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NewsConcrete Playground meets Auckland Art Fair Director Jennifer Buckley
Concrete Playground catches up with Auckland Art Fair director Jennifer Buckley for the low down on New Zealand's one and only art fair.
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NewsUnderwater Opera Announced for Sydney Festival 2014
How does an underwater opera work? Is it through air pockets? Scuba gear? Gillyweed?
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NewsTen Reasons to Visit the Auckland Art Fair 2013
From monkeys painting to glamorous opening parties, Concrete Playground chats with Jana Beer, publications editor for Auckland Art Fair 2013, for the ten best reasons to visit the 2013 Auckland Art Fair.
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NewsSensual Body Landscapes by Photographer Carl Warner
Carl Warner makes the literary literal in a series of 'landscapes' composed entirely of naked men and women.
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NewsArt Spiegelman, Grant Morrison and More Announced for GRAPHIC Festival
GRAPHIC is like arty Comic-Con, and you don't need to be an uber-fan to feel part of the party.
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NewsGhostly Dresses Photographed Underwater
A 1000 litre pool, inner-city backyard and theatrical garments combine.
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NewsArts House Opens Door to Season Two
Fire, murder, fight clubs and a semi-sci-fi take on online journalism feature in the cutting-edge season 2.0.
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NewsArt & About to Transform City with Mirrors, Snails
Art & About organisers have revealed a sneak peek of what's to come in September.
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NewsUnderbelly Arts 2013 Program Launches
Underbelly Arts is back after a fallow year. Will the wait have been worth it?
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NewsHipsters at the Gate: Greek Agora Classics get a Wardrobe Update
Ever wondered what the Ancient Greeks might look like in 2013? Wonder no more.
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NewsConcrete Playground’s Guide to The 5th Auckland Triennial
The time to get out and experience The 5th Auckland Triennial for yourself is now, and here is a helpful guide to get you started.
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NewsPoetic Photography that Visualises Haikus
Rina Vukobratovic gives her childhood haikus a new, photographic life.
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NewsGet Your Art on a Tram (Legally)
Melbourne Art Trams will gussy up eight trams with bold works.
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NewsFive Futuristic Art Works to See at ISEA
These ISEA art sideshows show off a future far more interesting than your missing jetpack.
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NewsInstagram Goes Deep with iAfghanistan Photojournalism
Ben Lowy's mesmerising wartime photos show iPhoneography's full potential.
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NewsSurprisingly Beautiful Photographs from the Secret Underworld of Drains
There's suffering for your art, and then there's fighting off cockroach armies to take a photo.
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NewsSupport Your Favourite Cockatoo Island Takeovers by Underbelly Arts
Underbelly Arts invites you to invest (in more ways than one).
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NewsLes Bains, Paris: The Best Street Art Collection No-one Can See
Derelict Parisian nightclub Les Bains plays host to the world's most respected street artists - but alas, you're still not on the guestlist.
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NewsArt Meets MasterChef Meets Bar Fight at Art Battles
Two artists, two canvases, two hours and one big crowd. Welcome to Art Battles Australia.
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NewsMONA Reveals Dark Mofo Festival Program – And Will Fly You There for Free
Enough art, music and jet fuel to blast through the winter chill.
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NewsThe Beauty of Decaying Theatres
Photographer Julia Solis brings us 100+ images of the hub of mid 20th-century popular culture.
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NewsHow the Internet, Marina Abramovic and Dachshunds Made Performance Art Cool
What is it? Why is it? Huh?
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NewsFood Is Artist Hong Yi’s Latest Paintbrush
Hong Yi creates delicate artworks from everyday victuals.
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NewsArtist Jay Shells Swaps Street Signs with Rap Lyrics
Meet you on the corner of 'Cause I want to be on 106 and Park pushing a Benz'.
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NewsBook Spine Poetry That Speaks Volumes
A lifelong book fetish becomes fun and quirky poetic art.
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NewsArtist Bradley Hart Finds Unusual Use for Bubble Wrap
Bradley Hart would not like it if you popped his bubble wrap.
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NewsVivid Sydney Announces 2013 Lineup
The festival turns five this year, and is celebrating with its most dazzling lineup yet.
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NewsFour Interesting Ideas in the New Australian Cultural Policy
The Gillard Government announced their long-awaited cultural policy which look set to have some unexpectedly awesome consequences
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NewsSeven Forward-Thinking Foodies Create Meals from the Future
Good news for people who like needles, kelp and insects.
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NewsWhen a Building Brightens a Neighbourhood
Reko Rennie's Welcome to Redfern is part of a history of large-scale murals that have driven urban renewal.
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NewsPicasso’s Cubist Portraits Brought to Life in Photography
Spanish photographer Eugenio Recuenco reinterprets Picasso's Cubist portraits with live models.
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NewsBe Transported by Smithsonian Magazine’s 10th Annual Photo Contest Finalists
Forget the official winners or the Reader's Choice Award, we present Concrete Playground's best of the Smithsonian Photo Contest.
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NewsHow Reasonable Things Still Get Banned by the Australian Classification Board
I Want Your Love is in the spotlight after James Franco's YouTube rant, but it's banning is just one of many 'silly' decisions made by Australian censors over the years.
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NewsThe Off-White Album: How History and Decay Affect 45-Year-Old Records
No matter what their colour, condition or quality, Rutherford Chang wants your iconic 1968 Beatles 'White Album'.
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NewsBerlin Wall Is Being Torn Down…Again
For the second time in a matter of only a few years, a chunk of the Berlin Wall, and the striking art that covers it, is set to be torn down
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NewsSeven Intricate Structures You Won’t Believe Were Made Out of Paper
Check out seven of the most intricate and incredible structures ever made out of paper
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NewsThe Ten Best Art Apps
Art organisations across the globe are transforming how tech-savvy visitors can experience their works.
