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This week's arts news and trending topics

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

‘Joke Taxonomy’, installation view at 138 Gallery. Photo: Supplied. A brown wooden panelled gallery space with readymade objects including a pair of pink Dino chairs, a litter box, and a small trophy.
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Exhibition review: Joke Taxonomy, 138 Gallery

Here, humour comes easily but the provocation lingers.

Photo of asylum seekers captured by Barat Ali Batoor, in ‘Searching for Photo courtesy of Barat Ali Batoor. The composition of the photo has highlighted two asylum seekers wearing orange life jackets on a boat. One is looking towards the camera, his hair wet, and eyes round.
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Exhibition review: Searching for Sanctuary, State Library Victoria

Barat Ali Batoor’s mesmerising multimedia portrayal of his perilous journey from Afghanistan to Australia pushes the boundaries of photojournalism.

A man in black is in the centre of a room surrounded by people. He's standing by a painting. There are other paintings around the room.
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Woman with yellow shirt, glasses, and big earrings, smiling, in front of Aboriginal painting. Lisa Slade.
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Exit interview: AGSA's Lisa Slade on blurring the zones

For Lisa Slade education and curatorial leadership have always blurred. ArtsHub speaks with her on leaving the Art Gallery of…

Noel McKenna, ‘William Nuttall with horses in field’, 2023 (detail). Image: Supplied. Painting with soft blues and greens depicting a serene landscape of a couple of horses with one human figure petting the head of a horse.
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Opportunities and awards

Call for artworks from refugee artists, plus winners at National Portrait Gallery, recipients of the Regional Arts Fund and more!

Two young people (in their twenties) are looking at a large screen image of a colourful AI-generated artwork in a darkened museum gallery space.
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What AI means for museums, where big decisions loom large

AI is here and Australian cultural institutions must get in on the action, while also ensuring they can keep control…

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Exhibition review: Michelle Hamer: I'm a Believer, Linden New Art

A series of prints that explores chronic health issues through a lens of gendered language, access, and erasure.

Experience ‘Sunrise Journeys’ at Ayers Rock Resort, Uluṟu. Photo: Supplied. First break of dawn with Uluṟu in the background among the desert environment.
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Exterior of old building with contemporary mirror entry. The Potter.
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The Potter announces reopening exhibition for 2025

The Potter Museum of Art will reopen in 2025 with an epic rewriting of art history.

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