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John Taylor, 'Chandos portrait', 1610, showing as part of 'Writers Revealed' at HOTA. An oil painting rendered in dark hues of a figure looking calmly at the viewer.
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Over 100 manuscripts from the British Library and National Portrait Gallery to arrive at HOTA

HOTA's exhibition will feature rare manuscripts, first editions and portraits of literary luminaries, including William Shakespeare, Jane Austen and the…

Woman dressed in white sitting on top of a rock painted with blue pattern. Veronica Herber
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'Mundane things kill your soul' – how to give yourself permission to create

Artist Veronica Herber discusses the courage it takes to follow your heart and leave behind a comfortable career.

A black and white photo of Christian, a middle-aged Caucasian man with shortly cropped hair and trimmed beard, looking to the upper right hand side. It’s digitally rendered with a gradient blue purple background and the text ‘So you want my arts job?’
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So you want my arts job: Mount Maker

Christian Bishop explains how mount making is not just about functionality, but crafting solutions that elevate a viewer’s experience.

Exhibition space with no art on display. Art market.
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Art market lessons learned in 2024

Healthy advice for decisive leadership in 2025.

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Competitions

Hornsby Shire Council

Remagine Art Prize 2025

Call for entries are open to the 2025 Remagine Art Prize, with $11,000 in total prizemoney. Open to Painting, Drawing,…

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Exhibitions

UQ Art Museum

These Entanglements: Ecology After Nature

UQ Art Museum explores 'post-nature' through the molecular, the geological and the biological and their entanglements with social relations. Curated…

Model and crew backstage for the Melbourne Fashion Festival. A tall female model with pale skin and red lips is wearing a red satin dress with a large floral feature over her chest, while the crew adjusts something around her ear.
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Fashion, craft and design calendar 2025

What’s on in fashion, craft and design this year, including exhibitions, fashion festivals, design weeks and makers' markets.

Detail of a painted face and eye in blues and greens. Arts news
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Arts news watch: this week's trending topics

We break it – you read it. Keep you eye on this week's top arts news stories.

Vale: Sydney artist Michael Keighery died earlier this month. The photo shows an Anglo-Australian man wearing a black and white shirt and glasses standing in a ceramics exhibition.
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Vale Michael Keighery: artist, advocate, educator

A great agitator, advocate, artist and educator – the visual arts sector mourns Michael Keighery.

View of gallery with architectural installation by Marikit Santiago.
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Exhibition review: Marikit Santiago: Proclaim Your Death!, Campbelltown Arts Centre

A brave exhibition by Marikit Santiago that pushes her practice into new territory.

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