Max Athans: Natural Disasters
In Natural Disasters, Max Athans explores the limits of the mind’s ability to imagine catastrophe and the ways disaster becomes embedded in memory, imagery and the surrounding world. The exhibition…
Richard Lewer: Don’t Forget to Breathe
Jan Murphy Gallery presents Don’t Forget to Breathe, an exhibition of approximately 60 small paintings by Australian artist Richard Lewer, exploring the fragmented nature of contemporary experience and the constant…
Archibubs x Value Talk 08: Public Space, Play and Possibilities
Archibubs and the Australian Institute of Architects’ Emerging Architects and Graduates Network (EmAGN) present Value Talk 08: Public Space, Play and Possibilities, a conversation exploring how art, architecture and design…
Panel: Ruined
Chaired by Samid Suliman, Panel: Ruined brings together Susan Best, Dirk Yates and Joanne Choueiri to explore ruins and the ways we live with what remains. Moving between Beirut’s shattered…
Megan Cope Awarded Inaugural Helen O’Sullivan Artist Fellowship
Quandamooka artist Megan Cope has been awarded the inaugural Helen O’Sullivan Artist Fellowship from Sheila Foundation. The $25,000 fellowship supports contemporary women artists at a critical stage in their careers,…
Phoebe Fleming: Pulling at the Form World
Meanjin/Brisbane-based visual artist Phoebe Fleming presents Pulling at the Form World, an exhibition of surreal and psychedelic painted works at Land Street Gallery in Toowong. Working primarily in abstract surrealist…
Jamie North: Edge Condition
The Renshaws presents Edge Condition, an exhibition by Australian artist Jamie North, whose sculptural practice explores the dynamic interplay between the industrial and the organic. North’s works juxtapose industrial materials…
Bruce Reynolds: The White Portal
Logan Art Gallery presents The White Portal, an exhibition by Bruce Reynolds exploring change and memory through sculpture and two-dimensional artworks. Using materials including linoleum and plaster, Reynolds will construct…
Khadim Ali: Unsafe Haven
This exhibition features recent miniature paintings and textiles. Through a confluence of contemporary and ancient imagery, the works address the historical nature of current tensions in the Middle East. Born…
INTERLUDE: 2026 QUT Visual Arts Graduate Exhibition
INTERLUDE is the 2026 QUT Visual Arts Graduate Exhibition, presenting the work of 37 emerging artists at the transition between university study and their developing creative practices. Framed as an…
Urbania #3: Hollie Cassidy, Jordache Gage, Padoke & Rhys Viorr
Urbania #3 is a post-graffiti-themed group exhibition that forms part of an ongoing series bringing together small groups of independent artists connected to Brisbane. Hollie Cassidy — Fragments Fragments explores…
Ipswich Art Workshop: Artist Residencies, Community Workshops & Meetups
Ipswich Art Workshop is inviting artists, makers, creative thinkers and arts organisations to submit Expressions of Interest for its March–June 2027 program. Applicants can propose community workshops and creative meetups…
FELTspace 2027 Exhibition Program
FELTspace is inviting proposals from early-career and mid-career artists for its 2027 exhibition program in Tarntanya/Adelaide. The gallery supports experimental artistic practices, concepts and materials, and encourages applications from artists…
In Residence: A Decade of Creative Practice
Museum of Brisbane presents In Residence: A Decade of Creative Practice, a landmark exhibition celebrating ten years of its Artist in Residence program and the artistic innovation, collaboration and creative…
The Tucker Portraits: Albert Tucker’s Photographic Archive
Albert Tucker (1914–1999) was one of Australia’s renowned artists and a key exponent of Australian modernism. Primarily known as a figurative painter, he critically responded to the world around him…
15 Artists 2026
15 Artists is an annual acquisitive prize developed to enhance the City of Moreton Bay Art Collection and exhibition program. Each year, 15 artists are invited by City of Moreton…
The Hub Gallery: 2027 Exhibition Expressions of Interest
Applications close Monday 2 November 2026, at 11:59 pm. Applicants will be notified Friday 13 November 2026. An information and networking session for successful applicants will be held Saturday 21…
UQSoFA Industry Night: Curator Edition
The University of Queensland Society of Fine Arts (UQSoFA) presents its annual Industry Night, bringing together emerging arts professionals and established curators for an evening of conversation, career insights and…
Curator + Program Manager — Canberra Contemporary
Canberra Contemporary is seeking a Curator + Program Manager to join its team in Kamberri/Canberra. This ongoing, part-time position combines curatorial practice with gallery management, working across Canberra Contemporary and…
