It is the case of the high-flying Sydney lawyer and the stolen paintings. And as Penrith District Court heard on Friday, on one version of events it is "bizarre". The straightforward part, the court heard, was that solicitor Michael Gerard Sullivan, ...full story

But she eventually cut a niche for herself advising individual and corporate clients on art purchases. Ms Massart, who splits her time between Switzerland, where she is based, and Dubai, where she owns property, speaks about how she transformed a hobby ...full story

Melbourne City Council provided $80000 in funding to the festival and a spokeswoman defended the art project. "Art is in the eye of the beholder," she said. "Our arts grants application process requires that applicants meet detailed selection criteria.full story

By JAMIE JAMES / THE JAKARTA GLOBE| May 26, 2012 | The life and career of the German artist Walter Spies presents the classic model of the tropical romantic. Soon after he arrived in Bali on his first visit in 1925, he determined to live there and ...full story

The Pinchuk Art Center, the pioneer center in that region, continues to bring the most interesting artists to Kiev. Here is the video from Anish Kapoor's opening that took place last week in Keiv's historic Bessarabka district. Kapoor, the Mumbai-born ...full story

The $121 million Auckland Art Gallery upgrade, extension and refurbishment scooped the country's top architecture prize last night. Sydney firm fjmt and Auckland's Archimedia won the architectural medal, the Institute of Architects' highest national ...full story

But now that the couple has returned permanently to Australia, her workload has eased and he has been flat out preparing for an exhibition that opened in Sydney this week and another in Hong Kong. ''I'm playing an underemployed artist's wife and Andy's ...full story

His latest show will soon open in Jakarta. (Photo courtesy of Ritchie Ned Hansel) Between his art installations, collaborations, design work, photography and music, Ritchie Ned Hansel should look like the typical artist — perpetually inspired but ...full story

(Photos courtesy of Gallery Rachel) Contemporary artists are prepared to welcome a new space to display their work right in the heart of Jakarta. Gallery Rachel, which is located on Jl. MH Thamrin at UOB Plaza in Central Jakarta, will officially open ...full story

By Willa Culpepper and Camilla Hall Dubai's gradual recovery from the nadir of its 2009 financial crisis is being played out in the familiar settings of offices parks, hotels and warehouses – but also in the strikingly unconventional milieu of art ...full story