8 h. ago ‘Footy was getting in the way of what I wanted to do’: Eels star explains decision to quit NRL

The realisation that he could contribute more off the field than on it came to Shaun Lane in the most unexpected time and place.

Politics

8 h. ago Imagine your house under water. This VR film takes us inside the flood

The World Came Flooding In brings three personal stories of climate calamity to life.

Events

18 h. ago 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.

Politics

27 h. ago The quiet partnership behind a $1 billion superannuation collapse

The men behind the Shield Master Fund and First Guardian Master Fund have more in common than the regulator has been letting on. This is their story.

Economics

28 h. ago I escaped a cult – for years I didn’t even realise I was in one

I have long hidden the shame that I was gullible enough to be lured into such a group. The perception people in cults are different to the rest of us needs to be challenged.

Politics

42 h. ago A darkly funny look at artists – their egos, failures and bad behaviour

Murray Middleton’s short stories deals with filmmakers, musicians, actors, playwrights, photographers and writers in varying states of creative frustration.

Politics

42 h. ago The Perth artists using technology to give a new perspective on the city’s shot

The shot-hole borer plague is one of the subjects of an innovative immersive art project leading to a $75,000 commission.

Technology

60 h. ago Dozens of jobs to go as Art Gallery of NSW faces budget crisis

The gallery has announced job cuts to save it more than $7 million.

Events

66 h. ago Gallery restaurant Cherrywood combines two of Melbourne’s loves

The entire foundation of the Ian Potter Museum’s restaurant, including its location and business model, makes a good case that yes, food is art.

Politics

3 d. ago Bring a friend for free. Sydney Contemporary Art Fair special offer*

Buy one Day or Friday night ticket and get a second for free to discover and collect contemporary art.

Politics

6 d. ago ‘You realise your children are probably never going to see Ningaloo the way you saw it’

The west-coast reef has largely escaped the curse of coral bleaching that has blighted the Great Barrier Reef. This year, that’s changed.

Politics

7 d. ago A new, larger than life teaspoon sculpture lands on Sydney Harbour

The Museum of Contemporary Art has unveiled a mind-bending art installation – and a $2 million operating deficit in the same week.

Politics

7 d. ago This must be one of America’s easiest – and most stylish – airports

Just three kilometres from town and designed by a master of modernism, this airport is the opposite of boring.

Politics

8 d. ago Rupert Murdoch shows Trump his own version of the ‘Art of the Deal’

How do you woo a US president who is suing you for $US10 billion? Rupert Murdoch offered a masterclass in carrot, stick and artful deflection. 

Politics

8 d. ago ‘Art of the steal’: Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp reaches out to Trump in AI plea

News Corp boss Robert Thomson said Donald Trump is among those being ripped off as he warned of the threat of a “deeply derivative woke AI”.

Events

8 d. ago These daring artists shocked the world. A new show reveals why

Max Dupain and Man Ray are united for the first time in an exploration of provocation, beauty and the body.

Events

8 d. ago ‘Changed the language of what art is’: Huge balloon sculpture for national gallery

The National Gallery of Australia has acquired part of an iconic series created by controversial pop artist Jeff Koons.

Politics

9 d. ago ‘Heavier and dark’: Powerhouse Museum rebuild accused of trashing heritage significance

Last-minute changes to the design of the $300 million redevelopment have been slammed by the National Trust and the City of Sydney.

Politics

1 week ago The gangster, the phone call, and the golden casket: Behind a funeral switcheroo that was all for show

The funeral for underworld figure-turned-boxer Sam ‘The Punisher’ Abdulrahim was due to begin in minutes. Then his loved ones realised they had a problem.

Technology

1 week ago Day was accepted into a prestigious US art school. Then the social media rules changed

Stuck in student visa limbo, a Brisbane teenager won’t be able to begin his US course as planned. His experience is far from unique.

Politics