The artist criticises Australia’s arts funding body for failing to allow him to defend “misinformation” about his art, and says he hopes to take his planned work to Venice independently

Team led by neuroscientist used stem cells originating from Alvin Lucier's blood to create sound installation

What might the fallout be after Creative Australia’s unpopular decision to cancel Khaled Sabsabi’s project? Plus, AI art beyond this week’s open letter and a chat about Catlett’s terracotta sculpture ‘Tired’

The CEO of Creative Australia yesterday admitted to an estimates committee that the country's pavilion could be empty in 2026

Last year’s Golden Lion winner Archie Moore and the National Association for the Visual Arts are among those to speak out in support of Sabsabi after he was dropped by Creative Australia

Government funding for the Sydney institution, which is already closed one day a week and is now charging A$20 entry, remains the same as in 2008

The head of Creative Australia’s visual arts department and the board member and artist Lindy Lee among those who have reportedly left their posts

Move follows an article in The Australian newspaper, which called attention to controversial works by the artist including depictions of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah

The painter was also a keen supporter of women artists

The entertainer’s collection also includes rare books—such as very early editions of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest

Members of clandestine group retrieve objects from drains after burst pipe at Australian museum’s storage facility

Penrith Regional Gallery focuses on sightings of the folkloric ‘Blue Mountains panther’ through works by 18 Australian artists

Politicians have slammed the museum for ‘glorifying’ the attack on Frederick McCubbin’s ‘Down on his luck’

The Asian art scholar spent much of his tenure overseeing the museum's redevelopment project, Sydney Modern, which doubled the institution’s exhibition capacity

Work has been commissioned for the Tank, a former oil reservoir beneath Sydney’s Art Gallery of New South Wales

Opening at the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, next year, The Stars We Do Not See will include highlights that are "globally recognised as undisputed masterpieces"

Sculpture by Lindy Lee is part of a new arts programme developed by the precious metal services conglomerate Pallion Group

Artists mount spoof invoice performance against Western Australia’s biggest carbon emitters

Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter institutional collections worldwide

The aboriginal artist's portrait of Gina Rinehart made headlines after she called on the National Gallery of Australia to have it removed—now he has made a painting responding to British monarchs

Al Qasimi is the president and director of the Sharjah Art Foundation

Only fully covered Ancient Egyptian mummified remains will remain on display in the Egyptian Gallery of Sydney University’s Chau Chak Wing Museum

Mataaho Collective, Samia Halaby and Karimah Ashadu also receive awards

Artist Alex Seton has created a series of marble “droplets” that will wear in places over time as they are touched

While a referendum to recognise Indigenous people failed, the country’s cultural institutions are striving to reflect their lives

Tove Langridge faces up to five years in prison if convicted in the criminal case

A team of Aboriginal women artists, working in Australia's far north, spent two years weaving the 100m-long work from local plant material

Items from "all perspectives" about the debate are being sought

The Tarnanthi art festival features more than 1,500 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists

A melting ice-cream truck that was a crowd-pleaser in 2006, is making a comeback this year