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‘A love letter to concrete and steel’: This suburban house is different
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (613+ words) September 12, 2026 — 5:00am At the end of a quiet cul-de-sac in Melbourne’s inner north-west is a unique and remarkable house surrounded by typical suburban McMansions. It’s striking because its owners were keen to use concrete “to the max” in their new home....
Sydney photographer wins international award for shot at Tamarama beach
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (126+ words) September 10, 2026 — 5:00am There was a huge swell in the surf that day, the 45-year-old recalled. “It was five, six metres at least. So I decided to jump in the ocean and started capturing these waves. And around half an hour later,…...
City-maker put people and design first when he helped shape Sydney
6+ day, 5+ hour ago (535+ words) September 8, 2026 — 5:00pm Architect Peter Mould helped shape Sydney as we know it today. Through his leadership, judgment and advocacy as NSW government architect, he influenced the design of many of the places that Sydneysiders experience daily from Circular Quay and George…...
Julian Rose House restoration: How Donna Seidler finished her late husband’s dream of restoring the iconic Harry Seidler modernist home
6+ day, 11+ hour ago (785+ words) September 8, 2026 — 11:30am When grief strikes, sometimes the only thing to do is whack weeds and feel the fire of a chainsaw. Donna Seidler turned to the garden first when she unexpectedly became the custodian of the 72-year-old modernist Julian Rose House…...
Too big to fund, too big to fail: The pitfalls lying in wait for the Powerhouse
1+ week, 2+ day ago (753+ words) With or without chief executive Lisa Havilah, the challenges facing the Powerhouse Parramatta are numerous. In the early hours of September 22, 1882, a catastrophic inferno consumed the Garden Palace in Sydney’s Royal Botanic Garden. Within 40 minutes, its vast timber frame had…...
She didn’t start painting until her 60s. Now she’s considered our most important artist
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1002+ words) She came to painting late and acrylics even later – but this artist’s prolific legacy had repercussions beyond popularising Aboriginal art. Warning: This story contains the name and images of an Indigenous person who has died. Thirty-eight years ago, 11 tall ships…...
Beloved but problematic
1+ week, 4+ day ago (37+ words) SMH.com.au As the biggest show of Margaret Preston's work in 20 years opens at the NGV, its curators talk about her stunning work, her legacy and why it's tricky. September 3, 2026 — 11:00am...
Desperately seeking lobsters: Do you have a missing masterpiece?
1+ week, 4+ day ago (718+ words) September 3, 2026 — 11:01am Any chance you have a moody painting featuring lobsters on your wall? This work was part of a callout from the National Gallery of Victoria last year when it went in search of four pieces by Margaret Preston. Since…...
‘I wanted to yodel’: How renovation transformed three awkward homes
1+ week, 5+ day ago (561+ words) September 2, 2026 — 11:00am Architect Brian Zulaikha and artist Janet Laurence share their time between an apartment in the 1960s Gazebo building, a modernist edifice in Elizabeth Bay, Sydney, and a house just outside Berry, south of the city. The couple were looking for…...
Unpacking ‘Aboriginalia’: Meet the man turning Australia’s kitsch history into art
1+ week, 6+ day ago (715+ words) September 1, 2026 — 12:00pm Among the ubiquitous plates, tea towels and boomerangs sent to the Museum of Contemporary Art is a rare artefact: an Australian explorer board game by the long-defunct manufacturer Murfett Games. Its box cover displays every mid-century trope imaginable – pink-skinned,…...