Culture
Art & design
Bumper festival crowds prompt tourism rethink
Sydney’s winter festivals could be front and centre of a new tourism push after Vivid drew a near record crowd this year.
- by Linda Morris and Helen Pitt
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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
A ‘love letter’ to the man who helped save Sydney Harbour
A new exhibition of the works of Peter Kingston – showing his beloved Sydney Harbour and home – has opened at the State Library.
- by Helen Pitt
We had some questions about the Jacob Elordi portrait. The artist answered
Whose idea was it for the Australian actor to be shirtless – and what’s with the Camus?
- by Melanie Kembrey
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Rising Festival
Melbourne’s biggest arts festival closes this weekend. Its future is in doubt
Rising is the biggest cultural event in Victoria and receives millions in government funding, with ambitions to rival the Australian Open and Grand Prix.
- by Meg Watson
Bowie, Thatcher and Picasso unite to explore the danger of our fame obsession
The new exhibition Namedropping at Mona is by turns enjoyable and uncomfortable, with ideas that pick at the way you see the world and then follow you out of the building.
- by Elizabeth Flux
Australia’s oldest working artist Guy Warren dies, aged 103
Born in 1921, the same year the Archibald Prize began, Warren went on to win it, both as painter and later subject.
- by Helen Pitt
God-kings and everyday people: NGV’s blockbuster isn’t just about pharaohs
It might be named for the pharaohs, but this year’s Winter Masterpieces exhibition also tells a quieter and more intimate story – that of everyday people.
- by Nadia Bailey
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Arts
The radical property plan to bring artists back to Sydney
A new government scheme aimed at writers and artists will seek to stem an exodus of creatives from Sydney.
- by Linda Morris
Animal rights group pastes over King Charles portrait
Activists pasted a large image of the well-known animated character ‘Wallace’ on the official portrait, which was unveiled last month.
- by Michael Holden
Who doesn’t love leftovers? The ‘reject’ show artists want to be in
Making it into the Salon des Refuses is no mean feat for Archibald and Wynne prize entrants.
- by Nick Galvin
