Latest Australian art News

Report uncovers Australian love for art (ABC Radio Australia)

Australians are known their love of sport, but a new survey has suggested Australians also appreciate the arts.

Art dealer cleared in Rolf Harris puzzle (BigPond News)

A UK court has cleared an art dealer of being involved in the disappearance of a Rolf Harris painting.

Art dealer cleared in Rolf Harris puzzle (Sky News Australia)

The mystery surrounding a missing Rolf Harris painting has taken a fresh twist, with a UK court clearing an art dealer of being involved in its disappearance.

ART Marine Set to Open up Whole New World with "Discover Yachting" (Zawya)

Dubai, UAE: ART Marine, an Abraaj Capital portfolio company and the Middle East's largest importer and distributor of luxury motor-yachts, has embarked on a comprehensive and experiential campaign "Discover Yachting" to open up the exciting world of yachting to a broader audience.

It's a Recession B*tches! : Man Tries to Pay Utility Bill With Drawing of a Spider (Black Voices)

Filed under: News When you find that you have run out of excuses to tell your various collection agencies, sometimes you just have to get creative. The recession meets the art world in this clever tale of spiders, time travel and an unpaid bill. The spider story begins with an e-mail exchange between an Australian man and an unnamed utility company. The man, David Thorne, owes the company $233 ...

'Hurt Locker' team forgotten (Brisbane Times)

If art is meant to imitate life, then something has gone awry for Australian captain Tony Gilchrist.

Destructive Pollock's last lover (The Age)

She was the lone survivor of the 1956 car crash that changed the course of American art by killing its angriest abstract expressionist, Jackson Pollock, her lover at the time. Although badly injured, Ruth Kligman an artist in her own right, survived to become romantically involved with a string of significant art figures. She has died in New York, aged 80.

A tutu fierce storm has arts companies totting up costs (The Age)

Arts companies have been badly affected by last weekend's storm, with the Australian Ballet still trying to assess the extent of damage to 48 years of costumes and sets.

Louis Vuitton's womanhood celebration closes Paris (AP via Yahoo! News)

After a week of shows dominated by the rail-thin teens who are ubiquitous on today's catwalks, Paris fall-winter ready-to-wear 2010-11 displays concluded Wednesday with a sensual celebration of women in all their curvaceous glory at Louis Vuitton.

Gem of idea now a reality (Otago Daily Times)

A new category in the iD Dunedin Emerging Designer Awards has opened the event to a new range of talent. Four designers have entered their creations in the jewellery category, including Australian Paula Kyle Walden.

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