Visual art
The radical Australian experiments forcing the world to confront the ethics of life
From pig wings and lab-grown meat to mini-brains that make music, Perth has become a hub where art and science collide, raising profound ethical questions about what it means to be alive.
- Carla Hildebrandt
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This master filmmaker realised his work was meaningless. So he made more art
Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s pandemic revelation has come to life as an installation at Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art.
- Garry Maddox
The discarded outback road signs that became a prize-winning artwork
North-East Arnhem Land artist Gaypalani Wanambi has won the prestigious National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award.
- Helen Pitt
The dissident award-winning artist keeping a close watch on China
Badiucao has won a Walkley Award for his political cartoons, but his critical gaze is cast far and wide.
- Elizabeth Flux
Landmark show is a monumental tribute to family, Country and care
Betty Kuntiwa Pumani’s exhibition at the Bundanon Art Museum binds generations.
- Ksenia Radchenko
Romance in the capital: The designers happy to hang in Canberra
The intricate designs of Romance Was Born have earned them a humbling spot alongside Australian icons such as Nick Cave.
- Damien Woolnough
Janet Dawson was told to ‘stick to one’ thing. Instead, she broke all the rules
Australia’s art maverick, Janet Dawson, finally gets her spotlight.
- Gabriella Coslovich
‘Like walking into Tutankhamun’s tomb’: Hidden Norman Lindsay archive unearthed
A university library find has shed new light on the legendary artist.
- Nick Galvin
This trio has mapped hundreds of murals in Melbourne. Here are 15 of the best
Neda noticed Victoria’s capital was underrepresented on the world’s largest urban-art website. So she formed a team to put Melbourne on the map.
- Lachlan Abbott
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‘She doesn’t want to upset people - I probably do’: Bella Freud on sister Esther
Fashion designer Bella Freud and her novelist sister are daughters of artist Lucian Freud and great-granddaughters to Sigmund.
- Amanda Hooton