This exhibition from Australia’s most ambitious regional gallery is a Francophile’s dream

This exhibition from Australia’s most ambitious regional gallery is a Francophile’s dream

Bendigo Art Gallery’s collaboration with the Musee Carnavalet embraces the romance of Paris’ Belle Epoque.

  • byJohn McDonald

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The art that’s opening up one of the world’s most forbidding places

The art that’s opening up one of the world’s most forbidding places

Saudi Arabia’s second Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale features more than 170 works by 92 artists from 43 countries.

  • byJohn McDonald
What would a city that housed the entire population of the world look like?

What would a city that housed the entire population of the world look like?

Australian architect and multimedia artist Liam Young presents a visionary scheme for a city which would allow the rest of earth to regenerate.

  • byJohn McDonald
Our critic’s take on the must-sees and misses of this year’s Biennale of Sydney

Our critic’s take on the must-sees and misses of this year’s Biennale of Sydney

There’s a celebratory atmosphere about much of the work,particularly at the new venue of White Bay Power Station.

  • byJohn McDonald
Giant trees and sugar thrones:Inside the dark world of fairy tales

Giant trees and sugar thrones:Inside the dark world of fairy tales

Fairy Tales in Art and Film opens up a vast,problematic box of toys.

  • byJohn McDonald
Eclectic ambassador’s Chinese collection pushes boundaries

Eclectic ambassador’s Chinese collection pushes boundaries

Australia’s ambassador to China from 2007-2011,Geoff Raby has built a collection of Chinese art that reflects a philosophy rather than a life plan.

  • byJohn McDonald
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Robotic dogs,taped bananas and frozen flowers – this exhibition has it all

Robotic dogs,taped bananas and frozen flowers – this exhibition has it all

It’s the quality and variety of work that sets this exhibition apart from most of the world’s large-scale contemporary art festivals.

  • byJohn McDonald
Risks and rewards in two impressive new exhibitions to see this weekend

Risks and rewards in two impressive new exhibitions to see this weekend

The work of local artists Ann Thomson and the late Ian Gentle are on show in stirring Sydney exhibitions.

  • byJohn McDonald
MCA’s summer show reveals a rare artist who defies classification

MCA’s summer show reveals a rare artist who defies classification

Tacita Dean’s work is diverse and cerebral,caught up with moments of experience and the vagaries of recollection,both public and private.

  • byJohn McDonald
What to do in Sydney this weekend? Try these two very different shows

What to do in Sydney this weekend? Try these two very different shows

Two different exhibitions - from Jonathan Jones and Imants Tillers - prove worthy visits for art lovers.

  • byJohn McDonald
The exhibition winning the battle of the Sydney summer blockbusters

The exhibition winning the battle of the Sydney summer blockbusters

There are plenty of shows at this time of year,but one is drawing bigger attendance than all the others combined.

  • byJohn McDonald