PreviewSydney Biennale
Indigenous and First Nation artists to take centre stage at next Biennale of Sydney
Artistic director Brook Andrew aims to counter the dominance of Northern American and European narratives
ReviewExhibitions
Ben Quilty: an artist on the frontline
As the Australian artist's major retrospective opens in Adelaide, we speak to him about his time as a war artist in Afghanistan and his campaign against the death penalty
PreviewBiennials & festivals
Queensland museum will receive major boost from ninth Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art
Acquisitions include woven clothing mats from the Marshall Islands and reflections on the Khmer Rouge’s reign of terror
NewsArt market
Bark painting comes out of the woodwork at Sydney Contemporary
Work by the indigenous artist John Mawurndjul sold for $140,000 at the fair, where organisers estimate AUD$21m of sales were made
NewsExhibitions
Tate's Ophelia heads down under for blockbuster Pre-Raphaelite show in Canberra
Australia deepen ties with the London museum as trove of masterpieces travels to the National Gallery of Australia for first time
NewsChina
Uranium glass chandeliers banned from Shanghai exhibition
Chinese authorities did not explain why Ken and Julia Yonetani’s four works will not be part of Powerlong Art Museum group show
NewsExhibitions
Australian artists and inmates collaborate to make videos about the reality of life behind bars
Works are on show as part of Dark Mofo, a festival organised by the Museum of Old and New Art just north of Hobart
NewsBiennials & festivals
Sydney biennial appoints its first indigenous Australian artistic director
Artist Brook Andrew’s work deals with notions of history, identity and race
NewsPhotography
Bill Henson unveils new works in Melbourne
Show will be first commercial viewing of controversial photographer’s latest works
PreviewExhibitions
The many faces of Australia’s colonial legacy unveiled across two shows
National Gallery of Victoria’s mega-shows range from art by convicts to contemporary indigenous work
NewsBiennials & festivals
Ai Weiwei makes triumphant return to Sydney to open biennial
Giant refugee lifeboat one of two works by Chinese dissident artist in the Biennale of Sydney
NewsBiennials & festivals
Top Australian donors pull funding from Venice Biennale
Funders are furious about plans to exclude them from selecting the artist to represent the country
News
Shepard Fairey talks street art in Sydney—and reveals which word he would have put on a Hillary poster
The US artist was in Australia to create his largest-ever mural, a 44-metre-tall message of “peace and harmony”