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Big stars, bigger bling: How Cartier made Hollywood sparkle

A new exhibition explores the allure of the jewellery brand celebrities love to wear.

  • Lindy Percival

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Installation of the Qantas planes at the Powerhouse Museum in Parramatta.

Why are three heritage planes dangling from a ceiling in Parramatta?

One of them, a replica of the first aircraft to carry Qantas’ name, comes with a $5 million deal that brings the Powerhouse Museum closer to its funding target.

  • Linda Morris
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Curb your art

Annual tradition didn’t jog the memory.

Everyone said vinyl records were dead. Gen Z had other ideas

ACMI’s Reverb exhibition is a celebration of music’s most iconic object.

  • Richard Jinman
John Prince Siddon: “I can’t stop.”

After an accident, John was told he’d never walk again. He’s now a prince among Australian artists

John Prince Siddon was working as a jackaroo when the horse-riding incident changed his life.

  • Linda Morris

From a naked flatmate to artistic joy – one man’s journey with the Hills Hoist

As a young Englishman in Australia, artist Bruce Munro saw beauty in the everyday.

  • Stephen Brook
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Melbourne drag queens Zelda Moon and Lazy Susan don’t think drag is disappearing. It’s just changing.

Think you know drag? Turn off RuPaul’s Drag Race and think again

The reality competition show helped bring drag to the masses, but what happens when audiences are bored? The answer could be hidden in the art form’s history.

  • Nell Geraets
DJ Haram.

Festival responds as sponsors and supporters targeted over opening night DJ controversy

The DJ’s alleged comments prompted widespread condemnation and a police inquiry – now the nation’s largest festival has moved to repair the damage.

  • Linda Morris
Takashi Murakami

He is known as Japan’s version of Andy Warhol, and he’s coming to Sydney

Sydney’s summer art blockbusters include the master of a smiling flower, and a celebrated French “exhibition producer” who once floated gold helium balloons in the Guggenheim.

  • Linda Morris
Raw Mango’s Folia Saree, from their 2021 Other collection.

From Bronze Age to the Met Gala: The evolution of the sari

A new exhibition highlights how the sari has been reinvented, reshaping how it is understood and worn, and what it says about modern India.

  • Aarti Betigeri