Culture
Art & design
Who doesn’t need a hug? This exhibition will lift your mood
It’s a weighty issue, designing spaces for sensory needs. These architects invite you to be tucked into their sculptures.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
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Vivid cuts back private events, ditches drone show as new-look light show expands
Vivid Sydney appears to have responded to criticism of the number of ticketed events last year.
- by Nick Galvin and Linda Morris
Competitive spacing out: Can you out-nothing your fellow Melburnians?
In a major international performance piece as part of this year’s Rising festival, Melburnians will be invited to do nothing. The person who does the most nothing wins.
- by Karl Quinn
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Arts
Live sushi making, prawns and pav: Powerhouse museum defends Christmas party
Details of the celebration are contained in documents recently released to the Herald under freedom of information laws.
- by Linda Morris
Forever cool: why we still can’t get enough of Frida Kahlo
Feminist, fashion icon, revolutionary, survivor: the Mexican artist’s greatest creation was her own defiant self.
- by Janice Breen Burns
‘Yet to receive a cent’: Creative Australia hasn’t paid out sacked Venice artist
Artist Khaled Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino are entitled to 90 per cent of their fees but are yet to “receive a cent”.
- by Linda Morris
Mardi Gras 2025 in photos
Tens of thousands of spectators are lining the streets of Oxford Street to watch the 47th annual Mardi Gras Parade.
How Julian Assange’s brother and a crypto artist raised $74m to free him
Gabriel Shipton and the cyber artist Pak joined forces to create an NFT artwork that played a major role in securing the WikiLeaks founder’s release.
- by Karl Quinn
‘Incredibly dangerous’: Fiery protesters slam Creative Australia over artist dumping
Dozens of protesters descended on the arts agency’s office on Thursday as the backlash over the Venice Biennale decision continues.
- by Daniel Lo Surdo and Linda Morris
‘We remain committed’: Dumped artistic duo determined to present at Venice Biennale
Khaled Sabsabi and Michael Dagostino were sacked by Creative Australia days after they were appointed. Now, they have responded.
- by Linda Morris
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Art
‘We don’t do that’: Why Creative Australia didn’t check artist’s past work
The federal arts funding agency says there is a possibility the Australian Pavilion will be dark for the first time since 1954.
- by Linda Morris