Liz Hobday
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Art show gives the mudskipper its moment in the sun (opens the original)
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For anyone who feels contemporary art is pretentious, meet Justene Williams, possibly Australia's best evidence that it doesn't have to be. The Brisbane-based artist is known to find her materials at the tip, by the side of the road, or at retailers Bunnings or Spotlight. And what's more, she will happily dismember her finished sculptures and use the parts to make new works. Even the title of her major survey show at the Queensland Art Gallery could be read as a reminder to keep your feet on the
So many Andys: bizarre sculpture for children's author (opens the original)
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It could be a scene from one of Andy Griffiths' bestselling children's books: the author gazing at ever-smaller versions of himself standing in the palm of his hand, while another Andy looks down from the branches of a tree. The unusual sculptural tribute to the 2026 Children's Laureate by artist Ronnie van Hout has been unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra on Friday. "This is an incredible honour, both for me and my work as a writer, but also for children's writers in general,
Arts groups fear fallout of looming NDIS funding cuts (opens the original)
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Australia's disability arts sector is sounding the alarm about cuts to the National Disability Insurance Scheme. At Adelaide-based company Restless Dance Theatre, people with disabilities make groundbreaking dance that has toured Australia and internationally. Almost all of its dancers rely on NDIS funding, and weekly classes can lead to further training and ultimately professional employment, Restless artistic director Michelle Ryan says. "One of the things I would really like government and th
Could radically different computers rescue the AI era? (opens the original)
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A 1984 Sega computer rescued from a demolition site was the start of designer Mel Huang Buntine's collection of vintage IT. Beginning with the first and only Sega personal computer, the SC-3000H, the Buntine Computer Collection has been steadily growing since 2018. "We just got really obsessed with this idea of fixing old computers and preserving them, because they were all just going to landfill," she told AAP. The Sega and many other items are going on display at the National Communications Mu
Oils drum kit one of 50 treasures of Aussie performance (opens the original)
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The drum kit played by late Midnight Oil founder Rob Hirst across more than four decades is going on show at the Australian Museum of Performing Arts. The 1979 Black Ludwig touring and recording kit is part of just the second exhibition held at the museum in Melbourne. ENCORE! shows off 50 years of Australia's performing arts history through a display of 50 objects, with the drum kit one of the standouts. Hirst died in January at the age of 70, and was the principal songwriter of many of Midnigh
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