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HOME IS A GENTLEMAN’S RESIDENCE
The $50m James Wallace Arts Trust Collection has a beautiful new home open to the public
BOUND FOR COCKATOO ISLAND
Virginia Were visits the 17th Biennale of Sydney and finds artists engaging with precarious times
MINISTERING TO A FRAGILE PLANET
Many artists are tackling the environment as a crucial issue, reports Sue Gardiner
BOLD, NEW AND CURIOUS FORMS
Kristin D’Agostino and Craig Foltz trace the new wave of jewellery and its embrace of sculpture
IN SEARCH OF TRANSCENDENCE
Virginia Were reports on roundabout˚ – an exhibition pivoting on ideas of faith and belief
CLOSE TO THE BONE
Why Australian artist Ron Mueck’s hyper-real sculptures of humans have universal appeal
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