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There’s a direct correlation between hotel rooftop pools and the activation of holiday-mode.

Target price revealed as hotel under Story Bridge listed for sale

The hotel was sold in 2021 for about $70 million. Amid a shortage of hotels in Brisbane, its owners are now seeking a lot more.

  • William Davis

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Banksy, or someone claiming to be him, in a scene from the documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop.

What’s the point of ‘unmasking’ Banksy?

A Reuters investigation claims to have “revealed” the elusive artist’s identity, but Banksy’s anonymity is the reason his works garner such excitement.

  • Kylie Northover
American actor Steve Martin, an avid collector of Aboriginal art, has launched a website on the subject with his friend and fellow collector John Wilkerson.

Steve Martin launches new mission to bring Aboriginal art to the world

The American actor and fellow collector John Wilkerson wanted to “spread the word” about the paintings they love. Increasingly, they feel they’ve accomplished their mission.

  • Michael Koziol
John Perceval exhibition gif

These works have been hidden from view for far too long. This week, that changes

Opening at Heide tomorrow, we take a first look at the largest survey of John Perceval’s work to be staged since the early ’90s.

  • Kerrie O'Brien
Artist Archie Moore with his work Heart of Gold 1.

His father thought he would find gold. Years later, gold is being used to tell his story

At the 2026 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, Golden Lion winner Archie Moore digs into family in a new way.

  • Elizabeth Flux
Abdul Abdullah’s Cronulla triptych at the Art Gallery of NSW as part of the Biennale of Sydney.

What to see (and how to see it) at the 2026 Biennale of Sydney

A critic’s guide to the highlights of the event, which spreads from the Nepean River to Sydney Harbour.

  • Joanna Mendelssohn
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A portrait of Gina Rinehart, from a series by WA artist Alix Korte, posted on the mining billionaire’s official website.

Rinehart portrait saga ends with painting returned to billionaire

The flattering portrait of Gina Rinehart has been returned to its donor after a five-year stand-off over the terms of its display.

  • Linda Morris
Olivia Wu, 26, is a regular at the Australian Museum, where more young people are visiting.

‘Better than doomscrolling’: The group of Sydneysiders flocking to museums and galleries

For Olivia Wu, 26, museums and galleries are “kind of like the modern-day cathedrals”.

  • Aidan Elwig Pollock
Gallery director Lauretta Morton in the new wing.

Two mine shafts stood in the way of a gallery extension. It took 15,000 cubic metres of grout to sort out

The new $48 million wing of the Newcastle Art Gallery is as much an engineering feat as a cultural one.

  • Linda Morris
Writer Emily Lighezzolo figured if she was going to write a book about life drawing, she had to experience being on both sides of the easel.

I got naked in front of a room full of strangers. This is what I learnt about myself

After my first life-drawing class, I felt transformed. Then I decided to become a model myself.

  • Emily Lighezzolo