Kirsten Coelho
Kirsten Coelho (b. 1966, Denmark) is a leading Australian contemporary ceramicist living and working in Adelaide, South Australia. Coelho works in porcelain, producing reduction fired works that attempt to fuse…
2027 Midsumma Art Award
Presented by Midsumma Festival, the Midsumma Art Award is a national, non-acquisitive visual arts award celebrating contemporary LGBTQIA+ artists working across all mediums. Established in 2016, the annual award recognises…
un Magazine 21.1: Autodidactism — Call for Proposals
un Magazine invites proposals for issue 21.1, Autodidactism, guest edited by Paul Boyé. The call explores self-directed learning, alternative education and the role of the autodidact in contemporary art and…
Museum of Brisbane: Work Opportunities
Museum of Brisbane is seeking creative, enthusiastic and skilled people to join its team and help champion Brisbane as a creative and connected city. Current opportunities span exhibition production, retail…
Shayle Flesser: Open, Enclose
Open, Enclose is a solo exhibition by Brisbane-based artist Shayle Flesser, presenting a substantial new body of work spanning large-scale painting, collage, hand-built ceramic vessels and sculptural objects. The exhibition…
Petalia Humphreys: Before the Object
Onespace presents Before the Object, an exhibition by Petalia Humphreys in the Lounge Gallery, featuring a collection of playful two-dimensional and three-dimensional architectonic paintings that trace the transition of an…
Munimba-ja Blak Creatives Collective: Nothing to Write Home About
Outer Space presents Nothing to Write Home About, a group exhibition developed through Munimba-ja Arts Centre’s Blak Creatives artist development program. Featuring artists Clea North, Brenda Mau, Lexie Abel, Tanika…
Queensland College of Art and Design Graduate Exhibitions 2026
The Queensland College of Art and Design (QCAD), Griffith University, presents its 2026 graduate exhibitions, showcasing the creativity and innovation of emerging artists and designers across Design, Visual Art and…
fortyfivedownstairs: Exhibition Opportunities 2027
fortyfivedownstairs is inviting proposals for exhibitions in 2027. Located at 45 Flinders Lane in Melbourne CBD, the organisation features two distinctive exhibition spaces: the Small Gallery and the Large Gallery.…
City of Albany Artist in Residence Program
The City of Albany Artist in Residence (AIR) program is inviting applications for its 2028 residency program, which will facilitate annual residencies for up to six visiting artists. The program…
The Bald Archy Prize 2027
The Bald Archy Prize returns in 2027, inviting artists of all styles and experience levels across Australia to submit comic or satirical portraits of distinguished Australians in art, science, literature,…
EWRKS × Gertrude Ceramics Residency
EWRKS and Gertrude are inviting applications for a fully funded three-month ceramic residency, offering an artist dedicated time, space and community to develop a new body of small-scale ceramic work.…
Smokescreen: A Thickness of the Air
Drawn from the Indigenous Australian Art collection, Smokescreen: A Thickness of the Air presents artworks that disguise, disrupt or conceal. The exhibition explores the different reasons elements of an artwork…
Elaine Bermingham National Watercolour Prize in Landscape Painting
The Elaine Bermingham National Watercolour Prize in Landscape Painting is a triennial award presented by Griffith University’s Queensland College of Art and Design, celebrating excellence and innovation in watercolour. The…
Helena Jackson-Lloyd: Shorelines
Helena Jackson-Lloyd is a visual artist, based on the Queensland Sunshine Coast. Throughout her creative practice she has worked with and around the ideas of ‘landscape’. Her interest being in…
Burnie Print Prize 2027
Entries are now open for the Burnie Print Prize 2027, one of Australia’s leading national printmaking awards, celebrating excellence, innovation and technical skill in contemporary print practice. Presented by Burnie…
WHATS ON
EXHIBITIONS, EVENTS & MORE
Max Athans: Natural Disasters
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Carpark Gallery
Richard Lewer: Don’t Forget to Breathe
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Jan Murphy Gallery
Panel: Ruined
20261104
Institute of Modern Art
Tempest
20261029
20261107
Brisbane Gallery
Phoebe Fleming: Pulling at the Form World
20261029
20261031
Land Street Gallery
Jamie North: Edge Condition
20261022
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The Renshaws
Bruce Reynolds: The White Portal
20261031
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Logan Art Gallery
Khadim Ali: Unsafe Haven
20261024
20261114
