Exhibitions
Festival responds as sponsors and supporters targeted over opening night DJ controversy
The DJ’s alleged comments prompted widespread condemnation and a police inquiry – now the nation’s largest festival has moved to repair the damage.
- Linda Morris
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He is known as Japan’s version of Andy Warhol, and he’s coming to Sydney
Sydney’s summer art blockbusters include the master of a smiling flower, and a celebrated French “exhibition producer” who once floated gold helium balloons in the Guggenheim.
- Linda Morris
From Bronze Age to the Met Gala: The evolution of the sari
A new exhibition highlights how the sari has been reinvented, reshaping how it is understood and worn, and what it says about modern India.
- Aarti Betigeri
Australia’s biggest arts festival reported to police as supporter withdraws
Just days after its opening, the Biennale of Sydney has been rocked by the loss of a major supporter, while NSW Police have been called on to investigate alleged hate speech.
- Linda Morris
New faces, old struggles: Why we need to listen to these young artists
Future Country brings the Indigenous art world’s most exciting new talents to NGV Australia.
- Gabriella Coslovich
The world has changed but Play School has not: why the beloved show is so, well, beloved
An old favourite gets a modern twist at an exhibition celebrating Australia’s longest-running children’s series.
- Nell Geraets
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Why these tiny vampires deserve our respect
A coming show at the Australian Museum gets up close to bloodsuckers – and it’s not for the squeamish.
- Linda Morris
‘On the street where I live’ photography of Viva Jillian Gibb
Viva Gibb documented the people of the inner-city suburbs of North and West Melbourne from the mid-1970s to the early 1990s
- Danie Sprague
I’m all at sea if I’m not creating: Animalia author Graeme Base
A new exhibition reveals never-before-seen works from the Animalia artist
- Kylie Northover
Top kid-friendly activities in and around Sydney this month
From science to magic and music, keep the family entertained with these activities and events.
- Nicole Elphick