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Egyptian fans account for biggest cultural spend in 23-year history

The Egyptian blockbuster exhibition delivers a $27.7 million boost to Canberra – the highest in the National Museum’s history.

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Breaking news: Michael Brand to step down as AGNSW Director

Michael Brand's 13-year tenure as AGNSW Director will come to an end in 2025.

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Hervey Bay Regional Gallery

National Interests: Australian Art in the 20th Century

An exhibition of Australian Modernism featuring significant works from the National Gallery of Australia collection

Multi screen video installation in black and white of woman looking at African objects. Isaac Julien.
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Exhibition review: Isaac Julien, Once Again... (Statues Never Die), MCA

A spectacular exhibition asks the big questions about how museums collect, and show, artworks with Black histories.

Detail of a terracotta artifact with bird and human heads. Peru. Australian Museum
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Machu Picchu and Incan treasures come to Sydney

From priceless Peruvian gold treasures to a fly-through virtual experience of Machu Picchu, this summer blockbuster promises to be a…

Architecture render of the Potter Museum of Art at University of Melbourne, Wood Marsh Architects. A heritage brown brick building with a reflective steel entranceway.
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Potter Museum reopens in 2025 with exhibition and resources on 65,000 years of Australian art

After extensive redevelopment, the University of Melbourne’s Potter Museum of Art makes a comeback with a glossy new entrance and…

A young First Nations boy with red and white striped face paint across his brow and a green brimmed hat, and a ragged denim sleeveless jacket roars at the camera. The Future and Other Fictions. the Love Punks, Sutu
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From Björk to Blade Runner 2049: revisioning the future at ACMI

The Future & Other Fictions is a major new exhibition focused on screen culture’s ability to imagine a better world.

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How I got my break as a curator

The curatorial profession is specialised and competitive. Six curators tell us how they got their career break.

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The most pressing question on curators' lips

For this year’s Ask a Curator Day, we have turned the tables, and asked curators what they would most want…

Installation view of an exhibit at SA Museum. 2021 showing a cabinet of fossils in jars and a bark shield hanging in mid-air.
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Outcry over SA Museum restructure reveals systemic government funding cuts

An overwhelming public backlash to a proposed SA Museum restructure prompted the SA State Government to tell the Museum to…

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