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Venice Biennale 2026: Evocations of resilience and hope

Venice Biennale 2026: Evocations of resilience and hope

Arts writer and editor Victoria Hynes reports on the breadth of this year’s Venice Biennale, drawing out highlights from national pavilions including Australia, Morocco, India and the UK.

3days: Seven ways to get from more to meaningful 

3days: Seven ways to get from more to meaningful 

We round up the seven projects at Copenhagen’s 3daysofdesign that best reflected this year’s theme: Make This Moment Matter.

Melbourne Design Week 2026: The Review

Melbourne Design Week 2026: The Review

With a plethora of talks, installations, exhibitions and happenings responding to this year’s theme (Design The World You Want), the eleven-day festival was the largest to date and arguably the most accomplished since inception. 

Apartments on show during Milan Design Week

Apartments on show during Milan Design Week

From Muuto’s softly lived-in Brera apartment to Artemest’s palazzo-scale grandeur and Studiopepe’s introspective project apartment, these Milan Design Week interiors use the home as a stage for design, feeling and identity.

Preserving heritage with Yatofu Creatives

Preserving heritage with Yatofu Creatives

Cycling culture and heritage seldom converge, yet the AITASHOP flagship in Beijing is a space where both coexist.

Jumaadi transforms a Barangaroo thoroughfare into a site of wonder

Jumaadi transforms a Barangaroo thoroughfare into a site of wonder

Unveiled at Barangaroo South, Indonesian–Australian artist Jumaadi’s first permanent public artwork layers sculpture, sound and shadow to reimagine how art is encountered in the city.

Your highlights from Melbourne Design Week 2025

Your highlights from Melbourne Design Week 2025

Well, it’s done and dusted for another year but what a major success and influential event it was! Here are some standout exhibitions and installations for 2025.

HAS design and research

HAS design and research

Practicing architecture and giving back to the next generation of students, Jenchieh Hung of HAS design and research is ensuring that the landscape of Thailand is in very good hands for the future.

A case study in the evolution of public art

A case study in the evolution of public art

The Heffron Centre in Maroubra, Sydney, stands as a testament to how authentic public art powered by collaborative project teams can transform urban spaces.

Artworks that transcend the ordinary and elevate architecture: Marion Borgelt

Artworks that transcend the ordinary and elevate architecture: Marion Borgelt

Australian artist Marion Borgelt’s work can be found in some of Australia’s most notable commercial buildings – from 123 Pitt Street, Sydney, to Tower One, Barangaroo and Perth’s Crown Towers. Gillian Serisier steps us through her latest exhibition of work.

Plus teams up with AXOR to take home People’s Choice at Saturday Indesign

Plus teams up with AXOR to take home People’s Choice at Saturday Indesign

With its inspiring in-showroom installations, The Project is one of Saturday Indesign’s major highlights. The 2023 People’s Choice winner is ‘f l u i d’ by Plus Architecture with AXOR.

“A mesmerising symphony of light, sound and joy”

“A mesmerising symphony of light, sound and joy”

There are not really enough adjectives to describe the experiential world of Kaleidoscope by Keith Courtney. This experiential, spatial artwork has been travelling Australia and showing in Sydney until 10 September.