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Gina Rinehart
By resisting exposure, Gina Rinehart painted a portrait of the ‘Streisand effect’
Supporters of Australia’s richest woman wanted the National Gallery of Australia to remove portraits of her. Now both have received much more exposure than Gina Rinehart bargained for.
- by Jacqueline Maley
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Gina, I, too, have suffered an unflattering image, and yes, it burns
The art world has apparently had a gutful of celebs trying to bury unflattering portraits. Australia’s richest person could learn from King Charles, who took his latest mauling on the chin.
- by Bianca O'Neill
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The other portrait Gina Rinehart wants removed from the National Gallery
Supporters of the mining magnate want a second portrait pulled from the walls of the National Gallery of Australia.
- by Linda Morris and Eryk Bagshaw
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Gold medallist led campaign to take down Gina Rinehart portrait
Kyle Chalmers and one of the top officials in Australian swimming co-ordinated a group of 20 elite Australian swimmers to campaign against the National Gallery.
- by Eryk Bagshaw and Linda Morris
The Japanese art that involves a little voyeurism
Why is the ancient art of ukiyo-e an ongoing source of inspiration for some of our top artists?
- by Kerrie O'Brien
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Art
Meet the Emirati royal set to direct Australia’s largest arts festival
International curator Hoor Al Qasimi, the youngest daughter of the Sultan of Sharjah, is to lead the artistic direction of the next Biennale of Sydney.
- by Linda Morris
The portrait Gina Rinehart doesn’t want you to see
Australia’s richest person wants the National Gallery to remove a portrait of her by Archibald Prize-winning Indigenous artist Vincent Namatjira.
- by Linda Morris and Eryk Bagshaw
World’s oldest Chinese dragon vandalised in attack on Australian museum
Two separate dragons were damaged in the attack. Police have released images of two suspects they are looking for.
- by Kerrie O'Brien and Rachel Eddie
Want to know what happens in ACMI’s playful new show? It’s up to you
Visitors need only keep moving to experience their own animated world inside ACMI’s Beings exhibition.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
Hedonist or intellectual? The MCA’s new exhibition will sort you out
In A World Undone, Nicholas Mangan tackles the big issues of our time with a formidable intelligence but with a dry sense of aesthetics.
- by John McDonald
Bad hair day? This sexy, icky, potent display might just be the answer
A new exhibition at Heide Museum of Modern Art explores our sometimes weird relationship with hair.
- by Kerrie O'Brien