Badiucao’s Here and Now work in Hong Kong.

Artist tests freedom of speech in Hong Kong with daring billboard work

A video of the Australia-based Chinese dissident Badiucao silently saying “you must take part in revolution” has been playing since March 28.

  • Elizabeth Flux

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Some of the fun activities in the April school holiday guide for Sydney.

Things to do this school holidays in Sydney

From the visual arts to a beloved musical,live music and comedy,here’s how to keep the kids busy these school holidays.

  • Nicole Elphick
A Quiet Language by Australian Dance Theatre

The man next to me didn’t even applaud. I couldn’t recommend this show more highly

It wouldn’t be a good festival if every show were easy to like or a sure thing – a program packed with tepid crowd pleasers serves no-one.

  • Elizabeth Flux

Art Gallery of NSW names first female director in 154 years

Director Michael Brand will depart the gallery next Friday,in a quick handover following a global search for his successor.

  • Linda Morris
Street art in Frankston.

‘Highest density of quality artworks I’ve ever seen’:Welcome to Frankston

From hidden laneways to towering walls,the suburb has become a living canvas. It will host a free street party this weekend.

  • Hannah Hammoud
Artist Patricia Piccinini in her Melbourne studio.

‘Brutally violent othering’:How this artist’s human-animal hybrids are bringing us closer to nature

At a tumultuous moment in Australian arts,Patricia Piccinini is stepping into a new role and tackling difficult topics.

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Artist Khaled Sabsabi;and Creative Australia chair Robert Morgan and Creative Australia CEO Adrian Collette.

‘Yet to receive a cent’:Creative Australia hasn’t paid out sacked Venice artist

Artist Khaled Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino are entitled to 90 per cent of their fees but are yet to “receive a cent”.

  • Linda Morris
Artist Khaled Sabsabi at the Campbelltown Art Centre.

‘We don’t do that’:Why Creative Australia didn’t check artist’s past work

The federal arts funding agency says there is a possibility the Australian Pavilion will be dark for the first time since 1954.

  • Linda Morris
Performance artist Casey Jenkins.

Like Sabsabi,my art was cancelled. Instead of outrage,there was barely a whimper

Creative Australia admitted just over a year ago,via public statement on their website,to cancelling and maligning another artist with no reasonable cause. That artist was me.

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Artists (from top left) Shaun Gladwell,Patricia Piccinini,Marco Fusinato,(bottom left) Fiona Hall,Mike Parr and Angelica Mesiti are among the artists supporting Khaled Sabsabi.

‘Hung out to dry’:Australia’s Venice artists show unprecedented support for sacked colleague

Twenty-three artists who have represented Australia at the Venice Biennale have backed sacked artist Khaled Sabsabi amid warnings Venice 2026 is in grave doubt.

  • Linda Morris