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Hirstville Housing Inc.
Damien Hirst's plans to build a small village have been approved by North Devon council.
Does art almost always get a free pass?
Rotten food and dirty rooms are used to test whether aesthetic experiences are more or less intense than ‘ordinary experiences.'
Whodunnit? Who wrote it?
A new novel is set to be released by the world's best-selling author.
Wage earners need not apply here
Performance artist Marina Abramović is under fire for exploitative work practices.
Ditch your friends to make friends
A study reports that people perceive the same work of art to be of lower quality if they learn that…
Artist giving away money
While the Melbourne Art Fair prepares for record takings, one artist bucks the trend by giving money to consumers.
$8000 chairs uncovered in backyard
Multiple fantasies fulfilled in Shapiro Auction's recent sale of 20th-century collector items.
Would you like to book a room?
Like touring rock stars, Spring 1883, Melbourne's alternative art fair, sets up shop inside The Windsor Hotel.
Glow Winter Arts Festival
Featuring the Exxopolis Luminarium, cabaret, comedy, food, film and augmented reality, Glow lights up August in Stonnington.
Who will win the 2014 Miles Franklin?
The Miles Franklin is essential to defining Australian culture but this year that could mean a novel set in England…