Art & Design
Carriageworks joins cultural building boom with $50 million plan to expand
ANDREW TAYLOR 8:45pm The building boom sweeping Sydney's cultural institutions is set to continue with Carriageworks unveiling $50 million expansion plans.
Federal agents raid Christie's in New York
1:38pm Federal agents raided Christie's in New York on Friday to seize what they said were stolen antiquities.
Review: 2016 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art
John McDonald Adelaide offers a magical mystery tour of Australian contemporary art.
Rona Green: While the going is good at Beaver Galleries
Sasha Grishin This is a terrific exhibition full of whimsy and social commentary.
Our pick of what's showing in the galleries
Dan Rule Catch Daniel Crooks' exhilarating Phantom Ride, with its windows into sights along the rail system.
Sydney Biennale 2016: big, brash and still grappling with refugees and migration
ANDREW TAYLOR The Biennale of Sydney returns with another menu of big art, brash political statements and the odd controversy.
Canberra photographer Stella-Rae Zelnik taps into motorbike culture in her new show at M16
SALLY PRYOR Photographer brings out the joys of the community who travel on custom-made motorbikes.
Exploring the lost art of neon at the Canberra Glassworks
SALLY PRYOR As skirt lengths go up and down according to the state of the economy, so too does the popularity of neon.
Artlands: Dubbo mayor at loggerheads with Deputy Premier over council mergers, arts funding
ANDREW TAYLOR Dubbo Mayor on collision course with local MP and Deputy Premier Troy Grant over arts funding, local government mergers.
Sculptor goes big on history
Neil McMahon When Julie Collins first started talking with artist Josh Muir three years ago, she saw his obvious talent but thought he might better use it if he thought bigger.
Calais 'Jungle' an architectural blueprint for refugee camps
Dan Rule An architecture student's dissertation on a refugee camp in France has captured the international architecture community's attention for its astute analysis.
Graphic Means documentary traces design revolution
Dan Rule The first trailer for a documentary exploring shifts in technology and processes that underpinned graphic design from the 1950s to the 1990s has been released online.
Designers release open source manifesto heralding a 3D fashion revolution
Dan Rule Dutch fashion designers Martijn van Strien and Vera du Pont have proposed a "third industrial revolution" and "democratisation of production" using 3D printing and other technology.
National Gallery of Australia buys painter Tom Roberts' easel to mark his 160th birthday
SALLY PRYOR Although he was well and truly famous in his lifetime, the artist Tom Roberts might have been surprised had he lived to see one of his easels snapped up at auction in the 1930s.
Former Australia Council chief Michael Lynch slams arts organisations' silence over funding cuts
DEBBIE CUTHBERTSON One of Australia's most experienced and influential arts administrators has slammed the heads of Australia's major performing arts organisations for their silence amid more than $100 million in cuts to the Australia Council for the Arts.
Judy Watson inspired by history of Coranderrk in new TarraWarra show
Dylan Rainforth Indigenous artist Judy Watson looks into the history of the Coranderkk Aboriginal Station in her new installation the scarifier at TarraWarra Museum of Art.
Show goes on for Spring 1883 despite Melbourne Art Fair's demise
Dylan Rainforth Alternative art fair Spring 1883 will go ahead in August despite the cancellation of this year's Melbourne Art Fair.
Young artists set Canberra A-Blaze
Tedi Bills As a city, Canberra invites meditation on the nature of an ideal democracy.
Our pick of the best exhibitions around town
Dan Rule Janina Green's work repeats the same coda: it's not what you see, but how you see it
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Sydney's superb Lego makeover
An epic Opera House and Luna Park with working Ferris wheel made of Lego open a fascinating new exhibition that has space for kids and adults alike to build their own creations.
Why I'm taking the kids to see Tom Roberts at the National Gallery of Australia
A new National Gallery of Australia summer blockbuster comes with an audio tour just for children, apps and a studio purpose-built with a young crowd in mind.
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Jan Senbergs' retrospective at the NGV
Jan Senbergs: Observation-Imagination is at NGV Australia from March 18. Senbergs will be in conversation with historian Patrick McCaughey on March 20 at 2pm.
White Night Melbourne 2016
White Night Melbourne transforms the city through installation, lighting, exhibitions, street performances, film, music, dance and interactive events and takes place in Melbourne's streets and laneways, parklands, public spaces and cultural institutions.
White Night Melbourne Preview
Preparations and previews at the commencement of White Night Melbourne 2016. A journey of discovery through the heart of Melbourne with music, food, film, art, and light. An urban adventure at Australiaâs only all night celebration of culture and creativity.
A brolly good show
Dancing umbrellas: an exhibition of movement and light is at Heide Museum of Modern Art March 5-June 5.
The 64th Blake Prize Finalists
Finalist artworks in the 64th Blake Prize at the Casula Powerhouse in western Sydney. Follow us on Twitter and check out our photography club Clique
