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Claude Monet’s Water Lilies (c1922).

When a ‘fake’ Monet turns out to be the real deal: What we really value about art

So, humans can’t pick an AI-generated painting from a master’s. That doesn’t devalue the masterpiece.

  • Will Bennett

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Les Poissons, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

Gone in 180 seconds: Smash-and-grab gang nicks Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse paintings

The gang used crowbars to force their way in and snatch works worth an estimated $17 million from an Italian gallery.

  • Nick Squires
The passing on of artworks from Boomers to their children is creating wonderful opportunities.

How the wealth transfer from Boomers to their children will shake up the art market

Artworks held in private collections for decades are about to hit the market – and that will create huge change.

  • Linda Morris
Margaret Preston’s Mosman Bay (1920).

Two of Australia’s great artists lead exhibition full of echoes

Cutting Through Time explores affinities between Cressida Campbell, Margaret Preston, and Japanese printmakers.

  • John McDonald
Blue poles by Jackson Pollock is now valued at more than $500 million, by far the most valuable painting in the NGA’s collection.

Pollock’s Blue poles could be coming to a suburban gallery near you

The National Gallery of Australia is loaning its collection out to suburban and regional galleries across the country, with a $174 million Monet first on the list.

  • Linda Morris
Jess Peterson of The Lume explores the new exhibition of First Nations artists.

The Lume’s Indigenous leap in colourful change of pace

More than a million visitors flocked to The Lume in South Wharf for an “immersive experience” of the works of Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet. Next, the digital exhibition will showcase lesser-known Indigenous artists.

  • Cara Waters
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Climate change protesters threw soup over Vincent Van Gogh’s Sunflowers at London’s National Gallery on Friday, the Just Stop Oil campaign group said.

Does the word ‘woke’ do what it says on the tin?

It’s become a pejorative term that can mean all things to all people, but it’s almost useless as an adjective because it is never used by the people it purports to describe.

  • Jacqueline Maley

After Van Gogh’s projected success, Lume is rolling in the Monet

Digital art gallery The Lume is bringing a new exhibition to Melbourne featuring projections of work by Monet and other impressionist artists.

  • Cara Waters
The interactive Monet and Friends exhibition at the Royal Hall of Industries in Sydney.

For the love of Monet, do we really need to smell the water lilies?

Multi-sensory exhibitions exploit the progressive decay of the public attention span and the need for instant experience.

  • John McDonald
How the Monet & Friends exhibition will look when it opens at Sydney’s Hall of Industries.

Show me the Monet: new digital exhibition brings French masters to Sydney

Monet & Friends – Life, Light & Colour premieres at Sydney’s Royal Hall of Industries in March.

  • Steve Meacham