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Planning
Powerhouse collection to be 'scattered' across NSW, plans reveal
News that the iconic objects could be shipped off to regional museums have alarmed critics, including a former NSW premier.
- by Linda Morris and Carrie Fellner
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Performing arts
How Harry Potter helped save Australia's arts industry
In the midst of the COVID-19 lockdown, the producer of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child gave the federal arts minister a crash course in putting on a show.
- by Nick Miller
Art
Fresh spotlight on War Memorial expansion after National Gallery cuts
Public hearings into the controversial redevelopment begin in two weeks after the majority of submissions to a parliamentary inquiry opposed the project.
- by Josh Dye and Nick Galvin
Spectrum
Innovative textile art is 'smashing' its way into our art galleries
Indigenous textile-based art and long diminished domestic crafts have a new recognition in Australian contemporary art.
- by Chloe Wolifson
Art
On my mind: Gallerist Nicky Ginsberg
Nicky Ginsberg is a former Sydney gallerist who now runs the NG Art Creative Residency in Provence, France. She is the founder of Choose Art/Give Light to Refugees, an online art auction until June 29 that is raising funds to help refugees.
Opinion
WordPlay
Dictionary updates with 2020 vision
If it's June, it must be time for a burst of neologisms.
- by David Astle
Arts
A priceless dedication: volunteers return to galleries and museums
As many of our cultural institutions start to reopen, there's an integral group of people eager to get back to work - and not for the money.
- by Kylie Northover
Opinion
Pets
When it comes to detection, leave it to the dogs
It’s your dog Clancy here, writing from the city.
- by Richard Glover
Arts
Laughing to the bank: Brack daughter portrait fetches $900,000
Melbourne artist John Brack's portrait of his laughing daughter has sold for more than double the published estimate.
- by Nick Miller
Arts
Show of support for veteran artist
At 78, one of Australia’s most innovative multimedia artists is about to get his first exhibition in the heart of Sydney’s elite art-buying suburbs.
- by Steve Meacham
Coronavirus pandemic
Arts rescue package welcomed, but leaves some out in the cold
Big arts organisations have praised the federal government's $250 million arts rescue package, but there are fears it won't help struggling artists.
- by Nick Miller