Someone just paid $9.6m to stick a banana to a wall

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.

  • byElizabeth Flux

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His grandmother’s song was silenced,but art helped Reko Rennie find his voice

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.

  • byElizabeth Flux
Feted in France,the Australian artist you’ve never heard of. Until now

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.

  • byLinda Morris
This ACMI exhibition shows us the tomorrow we want is ours to make

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.

  • byJohn Bailey
$200m glow-up:Sydney’s first skyscraper gets a glittering makeover
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$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.

  • byLinda Morris
‘Myths don’t come from nowhere’:Why the Penrith Panther is getting its own show

‘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.

  • byNick Galvin
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The artist loved by Obama is bringing a new show to Sydney

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.

  • byMichaela Boland
Ipswich Art Gallery to showcase $116m Rothko painting from National Collection

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.

  • byNick Dent
A Kennedy daughter offers a hand to Pacific nations threatened by climate change

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.

  • byLinda Morris
Inside Australia’s most beautiful houses,pools and an ‘otherworldly’ tin shed

Inside Australia’s most beautiful houses,pools and an ‘otherworldly’ tin shed

The Australian Institute of Architects 2024 National Architecture Awards have announced 35 top awards. See the full list of winners and explore the gallery.

  • byJulie Power
‘Everybody owns a gun. It’s like having a cordless drill’

‘Everybody owns a gun. It’s like having a cordless drill’

From teenagers with glocks to middle-aged mums with shotguns – these portraits from Melbourne photographer Tom Franks place an Aussie lens on US gun culture.

  • byMeg Watson