Australian artist Kerrie Lester dies after two-year battle with cancer
For many years Kerrie Lester was a fixture in the Archibald Prize. She was awarded the Packer's Prize, and named official "runner-up", but never made the winner's circle.
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Andy Warhol / Ai Weiwei a winner for NGV
The gallery was ranked number 21 in the world for visitor numbers in a report by the London-based The Art Newspaper.
Justin Art House Museum an interactive, immersive domestic gallery space
Prahran’s Justin Art House Museum invites the public into the domestic domain not just to see specimens of art but also what the collectors have done with them.
Culture and technology collide in NGV symposium
From Andy Warhol's Polaroid portraits to Ai Weiwei's selfies taken while being arrested by Chinese police, artists have been quick to seize the possibilities of new technologies.
Artists to take over Bundoora Homestead
Bundoora Homestead Art Centre may look more like an art-world version of the Big Brother house this week.
Lorne local to curate Sculpture Biennale
Lara Nicholls will curate the 2018 Lorne Sculpture Biennale.
Zaha Hadid leaves mixed architectural legacy
Zaha Hadid, who has died aged 65, was one of the most forceful personalities in contemporary architecture, renowned as a trailblazer and an imperious maverick who didn't suffer fools gladly.
Wearable weaponry makes for a confronting show
The artist's passion and commitment are obvious as is her assurance in moving between objects that can be work and objects more suitable as sculptural wall pieces.
Ben Quilty takes artistic and political stand against death penalty
Ben Quilty says he will leave Australia if politicians do not campaign for the abolition of the death penalty in countries like China and the United States.
Dive into the pool for Venice Architecture Biennale
A companion publication for Australia's installation at this year's Venice Biennale of Architecture has been released.
Digital 'snapshot' of rare architectural images
Up to 1300 architectural photographs dating back to the golden era of mid-century Modernism have been digitised.
Design competition unearths new vision for Central Park
An ambitious, perhaps even bizarre, proposal to excavate Manhattan's Central Park down to bedrock and enclose on all four sides with a continuous 300-metre tall wall of skyscrapers has won the annual eVolo Skyscraper Competition.
When the homeland represents a nightmare
Cultural identity is closely tied to where we grow up, so what happens when that place comes to symbolise evil?
A multilayered and memorable experience
The exhibition is in part autobiographical, in part a comment on the migrant experience, and in part a protest at the consumerism found in contemporary Australian society.
Capital Life April 2 2016
Arts news in Canberra.
Room for more art as Sydney Opera House unveils Le Corbusier tapestry
The Sydney Opera House is a step closer towards realising Joern Utzon's vision for his landmark building with the unveiling of the Utzon/Le Corbusier tapestry.
Storage facilities the Next Wave of galleries?
Called Shadow Sites, a new exhibition is part of the Next Wave festival's emerging curators program.
Paul Kelly strikes a boho pose
Jacqui Stockdale, who grew up in Benalla, has been playing bushranger, retracing Ned Kelly's steps to garner the images she painted as landscape backdrops for her new series The Boho.
Video art on a loop at Melbourne Central
How many of the 51 million commuters and shoppers who pass through Melbourne Central each year will pause just long enough to check out some video art?
Art and the ancients
One of Australia's most important contemporary artists, who doesn't exhibit any more because "it's just not worth it", has been lured into a new show by the opportunity of working with priceless ancient Greek artefacts.
Austere but accessible painting grips the imagination
How has this seemingly dowdy picture of a mum in profile achieved its global celebrity status?
Huge jeans steal the show at the Hong Kong's Art Basel
The world's rich are cashing in on art being an "asset class" – and no where has this been more apparent than at Hong Kong's recent Art Basel.
The naked street art too hot for council
The City of Melbourne is famously supportive of street art, but it has drawn the line at a couple of giant nude murals.
Industrial surrealism by a towering giant
Jan Senbergs' work combines dramatic imagery with poetic majesty and frequently adds a touch of humour.
NGV fashion survey charts our sartorial ambitions
There are some shabby moments in this fashion retrospective.
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