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Archibald Prize
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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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
‘I was taken aback by what he told me’: how two very different men became mates
Filmmaker Ryan Gaskett met Leigh Conkie, a chain-smoking chainsaw sculptor, 10 years ago. An unlikely friendship developed.
- by Robyn Doreian
The private pains – and joys – of playing Harry Potter
Gareth Reeves, who plays Harry Potter on stage, has a shoulder strapped together with elastic tape. His physio likens his injuries to those “typical of trapeze artists”.
- by Nick Miller
Opinion
State of Origin
Rugby league is art, and the arts community could learn a few lessons from it
State of Origin versus the Sydney Film Festival: a debate that’s been foisted upon us by a poorly scheduled clash on Wednesday night.
- by Osman Faruqi
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
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
$10 to save controversial banana statue’s skin? Not a-peeling, says council
Comedian John Oliver has made a televised bid for Yarra City Council’s controversial Fallen Fruit sculpture, offering $10, donations to local charities and a replacement alligator statue. But the council’s not biting.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola and Matilda Finn
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Federal budget
National Gallery of Australia faces $67 million black hole
Home to more than 166,000 works of art, the National Gallery of Australia needs to find more than $67 million to upgrade its Canberra home.
- by Linda Morris
Are you a budding art collector? The Affordable Art Fair could be the place to start
Arriving in Sydney for the first time, the fair gives emerging and established artists an opportunity to showcase their work and for collectors to break into the market without breaking the bank.
- by Millie Muroi
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National Gallery of Australia
Move over, Jackson Pollock: Australia’s ‘black poles’ take their rightful place at NGA
The National Gallery of Australia has decided to move its most important work, the Aboriginal Memorial, into the heart of the gallery.
- by Helen Pitt