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Sydney Opera House points spotlight at sails illumination guidelines
New figures reveal the shells were lit up a record one night in every five last year – with most illuminations coming at the request of the former NSW government.
- by Linda Morris
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Lindy Lee’s cultural cachet has never been higher - but it comes with its own controversy
Lindy Lee the person is navigating grief, but Lindy Lee the artist is having a moment. Judging by the run of public art commissions, private exhibitions and fashion collaborations, her cultural cachet has never been higher.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Your A-Z guide to Vivid, plus the best of winter in Sydney
From the White Lotus’ Jennifer Coolidge to John Olsen on the Opera House sails, plus cabaret, moonlight kayaking and 12 nights of music, this is Vivid 2023.
- by Lenny Ann Low
Picture perfect? Take a peek inside Melbourne’s collective memory
Drawing on an extensive archive of photographs, this exhibition looks not only at the moments and stories that have been captured, but at the gaps in between.
- by Nadia Bailey
APY Lands art investigation the elephant in the Wynne Prize room
The country’s oldest art prize is awarded for best landscape painting of Australian scenery or figure sculpture.
- by John McDonald
Museum deploys magical beasts to conjure up real life understanding
A new show at Melbourne Museum melds the wonder of the real with the make-believe and explores the relationship between the two.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
Winter is coming: Melbourne’s most unmissable mid-year events
From musicals to masterpieces, festivals to family adventures and music with Lizzo, Paul Kelly and more, there are plenty of events to warm the soul.
- by Michael Lallo
The outlandish exhibition hidden inside abandoned silos
The Silo Project offers up the chance to admire an 85-year-old industrial ruin that’s as much a design marvel as those works it’s temporarily filled with.
- by Tomas Telegramma
Capturing the resilience of Lismore locals as they rebuild their lives
The Lismore floods devastated the local community, and now their stories of recovery are being shared in a photography exhibition at NSW Parliament.
- by Joyce Morgan
Review into major Indigenous art collective over authenticity doubts
The reputation of the prestigious APY Art Centre Collective is under a cloud, following claims white administrators altered works to make them more collectable.
- by Karl Quinn
Plibersek, City of Sydney enter row over $500m Powerhouse redevelopment
Federal Labor minister Tanya Plibersek says the Minns government must be sure the demolition plans it inherited for the Ultimo museum are the “right thing to do”.
- by Linda Morris