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Could this $6 million makeover rescue NSW’s forgotten schools of arts?
Newtown School of Arts is to get two new intimate theatres – and the plan could be a model for reviving more than 100 schools of arts across the state.
- by Linda Morris
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Spot the difference: A $185m surrealist masterpiece and its sister displayed here
In 1954, surrealist Rene Magritte painted four variations of an intriguing work bringing together night and day. One just sold for a record-breaking price, the other is on rare show in Australia.
- by Linda Morris
Someone just paid $9.6m to stick a banana to a wall
Maurizio Cattelan’s Comedian –  aka the banana duct-taped to a wall – was created in 2019 and has since been shown around the world.
- by Elizabeth Flux
His grandmother’s song was silenced, but art helped Reko Rennie find his voice
His grandmother’s legacy lies at the heart of many of Kamilaroi artist Reko Rennie’s works, which blend activism with exploration of identity and culture.
- by Elizabeth Flux
Feted in France, the Australian artist you’ve never heard of. Until now
The Australian cubist potter, Anne Dangar, died in relative obscurity, but a new exhibition aims to resurrect her much-neglected reputation.
- by Linda Morris
This ACMI exhibition shows us the tomorrow we want is ours to make
The Future and Other Fictions dares to imagine what might be to come for us all.
- by John Bailey
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Architecture
$200m glow-up: Sydney’s first skyscraper gets a glittering makeover
More than 75,000 tiles were manufactured to replace original glass mosaics encased in ugly pebblecrete on the walls of Sydney’s first high-rise tower. The effect is shimmering.
- by Linda Morris
‘Myths don’t come from nowhere’: Why the Penrith Panther is getting its own show
Real or not, the elusive beast has its claws deep into the collective psyche of the western city. Art gallery director Toby Chapman is no exception.
- by Nick Galvin
The artist loved by Obama is bringing a new show to Sydney
The New York-based Julie Mehretu has become a star of the international art world, at times courting controversy.
- by Michaela Boland
Ipswich Art Gallery to showcase $116m Rothko painting from National Collection
The painting is on loan for two years from the National Gallery of Australia as part of a program designed to bring visitors to regional galleries.
- by Nick Dent
A Kennedy daughter offers a hand to Pacific nations threatened by climate change
In one of her last acts as US ambassador, Caroline Kennedy has sealed a deal to safeguard at-risk South Pacific cultural relics and artefacts.
- by Linda Morris