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A portrait by Gustav Klimt fetched a record price at a New York auction, which also sold a fully functional gold toilet, a satirical artwork by Maurizio Cattelan, for millions. Source link

Growing up, Aussie Marg Horwell wanted to be an actor, but soon found she had an affinity for set and costume design that has taken her to Broadway. Source link

The best and brightest on the Australian music scene have gathered at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion. Here’s a wrap of the awards show looks.  Source link

With only eight fluent Nyiyaparli speakers remaining, an Aboriginal group is racing against time to save its 41,000-year-old language. Source link

Improvising with headlights, a sold-out debut and championing new music are some of the impacts these Australian music groups have made in their decades-long existence. Source link

The Australian music industry awards will be celebrating some of the best acts in the country this week.  Source link

It was nearly a disaster, but Nirvana going acoustic for MTV ended up being one of the most iconic live performances ever and cemented Kurt Cobain as a tortured genius. Source link

World-renowned anthropologist, filmmaker and Arnhem Land Indigenous leader Paul Gurrumuruwuy Wunungmurra has become the first Yolŋu person to be honoured for his work with a PhD for original research. Source link

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.  Source link

The Sydney-born movie star discusses how her creative partnership with If I had Legs I’d Kick You director Mary Bronstein has opened the Oscars conversation. Source link