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DJ Haram.

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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Takashi Murakami

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
Raw Mango’s Folia Saree, from their 2021 Other collection.

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
DJ Haram.

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
Iconic Play School toys like Humpty and Big Ted have been around for 60 years now, and have many stories to tell.

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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The paralysis tick in action.

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
Viva Gibb, Self-portrait, 64 Capel Street, West Melbourne, c. 1975-78, silver gelatin print, 14 x 9 cm.
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‘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
Lenny Pearce leads the rave.

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