Hermann Nitsch: I show everything that is … I don’t know what is bad or good
18 June 2017 • Syndicate
Austrian artist, whose bloody installation for Dark Mofo has sparked protests and controversy, says he has never been interested in provocation
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Ai Weiwei and Brook Andrew to headline 21st Biennale of Sydney
6 April 2017 • Syndicate
Japanese artistic director Mami Kataoka announces preliminary lineup of 21 artists, including Australians Yasmin Smith and George Tjungurrayi
REVIEW: Cindy Sherman – high-society selfies by quintessential postmodernist
31 May 2016 • Syndicate
The grotesqueness of haute couture and high society come alive in the self-portraits of one the most influential photo artists of the late 20th century
Melbourne art fair cancelled after withdrawal of three major galleries
19 February 2016 • Staff
Melbourne Art Foundation chair says the board, whose decision to cancel was unanimous, had no intention of putting on an ‘affordable, mediocre’ fair
Garma: art and politics come together for a moving Arnhem Land festival
6 August 2015 • Mark Westall
In the historic clan-gathering place, people of all nations enjoy the bunggul sunset dances, clan stories, bark painting and deep soul music
Andy Warhol and Ai Weiwei come together in Melbourne – with cats
6 July 2015 • Staff
National Gallery of Victoria will bring together 300 works by the poster boys of the American and Chinese centuries, plus a kids’ show about cats
Louise Hearman wins 2014 Moran prize, Australia’s richest portrait award
29 October 2014 • Mark Westall
Painter’s portrait of photographer Bill Henson takes $150,000 Moran prize, which attracted more entries than the Archibald