Culture
Art & design
State Library could be new second home for Sydney Writers’ Festival
A new chief has been appointed to the State Library, and the government has big plans about its future.
- by Linda Morris
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Perfect opportunity for the canny investor
Two finalists in this year’s Sculpture by the Sea have turned a satirical eye on Sydney’s overheated property market.
- by Nick Galvin and Brook Mitchell
‘Something you’ll never forget’: Marina Abramovic to headline Australian festival
For her last Australian show, the Serbian artist sat counting rice, inviting the public to do so, next to installations of a screaming match. “Because life is so fast, we have to make art slow,” she said at the time.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
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Art
‘I want that coffin’: How Australia secured ancient Egyptian treasure
The sarcophagus of Ramses II, one of Egypt’s greatest leaders, is coming to Australia as the star attraction of an antiquity blockbuster opening in November.
- by Linda Morris
Opinion
Music festivals
A SXSW veteran gives his verdict on Sydney’s first attempt
A veteran of the original South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, gives his verdict on the first year of the festival’s Sydney offshoot.
- by Bill Wyman
Opinion
Five Minutes with Fitz
‘Dad, Dad, you won!’: Lin Utzon on life with the man who designed the Opera House
Fifty years since the opening of the building that changed Australia, I spoke to Lin Utzon about the ups and downs of the man who designed it.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Curtain call: The Opera House secrets made public after five decades
One of the highlights of the opening of the Sydney Opera House in October 1973 was the colourful stage curtains. But they have been hidden away in storage ever since, until now.
- by Helen Pitt
The 10,000 people and 5000 drawings that built our $102 million Opera House
As it celebrates its 50th anniversary with 37,000 visitors expected to attend open house celebrations this weekend, the Sydney Opera House honours the people who built Australia’s best loved building.
- by Helen Pitt
No matter how crowded it gets, don’t miss these works at Sculpture by the Sea
Art critic John McDonald names his must-sees for this year’s event.
- by John McDonald
After 25 years, veteran sculptor finally wins Sculpture by the Sea
This year’s $100,000 Sculpture by the Sea winner has been a finalist on 11 occasions.
- by Nick Galvin
King Charles leads well-wishes for Sydney Opera House’s 50th birthday
Best wishes from all over Australia and the world have poured in to the Sydney Opera House, as the building celebrates its 50th birthday.
- by Helen Pitt