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.

Hobart's landmark Museum of Old and New Art has racked up a staggering amount in losses since it opened in 2011, but founder David Walsh is still building.

The truth behind claims of "white hands on black art" will be tested in the SA Supreme Court as one of the country's best-known Aboriginal art groups sues Rupert Murdoch's national masthead for defamation.

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.

The artist whose sculpture headlines a regional Victorian tourism campaign says it's a "beat up to get publicity". 

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.

City of Melbourne rejects Mildura's attempt to take the city's controversial "Yellow Peril" sculpture.  

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.

When boys write their own comics, they are bound to be full of fart jokes, stinky-eyed butt dragons and lots of crazy superpowers. 

Mildura Rural City Council says it wants Melbourne's Vault sculpture to be moved to the regional centre as part of a new tourism campaign.

Known for his generosity and a spectacular art gallery home filled with colourful works, Peter "Jungle" Phillips is remembered by those who loved him dearly.

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.

For the LGBTQIA+ community, queer pubs and clubs can be an oasis. But in some capital cities they are vanishing.

Tasmania's provocative midwinter festival Dark Mofo will return in 2026, as this year's festival reports fewer interstate visitors as "budgets are tightening" across the country.

No men are allowed at Kirsha Kaechele's Ladies Lounge and the Supreme Court agrees. The artist, curator and "missus" of MONA's owner knows how to cross boundaries, but can she solve Tasmania's thorniest dispute?

As the 2025 Melbourne Cup approaches, two musicals celebrating — and satirising — the life of Phar Lap premiere, with "Australia's greatest racehorse" brought to life with an actor and a puppeteer.

The Powerhouse Museum buried technologies such as a solar calculator and cardboard box camera in 1981. Now they want to know what to bury in 2026.

At the turn of the century, Australian women artists travelled to Europe and returned with new styles and techniques. Their long-overlooked contribution to Australian art is celebrated in Dangerously Modern.

There are more than 2 million artworks on the rocks at Murujuga, with more stories under the waves.

Award-winning fashion designer Amy Lawrance blends 90s sci-fi with the medieval in her new collection, Total Recall.