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There’s an Archibald winner’s artwork hiding in this room, and it could be yours for $100

There’s an Archibald winner’s artwork hiding in this room, and it could be yours for $100

The Incognito Art Show isn’t just for art aficionados, but a keen eye helps – especially if you’re looking to scoop up the work of Blak Douglas.

  • by Anthony Segaert

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It is hard to make Picasso surprising - but this remarkable show succeeds

It is hard to make Picasso surprising - but this remarkable show succeeds

He may have dominated the 20th century like no other painter, but Picasso saw himself as a talent that could not be constrained by time.

  • by John McDonald
This Picasso show gives you all the clues to find the man behind the myth

This Picasso show gives you all the clues to find the man behind the myth

Picasso was seen as the progenitor of modern art: prolific, audacious, revolutionary, passionate, intuitive, a metaphorical matador with a licence to be cruel.

  • by Robert Nelson
Hamer’s odyssey: Voyage of an eel lights up Melbourne landmark

Hamer’s odyssey: Voyage of an eel lights up Melbourne landmark

A digital projection of a huge eel will weave its way along the facade of Hamer Hall, after the first unveiling was marred by a pandemic lockdown.

  • by Jack Latimore
Sharks! Sydney’s upcoming summer blockbusters will tear you off the couch
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Sharks! Sydney’s upcoming summer blockbusters will tear you off the couch

Jurassic World by Brickman will run an extra five weeks through the school holidays until July 17 while a deep dive into sharks is planned to replace the popular exhibition in September.

  • by Linda Morris
‘No one paid Yoko Ono any attention either’: How Liliane Lijn took her art global

‘No one paid Yoko Ono any attention either’: How Liliane Lijn took her art global

She met William Burroughs and Yves Klein and her work was compared to Jackson Pollock, but it wasn’t easy for the pioneering artist to earn recognition.

  • by Stephanie Bunbury
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The good, the bad, the ugly: the Archibald Prize in 10 paintings

The good, the bad, the ugly: the Archibald Prize in 10 paintings

With 816 works entered and 52 selected as finalists, the Archibalds remain a lottery for artists.

  • by John McDonald
Secret musical messages in Australian Chamber Orchestra’s new home

Secret musical messages in Australian Chamber Orchestra’s new home

Braille and Morse code messages are hidden in the walls of the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s new concert hall, The Neilson, which overlooks Sydney Harbour,

  • by Julie Power
Sydney’s suburban town halls to get second life as arts hubs

Sydney’s suburban town halls to get second life as arts hubs

Inner West Council has undertaken an audit of its former town halls as it moves to make them more readily available for live music, studios and rehearsals.

  • by Linda Morris
Art and music of Australia’s Indigenous grand masters turned into immersive experience

Art and music of Australia’s Indigenous grand masters turned into immersive experience

Premiering on Wednesday at the National Museum of Australia, Connection: Songlines from Australia’s First Peoples, brings to life Indigenous stories, culture and art.

  • by Julie Power
From Melbourne to New York to London, the ‘nerds who want to make things’

From Melbourne to New York to London, the ‘nerds who want to make things’

Tin & Ed, the artists whose work populates Rising festival hub The Wilds, use technology to give us a new perspective on the world.

  • by Nick Miller