Milani Gallery
INTERLUDE: 2026 QUT Visual Arts Graduate Exhibition
20261103
20261107
QUT Kelvin Grove
Urbania #3: Hollie Cassidy, Jordache Gage, Padoke & Rhys Viorr
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20261107
Woolloongabba Art Gallery
In Residence: A Decade of Creative Practice
20261017
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Museum of Brisbane
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OPPORTUNITIES
CALLOUTS, ART PRIZES & WORKSHOPS
FELTspace 2027 Exhibition Program
Deadline:
20261215
The Hub Gallery: 2027 Exhibition Expressions of Interest
Deadline:
20261102
Curator + Program Manager — Canberra Contemporary
Deadline:
20261103
2027 Midsumma Art Award
Deadline:
20261106
un Magazine 21.1: Autodidactism — Call for Proposals
Deadline:
20261102
City of Albany Artist in Residence Program
Deadline:
20261030
The Bald Archy Prize 2027
Deadline:
20270129
EWRKS × Gertrude Ceramics Residency
Deadline:
20260921
Elaine Bermingham National Watercolour Prize in Landscape Painting
Deadline:
20261108
STORIES
MEDIA RELEASES, ARTICLES & WRITING
Megan Cope Awarded Inaugural Helen O’Sullivan Artist Fellowship
Quandamooka artist Megan Cope has been awarded the inaugural Helen O’Sullivan Artist Fellowship from Sheila Foundation. The $25,000 fellowship supports contemporary women artists at a critical stage in their careers,…
Museum of Brisbane Announces Landmark Partnership with Shayher Group
Museum of Brisbane and Shayher Group have entered a landmark three-year partnership to create opportunities for local artists and audiences as Brisbane prepares for 2032. With a shared interest in…
Elisa Jane Carmichael Announced as 2026 Wandima Fellowship Recipient
Brisbane Powerhouse and Queensland University of Technology (QUT) are pleased to announce Elisa Jane Carmichael, proud Ngugi woman from Quandamooka Country, as the recipient of the 2026 Wandima Fellowship. Drawn…
QUT X Block
The refurbishment of Levels 5 and 6 of QUT’s X Block at the Kelvin Grove campus was developed as a workplace guided by Country, with Blaklash engaged as First Nations…
Huiyi Xiao Wins the 2026 Churchie Emerging Art Prize
Victorian artist Huiyi Xiao has been awarded the $40,000 Major Prize at the 2026 Churchie Emerging Art Prize, announced at Metro Arts in Brisbane on Friday 24 July. Xiao, who…
Flying Arts 2026 Program
Flying Arts has announced its 2026 Annual Programme, delivering an expansive calendar of professional development, exhibitions, awards, education initiatives and regional touring opportunities designed to strengthen Queensland’s visual arts sector…
IMA Announces Platform 2027 Artistic Cohort
Meanjin/Brisbane’s Institute of Modern Art (IMA) plays a critical role in setting the agenda for contemporary art in Australia through significant investment in the state’s artists. Today, the IMA is pleased to announce the artistic cohort of Platform 2027, its esteemed early-career professional-development project. The artist recipients are Amanda Bennetts,…
Stanthorpe Art Prize 2026 Announces Winners
The winners of the $50,000 Stanthorpe Art Prize 2026 have been announced, with KHR Stewart awarded the $20,000 2D Prize for Dollface, an oil painting praised by judge Wendy Sharpe…
GOMA AT NIGHT: How the Role of Art Museums has the Potential to Transform Third Space for Our Collective Dreaming
What occurs when Brisbane’s most prestigious art gallery opens its doors after hours – and what does it reveal about how spaces could create a better world? The museum becomes…
The Red Dress: A Global Tapestry of Stories and Connection
An extraordinary artwork stitched by hundreds of hands from around the world will be exhibited in Brisbane this winter. The Red Dress is a monumental collaborative embroidery project conceived by…
John Kotzas AM Appointed New Head of Arts and Culture at Experience Gold Coast
Experience Gold Coast has announced the appointment of John Kotzas as its new Head of Arts and Culture, overseeing HOTA, Home of the Arts. Kotzas brings almost four decades of…
State Library of Queensland x artisan: New Partnership Elevates Queensland Craft and Design
State Library of Queensland has announced a new cultural partnership with artisan, the state’s peak body for craft and design, establishing the library as a creative hub for Queensland’s craft…
Brian Robinson: Floriate
A major new public artwork by Torres Strait Islander artist Brian Robinson has been unveiled at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) in Brisbane. Titled Floriate, the four-metre-high bronze sculpture…
Exhibition Review: Anna Gonzalez, Tiny Worlds, Tall Tales
At the centre of Anna Gonzalez’s practice is the diorama. Working with fragile, hand-built materials – paper, mirrors, thread, wire, edible jelly and paint – she constructs intricate sculptural environments.…
