Installation Art

Brisbane artist Phoebe Paradise turns the tension between Queenslander houses and their environment into works of gothic, sci-fi art. 

The acclaimed British artist trades tennis balls and tattoos while unveiling his signature work at the National Gallery of Victoria.

Michael Gill dedicated nearly four decades of his life to building a miniature version of the Sydney Harbour Bridge as a cocktail cabinet, but the ongoing threat of bushfires means it needs a safe home where the public can enjoy it.

Witnesses said they heard an "enormous" noise of cracking of timber as the disused wharf fell into Berrys Bay, taking with it a lonely statue that mysteriously appeared overnight late last year.

The Moodjar Tree uses art and technology to tell the Noongar story of the Australian Christmas tree in 3D. 

She's one of the most significant and inventive contemporary artists in history, and now AGNSW is throwing its doors open to the largest exhibition of Louise Bourgeois's work ever shown in Australia.

Tasmanian artist Nathan Maynard advertised in a national newspaper for someone to donate their corpse to his art project. It's led to an unlikely friendship with Victorian Tony and "strangely normal" conversations about "giving me his body".

Spencer Tunick has photographed thousands of naked people all over the world, from Barcelona to Bondi. In November, it's Brisbane's turn.

Multimedia artist Roberta Joy Rich uses family memories and archival news footage to ask deep questions about the impact of apartheid policies in South Africa and Australia.

From striking art installations to one-of-a-kind costumes, two designers are transforming marine debris into "beautiful things" that highlight a scourge that plagues our beaches.  

Hundreds of thousands of bread tags, salvaged from all over the world, have been saved to create big, beautiful works of art.

More than 150 works feature in the behemoth touring exhibition Ever Present, which has landed in Aotearoa — and it's the most challenging works that are captivating audiences.

Just 18 months after swooping into Canberra, a giant magpie is being recognised as one of the nation's top "big things" on new $1 coins from the Royal Australian Mint.  

Mexican artist-chemist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer has created an odyssey for existential dilemmas using ‘inversive’ technology.

An art trail in outback Queensland is showcasing the work of local talent and includes the sculpture of a full-scale metal saddle bronc rider made from recycled horseshoes.

The famed street artist said the carpet depicting 500-euro notes is a protest on the state's spending on the papal visit as millions of Portuguese face increased inflation.

Thirteen statues have been sunk around the end of Busselton's 1.8-kilometre-long jetty — and they're already playing home to plenty of underwater life.

A metallic wire sculpture of Sturt and his horse is installed in the town of Milparinka as part of a project documenting the travels and adventures of the famous journeyman.

Gold Coast City Council has resolved to remove a $2.1 million art installation along the M1 south of Brisbane, after years of controversies over the sculptures.

Artist Bruno Booth is challenging ideas of what it means to be disabled with an obstacle course that shows participants first-hand just how much strength and skill is involved in getting around on two wheels.

When Lisa Reihana constructed an enormous octopus based on a Māori creation story, she never intended it to leave its home in New Zealand. Now, in its Australian debut, the inflatable sculpture is featuring in Tasmania's Ten Days on the Island festival. 

A Tasmanian artist says he has already received responses to his ad seeking an Australian of British descent to donate their "future deceased body" for an art installation whih he says will "speak to sacrifice for past sins perpetrated" against Aboriginal people.

Artist Josephine Jakobi, this year's major prize winner of the International Art Textile Biennale, revisits the life cycles of Victoria's Lake Tyers in her latest art installation project, Observatorium.

The best of this year's Sydney Festival included a "tattoo to optimism" featuring nine drum kits, an anxious opera on an indoor beach, a harbourside vigil, and a devastating debut play.

In its opening week, Sydney Festival pulled out all the stops to entice audiences with "immersive" and unique experiences in unusual locations — but how was the art?