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Installation view of Maurizio Cattelan's 'Comedian', 2019, on display in NGV Triennial 2023. A single banana duct-taped to a white wall.
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Banana frenzy as crypto buyer coughs up US$6 million and vows to eat the artwork

Maurizio Cattelan’s artwork, featuring a real edible banana, has fetched a hefty price tag thanks to crypto billionaire Justin Sun.

A fabric and skeleton of a dinosuar arranged on a balustrade by artist Mark du Potier.
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Exhibition review: Mark du Potiers: Some Days My Skin Just Isn’t So Thick, Queensland Multicultural Centre

Queer Asian Australian artist, Mark du Potiers, delicately deconstructs discrimination through his assemblages and needlework.

A white room with a window on the right hand side. There's an artwork of a headless torso in the middle of the room.
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Exhibition Review: Tarik Ahlip: Kara Toprak, Schmick Contemporary

This exhibit brings the transformative relationship between writing and sculpture to its pure physical presence – gilded by gold and…

'Molto Bello: Icons of Modern Italian Design', installation view at Heide Museum of Modern Art. Furniture and lighting displayed inside a gallery with alternating shades of green wallpaper.
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Exhibition review: Molto Bello: Icons of Modern Italian Design, Heide Museum of Modern Art

Icons of Italian design with an iconic exhibition to match.

a fluffy blonde cat with a book on cats and dogs. NGV
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Art books that make great gifts

20 new art books released just in time for the holiday season and festive gifting.

Participants in Culture Dose for Kids youth mental health program at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. A group of kids sitting on the floor of a gallery looking up as a guide points at an artwork.
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Gallery visits do good for youth mental health

Significant improvements in youth mental health have been recorded through AGNSW’s Culture Dose for Kids program.

et al., ‘maintenance of social solidarity 2006–24 (detail)’. Installation view: ‘et al.: epochal’, Monash University Museum of Art. A table with a laptop inside a space with metal fencing on both sides, and a projector displaying ambiguous text and landscape.
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Exhibition review: et al.: epochal, MUMA

Truth and power challenged as Aotearoa New Zealand collective et al. disrupts the MUMA galleries.

Public artwork in gardens in front of art gallery. NGA
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15 First Nations arts professionals given significant career boost

Dhiraamalang, the Wesfarmers First Nations Arts Leadership Program, has announced its 2024 recipients for a life-changing pathway.

A painting of a snail by Mike Makatron with a shell that depicts a garden.
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Exhibition review: Nature of Nature: Mike Makatron, Backwoods Gallery

Prolific mural artist hosts a rare gallery exhibition with exceptional results. 

A middle aged Caucasian woman with short blond wavy hair and glasses sits on a chair on the right side of the picture with her chin resting on her hand. On the wall behind her is a piece of FN art. Private art collections.
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Private art collections with public value – an open conversation

How do private art collections share their treasures with the public?

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