shape. But it’s not just artists who experience this rare “crossover of the senses”. How does it work?
- by Jackson Graham
Hot shots: Stars (and stripes) from the 2024 National Photographic Portrait Prize
Innocence, honesty, intimacy, humour … they’re all there among the finalists in this year’s National Portrait Gallery exhibition, opening June 22.
- by Good Weekend
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Sydney
Surrealist master heads to Australia for a summer of blockbusters
The first retrospective of Belgian artist Rene Magritte ever held in Australia is coming to the Art Gallery of NSW in October.
- by Linda Morris
Art gallery wins more funding, faces more job cuts in tough NSW budget
A NSW Treasury audit shows the gallery’s $344 million expansion has not delivered on its forecast boost to its commercial activities, and more jobs may have to go.
- by Linda Morris
Government blunders in published costing of Powerhouse Museum revamp
The Minns government has been left red-faced after a $350.4 million costing of the Powerhouse Museum redevelopment at Ultimo was published in error.
- by Linda Morris