A swanky Manhattan art museum or an obscure Brooklyn gallery would be the expected choice for Claw Money's original exhibition, but Warrnambool has managed to snag it.
Fitzroy Crossing is becoming a fashion phenomenon with models, artists and designers
Art and designs from the remote outback town have graced catwalks in Paris, New York and Melbourne. What's driving this trend?
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Photo shows A woman in a white dress posing.Maurizio Cattelan's viral banana Comedian to go under the hammer for $1.5 million
A conceptual artwork of a banana duct taped to a wall is expected to sell for more than $1.5 million at an upcoming auction in New York.
Photo shows banana duct taped to a white wallRainforest artists' work goes global as iconic fire-starter sparks ancient skills revival
The Girringun Art Centre in northern Queensland is helping to keep traditional artisanal skills alive, and the international market is paying attention.
Photo shows Three large body and head-shaped painted sculptures on metal poles, standing on grass with sea and islands behind.'Amateurish' thieves steal two Andy Warhol prints, damage two more in botched Dutch gallery heist
Two Andy Warhol prints are missing from a southern Netherlands art gallery, and two more are damaged after a botched heist.
Photo shows Two screen prints of Queen Elizabeth II on a wall, with a silhouette of a man holding a phone in front.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 pocket'Celebrating vandals': MPs take aim at WA Museum for acquiring perspex protecting priceless painting defaced by climate activist
The WA Museum is criticised after acquiring a piece of perspex protecting an iconic Australian painting which was graffitied by climate activists.
Photo shows A woman stands next to a painting in a gallery that has been spray painted with the Woodside logo.Thousands of people expected to strip off on Brisbane's Story Bridge in the name of art and inclusivity
It's the latest in a series of artworks from a world-renowned photographer whose work has "stripped bare" people around the Sydney Opera House, Bondi Beach and more.
Photo shows A group of naked people by the riverArt rekindles relationship between town's youngest and oldest residents
A small art project has developed into a series of collaborations in one South Australian town, where concerns about COVID had kept children and aged care residents apart.
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Photo shows A student wearing a blue hat draws a picture of a manHow Reko Rennie went from tagging train carriages in Melbourne's west to studying art in Paris
The Kamilaroi artist started out spraying graffiti around Melbourne's west in the 80s. Today, he's the subject of a major survey exhibition at NGV Australia.
Photo shows Reko Rennie wearing black stands in front of a neon red sign saying REMEMBER ME on a black wallVincent Van Gogh suffered for most of his life. Why are we still so into the starving artist trope?
At best, the starving artist trope is a manufactured aesthetic of suffering. At worst, it's a convenient way to excuse the poverty many artists throughout history have endured.
Photo shows A Vincent Van Gogh self portrait in an illustrated frame, a woman is looking at the painting, we see over her shoulder and headVincent Van Gogh's Sunflowers artwork targeted by soup protests for second time
Three activists threw soup at two of Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers paintings in London, just hours after other protesters were jailed for the same act.
Photo shows Three protestors sit on ground in front of soup-covered Sunflowers paintingStudents dazzled by school cleaner's overnight masterpieces on a classroom rug
One night a week school cleaner Laurie Nelson kneels on the floor of a classroom and carefully vacuums a surprise artwork into a memory-foam carpet.
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Photo shows A blonde woman wearing blue plastic gloves kneels down to draw art onto a rug.How lions, vandalism and Richard Branson led to the world's largest Golden Dragon in regional Victoria
Two of Bendigo's Golden Dragons were vandalised earlier this year. In the wake of the heartbreak, we tell the remarkable story of how the third dragon came to be.
Photo shows An elaborate Chinese dragon in bright colours being paraded on a street, a few dragon carriers visible around itMargaret's sculpture smashed into several pieces. Now it's being shown in Venice
Sculpture is a side hustle for Sydney psychiatrist Margaret Sheridan, whose work is featuring at the world's biggest art event.
Photo shows an older woman chisels at a large block of stoneWhy this artist is throwing himself at a gallery wall in a small NSW town
Leading art world figure Djon Mundine calls on a rich cultural history in his performance work Always Was, Always Will Be.
Photo shows An Aboriginal man with white hair, wearing a white linen suit, standing in front of a red ochre body print on a gallery wallTeenage girl's 'world-class' wood carvings, created on a remote island 120 years ago, now on display
Under the glow of candlelight, on a remote South Australian island, self-taught wood carver Maud Baillie created some of our nation's finest Australiana pieces.
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Photo shows A composite image showing a black-and-white photo of a young woman wearing an ornate hat, and also a wood carving.'Deeply beautiful and unique': Gallery brings largest-ever exhibition of Indigenous art to global stage
Works from the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria will tour to North America from next year, as part of The Stars We Do Not See: Australian Indigenous Art.
Photo shows Noŋgirrŋa Marawili, an Indigenous Elder, sits on a mat in front of a large painting, which features pink figures.'I am ready to begin': At 70, Lindy Lee says she's old enough to start having fun with her art
The celebrated artist — who recently delivered the $14 million Ouroboros sculpture to the National Gallery — draws on a lifetime of love, loss and spiritual enlightenment in her work.
Photo shows A woman with black hair tied up in top knot and Mao collar style jacket laughs in lush green outdoor area surrounded by ferns.These unlikely pairings in food and art are bringing cake and other recipes to canvas
Artists with intellectual disabilities are teaming up with Melbourne food icons to turn cherished local recipes into striking artwork.
Photo shows Artist Daniel Richardson and chef Julie Blum.Two men charged over theft of Banksy's Girl With Balloon painting
Two men have been charged with burglary over the theft of an artwork by Banksy from a London gallery.
Photo shows A man in a white shirt holds a framed image with white gloves; the image shows a girl and a heart-shaped balloon.