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‘Spinifex People: art and stories of Pila Nguru’ at WA Museum Boola Bardip. A kid high fiving an adult inside an exhibition with orange and white Aboriginal dot paintings.
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All 7 WA Museum sites free for the summer

For 107 days straight, visitors can check out all seven WA Museum sites with no fee or pre-booking.

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This week's arts news and trending topics

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

Ancient relics and videos of Pompeii
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Exhibition review: Pompeii, National Museum of Australia

Off the back of new discoveries and a wave of immersive exhibitions globally, Pompeii is the star of an exhibition…

Ceramic exhibition with green coloured walls. Anne Dangar
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Exhibition review: Ethel Carrick and Anne Dangar, National Gallery of Australia

Must-see summer viewing. Two women artists who shaped Australian art history get their day with parallel retrospective exhibitions.

Art Music Fund 2025 open for applications. Image: Mindy Meng Wang and Monica Lim. Two woman with black hair and pale skin under a white veil against a black background.
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Opportunities and awards

Quilters get ready for $37,000 prize, plus winners of Koorie Art Show 12, SA celebrates Ruby Awards and more!

Exhibition title and full artist list announced for the TarraWarra Biennial 2025 

All artists have now been announced for next year's TarraWarra Biennial, curated by Kimberley Moulton.

Sculpture by the Sea: a crowded beach at sunset where people are walking around a large metal sculpture in the shape of a giant wine/ goon bag which is installed by the water's edge.
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Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe saved with overnight $1.5 million federal rescue grant

One week after a wave of local outcry about the cancellation of this popular exhibition due to lack of funding,…

First launched in 2021, Quarantine Art Fairs returns to picturesque Point Nepean in 2025. Small sculptures and paintings of natural landscape inside a well-lit room with cream walls.
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Sick of mega art fairs? 2 alternative models offer a more intimate experience

The return of Quarantine Art Fair and The Other Art Fair offers opportunity for respite and connection.

Detail of a glass artist making work with hot glass bubble
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The Carreker Glass Fellowship will strengthen global ties for glass artists

This significant new philanthropic partnership is aimed at connecting glass artists in Australia and the US.

Black and white image of a women in 1970s taking self portrait. Carol Jerrems
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Exhibition review: Carol Jerrems: Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra

Subtlety lost in nostalgic voyeurism, as a retake on Carol Jerrems work is not as fresh as implied.

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