Linda Morris
Arts and Books Writer
Linda Morris is an arts writer at The Sydney Morning Herald
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Indigenous art
The other portrait Gina Rinehart wants removed from the National Gallery
Supporters of the mining magnate want a second portrait pulled from the walls of the National Gallery of Australia.
- by Linda Morris and Eryk Bagshaw
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Indigenous art
Gold medallist led campaign to take down Gina Rinehart portrait
Kyle Chalmers and one of the top officials in Australian swimming co-ordinated a group of 20 elite Australian swimmers to campaign against the National Gallery.
- by Eryk Bagshaw and Linda Morris
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Art
Meet the Emirati royal set to direct Australia’s largest arts festival
International curator Hoor Al Qasimi, the youngest daughter of the Sultan of Sharjah, is to lead the artistic direction of the next Biennale of Sydney.
- by Linda Morris
The portrait Gina Rinehart doesn’t want you to see
Australia’s richest person wants the National Gallery to remove a portrait of her by Archibald Prize-winning Indigenous artist Vincent Namatjira.
- by Linda Morris and Eryk Bagshaw
Aussie rock legend and Jimmy and the Boys frontman, Ignatius Jones, dies
Jones was lead singer of Jimmy and the Boys and went on to direct some of Sydney’s leading arts festivals.
- by Linda Morris
Epic tale of destruction and family ties: Our latest show to take on the world
Just weeks after The Picture of Dorian Gray made a West End splash, this local stage hit is heading to the US.
- by Linda Morris
Jobs at Bunnings: How Australia’s musicians, actors and artists scratch a living
Half of Australia’s working artists are earning as little as $200 from their craft as the sector falls deeper into crisis.
- by Linda Morris
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Arts
‘Quality space’: New look for Powerhouse Museum at Ultimo revealed
The Powerhouse Museum at Ultimo will have a new entrance, and its interiors will be ‘decluttered’ of modern additions according to a new plan.
- by Linda Morris
Landmark report shows men still dominate Australian arts
Male artists are more likely to be represented and collected by galleries than women, according to a landmark report.
- by Linda Morris
It’s a TV legend! See the Mr Squiggle drawings chosen for the National Museum
Before Bluey, Australian kids loved a pencil-nosed, moon-dwelling marionette. Now he and his cast of characters have found a new home.
- by Linda Morris