Organisers have welcomed Anthony Albanese's rescue package to revive the Sculptures by the Sea exhibition in WA, but they say it's too late to salvage.
Winner of UK's most prestigious art prize calls for Gaza ceasefire in her acceptance speech
Scottish Indian artist Jasleen Kaur has won the UK's most prestigious art award, the Turner Prize, amid calls for the Tate to cut ties with organisations linked to Israel.
Photo shows Jasleen Kaur, with shoulder length brown hair and red, white and green scarf with 'divest' written on it, smiles widely.Sculpture by the Sea 2025 exhibition in Perth cancelled due to lack of federal funding
Event organisers say they've been forced to cancel the event, which attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors each year, as there isn't enough funding from arts agency Creative Australia.
Photo shows A large sculpture of a cask wine bag sits on a busy beach.The crypto mogul who bought banana artwork Comedian for $9.5 million just ate it
Justin Sun fulfilled his promise to eat the controversial artwork at a glamorous hotel in Hong Kong, describing the taste as "really quite good".
Photo shows A man holding a microphone in one hand eats a banana with duck-tape hanging from it in the other'You have to be brave to do it': The best political cartoons of 2024
Upon being named the 2024 Political Cartoonist of the Year, Megan Herbert demanded a recount.
Photo shows A politician cartoon showing dinosaurs arguing about nuclear and gas power.Late artist Bronwyn Oliver's sculpture Tide sells for record price
A sculpture made by late Australian artist Bronwyn Oliver has broken Australian records, selling for more than $1.2 million.
Photo shows Bronwyn Oliver at the Chelsea School of Arts in 1983My Brilliant Career was written as women fought for suffrage. A new musical brings it into the modern day
Miles Franklin's debut novel may have been published way back in 1901, but the story of the "ratbag" aspiring artist Sybylla Melvyn remains as vibrant as ever.
Photo shows Kala Gare, a blonde woman in her late 20s, laughs. She's sitting amidst instruments, including a piano.Artist Ben Quilty feels 'awkward' about the price tag for his Archibald Prize-winning portrait
Artist Ben Quilty gets behind the crowdfunding campaign to buy his Archibald Prize-winning portrait of Margaret Olley and return it to the north coast.
Photo shows portrait of older woman done in broad brush chunky styleFreedom, boredom and chaos: Life as a teenager in a remote desert mining town
South Australian artist Emmaline Zanelli wanted to understand what life was like for young people in a remote desert mining town. So she took a bunch of cameras and went to meet the young people living there.
Photo shows Photo of teenage boy spinning a trolley around on an empty basketball court. He wears an orange t-shirt and capPamela Rabe was a great TV villain in Wentworth, now she's taking on one of theatre's 'monsters'
Pamela Rabe has been a star of Australian stage and screen for more than 40 years. Now, she takes on a new challenge: playing the matriarch in August: Osage County.
Photo shows Pamela Rabe, a middle-aged-woman, wearing glasses, her greying hair pulled back, narrows her eyes, a cigarette in her fingers.As the world digests Trump's re-election, Lisa McCune stars in 'the play that explains his win'
Lisa McCune stars in the Australian premiere of Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer Prize-winning Sweat, a play that uncovers the simmering tensions beneath America in 2024.
Photo shows Lisa McCune, a blonde woman in a black top, smiles slightly. She's standing in front of a window looking out on Sydney Harbour.Yoga Play takes girlbosses, racism and cultural appropriation and turns them into a hilarious night out
The satirical "tale of downward dog and downward profits" that is Yoga Play hits Australia for the first time after enjoying years of critical acclaim in the US.
Photo shows Andrea sits at a desk in front of a laptop and raises her hands, with a horrified expression, which Jemwel echoes on rightDark Mofo organisers prepare to 'bathe the city in red' with event's full return in Hobart in 2025
After a more muted affair this year, the organisers of the iconic Dark Mofo festival in Tasmania are ready to make their return in 2025. Here's what people can expect.
Photo shows Side on view of a horde of swimmers rushing into water.Is graffitied perspex vandalism or a cultural artefact?
In Western Australia, a spray-painted piece of perspex has prompted debate about who gets to decide what is, or isn’t, a cultural artefact.
Has Video Duration: 6 minutes 32 seconds.Michael Brand raised $110 million to transform Sydney's major art gallery. He soon leaves the top job
Michael Brand is set to depart the Sydney art gallery in July, less than three years after the completion of the $344 million Sydney Modern project.
Photo shows An older man with grey hair and glasses, wearing a suit, looks into the camera, one hand in his pocketMeet the Australian woodworker who crafted a box fit for a king
After years of collecting beautiful pieces of timber, Australian woodworker Scott Mitchell couldn't believe it when he was asked to craft part of a gift for King Charles III.
Topic:Feel Good
Photo shows A man standing in a workshop holds a wooden box closed.Thousands turn out for Spencer Tunick nude photo on Story Bridge
Over 5,000 people attended the trademark piece of art from Spencer Tunick on an iconic Brisbane's landmark.
Photo shows For Art's Sake: Thousands of naked people from behind on a bridge.Has Video Duration: 1 minute 42 seconds.Thousands of naked people descend on Brisbane's Story Bridge in the name of art
A sea of naked people posed on Brisbane's Story Bridge as the sun rose on Sunday morning, participating in the latest public art project by New York-based photographer Spencer Tunick.
Photo shows Thousands of naked people standing on a city bridge, facing away from the camera so their bare bums are visible.WA Museum under fire over purchase of of vandalised perspex
The Western Australian Museum has acquired a vandalised perspex cover that was affixed to a famous painting at the Art Gallery of WA.
Has Video Duration: 1 minute 46 seconds.Thousands of people will strip off this Sunday
Thousands of people will strip off this Sunday
Has Video Duration: 30 seconds.Coffee, expired film and buying bulk: Crafty solutions making film photography more affordable
By pooling resources and looking at unique solutions, film photography fans from a regional West Australian camera club hope to keep the art form affordable and accessible.
Topic:Feel Good
Photo shows Bob in the darkroom, lit by a red light, looking down at a bench.