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Ai Weiwei's 'Mushrooms': Can art still question the existing order?
Ai Weiwei's new Sydney installation 'Mushrooms' places 500 cast-iron combat helmets against the calm of Sydney Harbour. As the artist declares that "real art questions the existing order", the work raises a harder question about political art today.
12 versions of Jas Shalimar
Melbourne artist Jas Shalimar makes watercolours from a thousand fast decisions. Ahead of The Private Theatre at Mars Gallery (twelve self-portraits, one for each of Jung's archetypes) she talks of Beatrix Potter, an Arnott's chair hung from the ceiling, and trying on versions of herself.
'Tide of Returns' after repatriation
In Venice, 'Tide of Returns' follows the remarkable journey of Indigenous Australian shell dolls to consider what repatriation means after cultural objects finally come home.
Free museums victory for democratic education
As the UK marks 25 years of universal free museum entry, the policy has proved its value beyond rising visitor numbers. It has established access to art, history, and culture as part of public education, open to anyone who walks through the door.