Culture
Art & design
This is what Australian art collectors splashed out on in 2024
Fourteen Australian paintings cracked $1 million this year, dominated by one high-flyer. Here’s what to expect in 2025.
- by Linda Morris
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Destination art: The best exhibitions to see around Australia while on holiday
From surrealist masterpieces to David Bowie’s handwritten lyrics, we’ve rounded up the museums and galleries where you should spend your time and money.
- by Elizabeth Flux, Nick Galvin, Linda Morris and Nick Dent
‘This is for all Australians’: Invaluable Aboriginal cultural collection reunited
At a time when petty theft and grave robbery were rife in anthropology, Donald Thomson was distinctly respectful. His UNESCO inscribed collection is the result.
- by Will Cox
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‘We don’t want to be too stuffy’: New Powerhouse boss on what we can expect
The new trust president overseeing delivery of the Parramatta Powerhouse says the two million visitors can expect an “unpretentious” museum experience.
- by Linda Morris
Michael Leunig, master of weaponised whimsy, found community in aloneness
For 55 years, Michael Leunig’s illustrations helped make sense of a sometimes crazy world. Now he is gone.
- by Karl Quinn
Gallery: Michael Leunig’s life in cartoons
An overview of Mr Curly and his ducks from The Age cartoonist’s celebrated, decades-long, sometimes controversial career.
‘Gauntlet moment’: Major Sydney art gallery introduces $20 admission fees
The Museum of Contemporary Art Australia’s new entry fee will send shockwaves through the arts sector.
- by Linda Morris
Haven’t visited a museum for a while? You’re in for a shock
Museums worldwide are lifting their game as they compete for attention from a public with endless choices.
- by Nick Galvin
Curious about sex? The Museum of Desire is for you
Correne Wilkie and her partner Dave Strong have traded the music business for a new form of entertainment, focused on sex and sexuality in all its glory.
- by Karl Quinn
Art Gallery of NSW’s newest artwork is revealed – and it’s alive
Sydneysiders have their first chance to walk into Jonathan Jones’ living “hanging gardens” atop the land bridge of the Eastern Distributor.
- by Linda Morris
Phalluses, dots and songs about antidepressants: A true blockbuster has landed at NGV
A sprawling new exhibition explores the storied career of Yayoi Kusama – where, despite all the fun and colour, melancholy beats at its heart.
- by Tiarney Miekus