Australia’s entry to the art world’s Olympics unveiled as Israeli artist shuts down show

Australia’s entry to the art world’s Olympics unveiled as Israeli artist shuts down show

Australia’s entry to the Venice Biennale is a vast chalked family tree stretching back more than 65,000 years to the beginnings of time.

  • byLinda Morris

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MONA shows why lost boys find #MeToo anti-men

MONA shows why lost boys find #MeToo anti-men

The case was a literal example of what some men’s rights activists say is the new discrimination against men that post #MeToo feminism has enabled.

  • byJacqueline Maley
Exploring decades of literary friendship:Joyce Carol Oates’ Letters to a Biographer

Exploring decades of literary friendship:Joyce Carol Oates’ Letters to a Biographer

Joyce Carol Oates has written more than 70 books. Her latest is a selection of letters that eventually led to her correspondent writing her biography.

  • byJP O'Malley
April books:The attack on Salman Rushdie and rejigging Huck Finn

April books:The attack on Salman Rushdie and rejigging Huck Finn

The book industry is in full swing anticipating cooler weather and more time to read.

  • byJason Steger
No kids,car or mortgage:How 2024 Venice Biennale artist Archie Moore makes a living
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No kids,car or mortgage:How 2024 Venice Biennale artist Archie Moore makes a living

The Kamilaroi and Bigambul man is only the second solo Indigenous artist to represent Australia at the Venice Biennale.

  • byBenjamin Law
Take a note,said Leonardo da Vinci and Pablo Picasso – to themselves

Take a note,said Leonardo da Vinci and Pablo Picasso – to themselves

Roland Allen’s history of the notebook looks at the writers and artists who used them over hundreds of years,and the object itself.

  • byMichael McGirr
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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
Not just a pretty place:What garden exhibitions really teach us

Not just a pretty place:What garden exhibitions really teach us

Gardeners and artists are putting plants in galleries and expanding our notions of what horticulture can be.

  • byMegan Backhouse
Meet the first Timor-Leste artist to show in Venice

Meet the first Timor-Leste artist to show in Venice

Maria Madeira’s inclusion at the world’s oldest art biennale represents a big step for a tiny nation.

  • byKerrie O'Brien
From tobacco farm to the NGA:One photographer on his breakthrough moments
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From tobacco farm to the NGA:One photographer on his breakthrough moments

William Yang talks about his best financial decisions,politics – and why he doesn’t take wedding bookings.

  • byBenjamin Law
Why the song never remains the same when these artists are singing

Why the song never remains the same when these artists are singing

Dan Callahan examines the careers and lives of six great recording artists from the golden age of American singers.

  • byTom Ryan