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The search for the missing Sun Spirit sculpture that once lounged on a Queensland beach finally ended at a home in the NSW capital. But was it a case of mistaken identity?

Senior arts figure says board and CEO 'didn't seem to understand or at least trust the power and complexity of the visual arts'

Modern abstract painting from the Dreamtime, a ceramic deep dive into a Tudor power struggle and a celebration of body art ...

A piece of history burned down in the Los Angeles wildfires. Project Chimney is salvaging what's left to honor the architecture - and eventually create a memorial ...

The Peruvian artist paints hybrid creatures, rocks with eyes and fish brandishing spears in a shamanistic celebration of his home and his people - but also the terrifying colonial horrors inflicted upon them ...

Collectors say creation of museum honouring Hector Guimard, who died in 1942, will right a historic wrong ...

Chic's bandleader and the Last Dinner Party are among the curators selecting from the 90,000+ items in the late star's archive to go on display when the new London venue opens in September ...

Critics warn a corporate-style risk framework could stifle creativity and call for a renewed commitment to artistic independence ...

Long-planned, £187,000 tribute to women who worked in shirt factories is criticised as too abstract and inaccurate ...

From 1938 to 1957, the celebrated photo magazine captured tattooists, transgender women and topless men sinking pints - and changed the way the country saw itself ...