Regional base and engagement with history make Art Dubai special

Regional base and engagement with history make Art Dubai special

Dubai owes everything to trade and finance,yet its art fair is less nakedly mercantile than any fair of comparable size.

  • byJohn McDonald

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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
The colour of the moment is brown. I’ve been saying this forever

The colour of the moment is brown. I’ve been saying this forever

Beyond just a colour,brown is a mindset,a state of being.

  • byRobert Moran
More than a building:Carriageworks makes new pitch to music fans and families

More than a building:Carriageworks makes new pitch to music fans and families

New chief executive Fergus Linehan says for Carriageworks to thrive,the multi-arts venue at the former Eveleigh Railway workshops needs to be “more than a building”.

  • byLinda Morris
How this rock star artist makes whitefellas laugh at themselves

How this rock star artist makes whitefellas laugh at themselves

Royals,prime ministers and Donald Trump are all brought down to earth in the humorous but searing works of Vincent Namatjira.

  • byKylie Northover
Meet the photographer who gave up shooting sports to chase storms

Meet the photographer who gave up shooting sports to chase storms

Krystle Wright stars in a new National Geographic documentary about the life and work of people who travel the world capturing nature.

  • byHelen Pitt
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New Powerhouse Museum warehouse opens amid union complaints

New Powerhouse Museum warehouse opens amid union complaints

Weeks after Powerhouse Ultimo closed for renovations,a new facility opened to store relocated items – and it’s already been the subject of union complaints.

  • byLinda Morris
This show swims against the tide and deserves to be seen more widely

This show swims against the tide and deserves to be seen more widely

MONA’s first-ever exhibition of exclusively “old” art,radiates inventiveness and spiritual conviction.

  • byJohn McDonald
Truth (and grandfathers) get lost in this award-winning artist’s work

Truth (and grandfathers) get lost in this award-winning artist’s work

Laure Prouvost plays with rubbish,nature,words and stories. The game is now on at ACCA.

  • byRichard Jinman
The Australian woodworker taking social media by storm

The Australian woodworker taking social media by storm

Nick Pedulla is one of a new breed of craftspeople who are building massive online profiles.

  • byNick Galvin
Can Hobart’s Mona gallery legally keep men out of its Ladies Lounge?
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Can Hobart’s Mona gallery legally keep men out of its Ladies Lounge?

An anti-discrimination case launched against the Hobart museum by a man refused entry to a women-only space has reignited debate about art’s relationship to law.

  • byGabriella Coslovich