Culture
Art & design
Using movie magic to give the personal touch to interiors
Her new coffee-table book, Élan, is layered with objects and art, fabrics and furniture, much of it custom designed.
- by Karen McCartney
Latest
Arts
Banksy? I’ve never understood the hype
In the third of an occasional series, illustrator and author Oslo Davis counts his top 10 cultural touchstones.
- by Oslo Davis
Opinion
Review
No sculpture at Bondi? Manly, Wollombi and Mudgee offer a fix
With the annual Sculpture by the Sea on pause due to coronavirus, the Quarantine station, the Hunter Valley and Mudgee provide alternatives for art lovers.
- by John McDonald
Arts
Arts companies left waiting for federal government funding
Money from a $250 million lifeline set aside by the federal government to assist the arts and entertainment sector survive COVID-19 is unlikely to start flowing until close to the end of the year.
- by Linda Morris
Performing arts
Deborah Kelly is fighting 'truth decay' by inventing a new religion
To save the world from Trump, climate deniers and crackpots, it's time for a new belief system. One Sydney artist has come up with a creative solution.
- by Nick Galvin
Sydney
Merger of state's museums and archives a step closer
A parliamentary inquiry has given the green light to plans to bring together two cultural custodians of the state's history.
- by Linda Morris
High school
House rules when it comes to creativity at school
Creativity in education positively impacts student engagement, an evaluation of a Sydney Opera House project finds.
- by Linda Morris
Arts
Art Gallery of NSW unveils plans for rejuvenation project
The renovations will allow visitors to experience original architectural elements of the building unseen for decades.
- by Linda Morris
Visual art
A Melbourne artist's show opened and no one saw it. He's OK with that
Artist Rick Amor realises it's odd, but he doesn't really mind that his latest exhibition hung for a month in a closed, dark gallery, and nobody saw it.
- by Nick Miller
Arts
'Outsider' releasing giant swathe of vital Indigenous art to auction
The second work in legendary artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye's “Final Series” to come to market is to be auctioned in Sydney.
- by Steve Meacham
Opinion
Spectrum
Inspirational art: from photocopies to seductive selfie magnets
A major survey of Lindy Lee's work charts a journey from photocopied creations to alluring large-scale public sculptures made with metal and soldering irons.
- by John McDonald