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Although these portraits were something like dating profiles for aristocrats to woo across countries, staring back across the centuries they have an enigmatic privacy

The legendary cabaret star reflects on her many good times in Canberra.

The APY Art Centre Collective has denied accusations arts workers have overstepped their bounds in assisting artists for an upcoming National Gallery show.

The National Gallery of Australia has launched an independent review into the origins of the First Nations artwork in its Ngura Pulka – Epic Country exhibition after questions were raised about the role of non-Indigenous studio assistants in the creation of the art.

Nine key cultural institutions, including Old Parliament House and the National Gallery of Australia, will receive more than half a billion dollars in funding.

This was a time when art really was everything everywhere all at once

Cézanne outshines Van Gogh, with Picasso his revolutionary pupil, in this absorbing hurtle toward modern art – smashing 500 years of tradition into cubist shards

The Italian master didn’t just paint the conventionally beautiful. As a new National Gallery show reveals, he was also drawn to irregular, diseased and aged faces – all captured with mind-bending accuracy and compassion

This tiny exhibition – just five paintings, with some magnificent drawings – makes a point about Renaissance humour, which could be cruel to age and ugliness.