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Photo: Margarida Afonso, Unsplash. Spools of colourful yarn stacked together with a pair of knitting needles.
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Australia's capital gearing up for fibre enthusiasts

Canberra welcomes visitors from around the country to the inaugural Australian Yarn Show (23-24 March) and the Canberra Wool Expo…

An 80s-style illustration of influential figures in Australian democracy in front of Old Parliament House in Canberra.
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Exploring 1980s democracy against the backdrop of Old Parliament House

Canberra's 2024 Enlighten Festival promises new art and ideas against the backdrop of Old Parliament House.

Add-on. Gallery space with blue walls and carpet and colourful abstract artworks. Desmond Lazaro.
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Role of the add-on exhibition

Within today’s museum environment some exhibitions are not entirely ‘PC’ (politically correct). We look at the role of the ‘add-on’…

'Nicholas Burridge: Built Geologies' installation view at Canberra Glassworks. Photo: Brenton McGeachie. Exhibition in an industrial space with concrete floor and white walls. A metal structure is at the centre, shaped like a narrow staircase.
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Exhibition review: Nicholas Burridge: Built Geologies, Canberra Glassworks

Nicholas Burridge presents interventions in basalt and explores ancient formations alongside man-made architectural structures.

Vale. Max Carter. Aged man sitting with hands on knees and art behind him.
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Vale Philanthropist Max Carter and Art Historian David Hansen

The year starts with the sad loss of a great arts philanthropist and a highly respected educator.

Five dancers wearing sleeveless organe tops and loose grey pants move-animal-like across on the stage on all fours. Behind them in a black and white digital animation of stylised animals including a rhino, camels and a giraffe.
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Dancing with wolves in the national capital

The work of one of the world’s greatest contemporary choreographers has never been seen in Canberra – until now.

War memorial art. A sculpture garden with green grass, some trees and a series of smooth sphere-shaped stone droplets placed on the grass around the trees.
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Does this new sculpture change how we publicly memorialise war?

A new permanent sculpture at the Australian War Memorial may signal a shift in how we publicly acknowledge veterans’ experiences.

robotic sculpture of a box with hands. Jordan Wolfson.
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Experiencing Jordan Wolfson's $6.6 million robotic sculpture

ArtsHub takes a look at the new robotic sculpture by the often controversial, always thought-provoking Jordan Wolfson.

Lawyer turned artist Brett Lethbridge's 'Justice' depicts the scales of justice. It is the cover artwork of 'Research Handbook on Art and Law', co-edited by McCutcheon about art and law's interactions. Image: Supplied.
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A burgeoning career path that links arts and law

Why important career prospects are quickly emerging at the nexus between art and law.

Emily Kam Kngwarry. Image is a gallery with batiks and large paintings hanging from the ceiling and on the walls.
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Repositioning Emily Kam Kngwarray, and why now

A rethinking of the work of Emily Kam Kngwarray reminds us that Country and Community come first.

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