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Arts news watch: this week's trending topics

We report it – you read it. Keep your eye on this week's top arts news stories.

Detail of light installation in outdoors in early evening. Bruce Munro
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Countdown to revelation of new light experience by Bruce Munro

Mildura to be transformed by internationally celebrated light artist Bruce Munro with an immersive installation to drive tourists to this…

cream coloured ceramic flowers in artwork.
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Our picks of must-see design and craft exhibitions

A round-up of great exhibitions in the craft and design sector.

Khaled Sabsabi, a middle-aged Lebanese Australian man with thin, should-length black hair, gray beard, wearing black shirt and pants, standing against a graffitied brick wall.
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Khaled Sabsabi twice cancelled – Monash University 'indefinitely postpones' exhibition

Monash University's Board is behind the decision to pull an upcoming exhibition including Khaled Sabsabi's works from its art museum.

A man in a stripey shirt and some women are looking at art in a light filled tent-like environment.
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Federal Budget 2025-26: instant artwork write-off to end on 30 June 2025

Tuesday's budget removes the ability to write off some artwork purchases from the end of this financial year.

Benalla Street Art Festival 2025 will unveil 10 new major pieces in locations across the regional Victorian city. Pictured is an artwork by REKA, unveiled in 2024; w stylised image of a human face in profile, with the hair painted in swirls of orange, while the facial features, including eyes, ears, nose and lips are painted in shades of red, white, brown and orange.
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Benalla Street Art Festival returns for 2025

Regional Victoria’s largest urban art exhibition will unveil 10 permanent new works as part of the 2025 Benalla Street Art…

People laying on floor and others looking in industrial arts space. White Bay Power Station
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Biennale of Sydney announces 2026 dates and venues

First rollout of announcements welcomed by sector.

Mock-up view of 2.5-metre blue spaceman sculpture in city park surrounded by skyscrapers. Boonji Spaceman.
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International artwork spotlights a council’s disregard of own public art policy

Perth City Council’s upcoming installation of a ‘Boonji Spaceman’ sculpture by an international celebrity artist has raised questions about how…

Two photos collaged side by side. On the left is Vincent Namatjira, a middle-aged First Nations man with dark brown skin, wearing a black and white stripe shirt and standing with his arms folded. On the right is Jarra Karalinar Steel, a young woman with pale skin and brown hair, smiling and standing in front of a colourful tram.
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Opportunities and awards

Curatorial call-out for craft triennial, plus country music winners and more!

A young First Nations child wearing a mask, cape and holding a shield with Aboriginal colours, black red and yellow, standing on discarded vehicles against the Australian desert landscape.
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Rencontres d'Arles 2025 in France to show pioneering Australian photography for the first time

PHOTO Australia has struck up a partnership with the French festival Rencontres d'Arles to spotlight 17 Australian photographic artists.

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