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Hermitage: A Sculpted Satire on Sydney Property
'Hermitage', featured at Sydney's Sculpture By The Sea, mocks Sydney's property craze.
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Melbourne’s Chrome Gnome has a new home. What’s next for the city’s highway art?
Like the garden gnomes that were “kidnapped” and sent back postcards to their owners, the Chrome Gnome, also known as Frankie or Reflective Lullaby, has been on the move.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
Sydney’s famous melting ice cream truck is back for Sculpture by the Sea
Back by popular demand, Sculpture by the Sea’s most loved installation has been restored.
- by Linda Morris
A flying car in your driveway and the next Billie Eilish: SXSW festival lands in Sydney
The first international foray of the mega festival is showcasing more than 1100 “future forward” events, gigs and talks over the next week.
- by Linda Morris
The scoop might have outed Banksy, but I had second thoughts
A chance to unmask the famous street artist presented itself in NYC in 2013 – as did a host of questions.
- by Nick Bryant
Why Australia is destined to remain on the margins of international art
Iron ore, coal and natural gas are never going to raise our international profile in the same way as creativity, imagination, and intellect.
- by John McDonald
Frieze New York 2023 VIP panel
A panel discussion at Frieze New York 2023 chaired by Danny Goldberg OAM with Steve Martin, John and Barbara Wilkerson and Bruce McLean.
Have some of history’s most famous photographs been lying all along?
A new exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria shows that long before we’d heard of fake news, the truth was being tampered with.
- by Ray Edgar
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Heritage
Demolition begins to restore heritage gem, build Queen Elizabeth tribute
Buckingham Palace has been consulted on the design of a new public square, to be named Queen Elizabeth II Place, at Sydney’s old Registrar General’s building.
- by Linda Morris
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World’s first AI art award ignites debate about what is photography
Is it a photograph or a “promptograph”? The judges of the world’s first AI art awards decide.
- by Helen Pitt
Breathtaking and awe-inspiring, this is how art should be collected
One of the reasons we are compelled to look at works of art is the feeling they contain some essential mystery or puzzle that can’t be solved.
- by John McDonald