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We report it – you read it. This week's top arts news stories.

Installation view of 'Cats & Dogs' on display at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia. A salon hang of staggering artworks on a white wall with three onlookers.
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Exhibition review: Cats & Dogs, The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia

Think you know all there is to know about cats and dogs? Think again.

three people leaning over a museum case looking at ancient Egyptian artefacts.
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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.

A man is standing beside a black and white painting of a racing greyhounds.
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Exhibition review: Tommy Carman: Well Heeled, Mega

Tommy Carman's paintings riff on a mix of photorealism and the abstract.

Spencer Tunick is part of Melt Festival 2024.
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Spencer Tunick and 5500 nude models shut down Brisbane traffic

As part of Melt Festival 2024, Spencer Tunick invited thousands of people to participate in a large-scale nude artwork.

shiny tube-like sculpture illuminated from within, view at night. Lindy Lee
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Exhibition review: Lindy Lee’s Ouroboros and exhibition, NGA

Lindy Lee pulls off $14 million sculpture commission 'Ouroboros' at the National Gallery of Australia.

Karla Dickens, '#2 Rise and Fall', Inkjet prints. Recipient of the 2024 Windmill Trust Scholarship. A brown-skinned woman in a witchy outfit sitting on a shopping trolley filled with plastic waste as teh ground around them is flooded.
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Opportunities and awards

Scholarship for landscape artists, winners of The Reading Prize and more!

Photos of two Māori women with chin tattoos.
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Exhibition review: Māreikura-Ka rere te rongoā | the medicine flows, Immigration Museum 

A multimedia exhibition that showcases the strength of the Māori matriarchy.

Billy Bain, 'From the Area', 2024, work in development, new commission for 'Spot the Difference' at Penrith Regional Gallery. An artist working on a sculpture shaped like a yowling panther.
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Cats and dogs and panthers and dingoes – animal lovers get ready for a season of exhibitions

Three exhibitions invite animal lovers to the galleries this spring.

man with short grey hair and glasses wearing checked suit. Michael Brand
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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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