Visual Art

Leila Jeffreys photographs penguins in Antarctica.

Over the past four decades, the Australian Antarctic Arts Fellowship has given creatives the opportunity to travel south and develop works on the icy continent.

The 23-minute video portrait of the Matildas 2023 World Cup squad cost $400,000, in what the National Portrait Gallery describes as its most ambitious commission ever.

Australia has been sending artists to the frontline since World War I, with more than 50 local artists taking part since then. But what's it actually like to head into war armed with a paintbrush?  

Can you tell what's real and what's fake online? Data Dreams: Art and AI at the MCA, featuring a Kim Kardashian deepfake, looks at the impact of AI on everyday life

Indigenous artists from across Australia, including Alair Pambegan and Grace Kemarre Robinya, feature as part of the National Indigenous Art Triennial in Canberra: After the Rain.

Sabrina's father warned her she couldn't make a living from art, but after decades in a sensible job she's now making waves in the world of glass art.

Whether it's enormous puppets, interactive bunny installations or handmade ceramics, these artists are embracing joy, whimsy and silliness to help people connect to their inner child. 

On November 26, 1948, the first Polaroid camera was released commercially, changing photography forever.  

Giant dancing polar bears covered in fluorescent feathers, a three-storey inflatable comic strip and a donkey in a dinghy have taken over the Art Gallery of Western Australia.

Mexican artist Frida Kahlo has become the most expensive female artist at auction, after her El sueno (la cama) painting sold for $US56 million.

Art can stir strong feelings in people, both good and bad. These artworks fell in the latter, provoking great controversy in Australia, and telling us a lot about who we are as a nation. 

The Grove Gallery in London was showcasing a collection of 13 Banksy pieces worth about £1.5 million ($3 million) when the iconic print was stolen.

Dolly Parton has never stepped foot on the dry red dirt of Indulkana in remote South Australia, but she is a frequent visitor in the art of Kaylene Whisky, which celebrates sisterhood and strong women. 

Ever noticed the hundreds of smiley faces graffitied on buildings, the back of road signs, guardrails and bridges around Tasmania? The artist says the world needs more joy.

Artists have been using cardboard for at least a century to create works. These Australians showcase how the humble medium can be transformed into striking sculptures and collage.

Joy, a sculpture by artist Loui May, was erected in Sydney's Darlinghurst in the late 1990s. After hundreds signed a petition for its return, a bronze version was created and placed in the spot it once stood decades ago.

Craig Parry is used to capturing beautiful photographs of the ocean at its best, but this heartbreaking image won him a prestigious Ocean Photographer of the Year award. 

The 50th anniversary of Sydney Festival — and the first from new artistic director Kris Nelson — features a mix of Australian and international artists taking over spaces across the city.

In an exhibition exploring the fraught issue of finding a home, artist Alana Hunt is directly inviting owners of multiple properties to solve her own, personal housing crisis.