Exhibitions
The surprising art show that came from a polluted harbour cave
Two Sydney artists have turned the detritus they recovered crawling onto their stomachs into a new exhibition. “We got very good at being filthy.”
- by Elizabeth Fortescue
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That’s my dad! Wonky elbow rings a bell in painting of local footy team
The Lin Onus exhibition at Shepparton Art Museum has been a six-year journey of love and connection.
- by Andrew Stephens
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Philanthropy
Australia to get first children’s art library thanks to mystery donor
The library for young artistic minds will open mid-2022 at the Art Gallery of NSW.
- by Linda Morris
Gobsmacked, tearful, I climbed it: Ancient Greeks thrill still
Introduced to the works of Ancient Greece through a cereal packet or a replica statue in Grandad’s garden? A major exhibition shows their continuing power.
- by Barry Divola
Why Coco still pops: NGV celebrates the world’s first influencer
Using fabrics previously confined to men’s underwear, the uber-chic Gabrielle Chanel freed women from their corseted shackles.
- by Janice Breen Burns
‘We can change the way we look at it’: reframing an ancient tale of rape
Heather B. Swann’s women confront their attackers in a contemporary response to Leda and the Swan.
- by Gabriella Coslovich
Move over, Squid Game: Arhats are the next thing out of Korea
A farmer accidentally discovered some sacred Buddhist stone figures - a major archaeological find that is now leaving Korea for the first time for Sydney.
- by Joyce Morgan
Music poster exhibition aims to boost the gig economy
From rock to punk, pop, hip-hop and rave, Nick Vukovic has posters from most of the big-name acts to have played in Melbourne over the past 70 years, and some of the best are about to be put on display.
- by Chloe Booker
Biennale of Sydney dumps key landmark and the art of PowerPoint
For the first time in 15 years, Cockatoo Island will not be hosting the Biennale of Sydney.
- by Linda Morris
‘I hope you like stairs’: How to move a giant green elephant
The logistics involved in moving a zoo are monumental. Moving an elephant is tricky, too, even when it is a life-size model, as the Museum of Sydney discovered.
- by Julie Power
Cricketing dream team: 32 baggy green caps of the greats to go on show
Steve Waugh has gathered the baggy green caps from some of Australia’s best cricketers – including Bradman and Benaud – for a new Sydney exhibition.
- by Tim Barlass