Members of clandestine group retrieve objects from drains after burst pipe at Australian museum’s storage facility

Work has been commissioned for the Tank, a former oil reservoir beneath Sydney’s Art Gallery of New South Wales

The Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum Art, operated by the chemical manufacturer DIC, may have to downsize or close for good

The young nation is represented by Maria Madeira, who is also exhibiting large-scale works

The multi-city occasion will offer unprecedented access to and insight on the country’s art scene

While a referendum to recognise Indigenous people failed, the country’s cultural institutions are striving to reflect their lives

Tove Langridge faces up to five years in prison if convicted in the criminal case

The exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia singles the artist out as one of the great painters of the late 20th century

The Tarnanthi art festival features more than 1,500 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists

Australia’s new cultural initiative launches its international arm at Frieze London with a group show co-curated by the Indigenous artist Tony Albert

The event, one of the most remote art festivals in the world, features more than 280 artists

Ahead of her show at Sydney's Powerhouse Ultimo, the Japanese-Samoan artist tells us about the importance of exhibiting at the Venice Biennale and how she created a third-gender paradise

The Lyon Housemuseum first opened its doors to the public in 2009 and features an array of Australian contemporary works

The exhibition, curated by Ellie Buttrose of the Queensland Art Gallery’s Gallery of Modern Art, will be the third in the Australian pavilion selected via an open call process

The Art Gallery of New South Wales has been expanded with a new building by Japanese architects SANAA, while new displays will push Australia's Indigenous artists to the fore

A once-hidden relic of the Second World War by Sydney's harbour has been turned into an underground exhibition space

The Tank is part of the Sydney Modern extension at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Australia, due to open in December

The Construction and Building Unions Superannuation fund hopes to net $6.3m from auctioning its works with Deutscher and Hackett’s in Melbourne

The Wurundjeri Corporation hopes to crowdfund $175,000 to secure the return of the pieces, which are being sold by the De Pury family at Sotheby’s New York

Bët-bi, planned for 2025, will be designed by architect Mariam Issoufou Kamara

Floodwaters rose to second-floor ceiling of Lismore Regional Gallery, at the “epicentre” of the disaster for the New South Wales town

Proceeds from the auctions, at Deutscher and Hackett and Leonard Joel, have been earmarked for climate change programme, but questions arise over bank's motivations

The 4,000-year-old petroglyphs are being handed over by the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery in Hobart

Shepparton Art Museum opened late last year but a ballooning budget and conflicting local politics have made led to a mixed reception

Critic Jerry Saltz heaps praise on the Turner Prize-winning artist's 12-hour meditation on unchecked power and influence

Planning application for Melbourne businessman Lindsey Hogg’s Rosemaur Gallery has international support but faces local opposition

The Melbourne museum of screen culture reopens with a contactless device that allows visitors to curate virtual collections

The Bushfire Relief Auction in Melbourne has been organised by the collectors Sandra Powell and Andrew King and prices start at £200

Multimedia collective's first permanent gallery in Japan was the most popular single-artist museum of 2018, beating Picasso and Van Gogh museums

Letter reveals that 2013 exhibition at Museum of Contemporary Art was offered AU$500,000 of state money despite reservations