Horizon Festival 2026
Horizon Festival returns in 2026 to celebrate ten years of creativity across the Sunshine Coast, presenting a bold 10-day program of more than 35 events across Kabi Kabi and Jinibara…
Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarships 2026
Yuriyal Bridgeman (PNG/QLD), Teresa Busuttil (SA) and EJ Son (NSW) have been selected as recipients of the Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship for 2026. Each artist will receive a scholarship…
Clayton Utz Art Award 2025–2026
Celebrating creative excellence across Australia’s contemporary art landscape, the Clayton Utz Art Award showcases an exceptional selection of national finalists whose works explore the richness, diversity, and imagination of Australian…
Kate Marek Wins Inaugural Queen’s Wharf Brisbane Art Prize
The Royal Queensland Art Society (RQAS) Brisbane Branch has announced local artist Kate Marek as the winner of the inaugural Queen’s Wharf Brisbane Art Prize, unveiled at a glittering awards…
Cj Hendry: Pink Chairs
Two oversized, glossy Pink Chairs by internationally renowned artist Cj Hendry have found a permanent home at the State Library of Queensland. At first glance, the works resemble inflatable lounge…
BLEACH* FESTIVAL 2025
BLEACH*—one of Australia’s most vibrant contemporary arts festivals—returns in 2025 with a powerful new direction under guest Artistic Director Michael Zavros. Spanning 11 days and over 100 events, the festival…
Brisbane Festival 2025
Brisbane Festival returns with its most ambitious and city-spanning program yet — transforming the city into a stage for 23 days of boundary-pushing performance, bold public art, and deeply local…
Finalists Announced for ‘the churchie’ 2025
Now in its 38th year, ‘the churchie’ emerging art prize continues its proud legacy as Australia’s longest-running prize dedicated to early-career artists. From a competitive pool of over 450 entries,…
Max Athans wins 2025 Jeremy Hynes Award
The Institute of Modern Art is pleased to announce Max Athans as the eighth and final recipient of the Jeremy Hynes Award, which has run since 2009 thanks to the generous bequest…
Carol McGregor: Acknowledging Place
As part of Charter Hall’s redevelopment of Brisbane Square in the heart of the CBD, sustainability was embedded into every aspect of the design—from materials to process. In response, Blaklash,…
Archibald Prize 2025 won by Julie Fragar
Brisbane-based artist Julie Fragar has been awarded the $100,000 Archibald Prize for her portrait Flagship Mother Multiverse (Justene), a vivid and layered depiction of her close friend and fellow artist…
Artistic Director of Brisbane Powerhouse: Louise Bezzina
Brisbane Powerhouse has announced the appointment of Louise Bezzina as its new CEO and Artistic Director, commencing in October 2025. Bezzina brings a wealth of experience, having founded the Bleach…
Siliceous Award Winner Announced
A Celebration of Contemporary Australian Ceramics Ceramic Arts Queensland (CAQ) is delighted to announce the winners of the Siliceous Award for Ceramic Excellence and the Gwyn Hanssen Pigott Wood Fired Ceramics Award. The…
QAGOMA's 2025 Program
Experience an extraordinary year of art at the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA). The 2025 program presents major solo exhibitions, immersive experiences, and powerful contemporary works,…
Sharjah Biennial 16: to carry
Richard Bell, Megan Cope and Sancintya Mohini Simpson are exhibiting work in the 16th Sharjah Biennial. The Sharjah Biennial 16 title, to carry, is a multi-vocal and open-ended proposition. The…
Australia’s artist and curator for the 2026 Venice Biennale
Khaled Sabsabi & Michael Dagostino to Represent Australia at the 2026 Venice Biennale Creative Australia has announced award-winning multidisciplinary artist Khaled Sabsabi and esteemed curator Michael Dagostino as the artistic…
Discover Queensland Legends and Treasures
For artists seeking inspiration rooted in the heart of Queensland, the State Library’s annual Highlights magazine is a must-read in 2025. This year’s edition celebrates iconic Queensland stories, from Stefan’s…
Outer Space 2025 Artistic Program
The Outer Space 2025 program promises a vibrant showcase of contemporary art from across Australia. Following an impressive response to last year’s open call, with over 120 submissions, eight outstanding…
Archie Moore: New Moving Image Commission
In his first exhibition since winning the prestigious Golden Lion at the 2024 Venice Biennale, Kamilaroi/Bigambul artist, Archie Moore, presents an ambitious new moving image work at the University of…
Onespace Representation: Prita Tina Yeganeh
Onespace is proud to announce the representation of Prita Tina Yeganeh, a multidisciplinary artist, facilitator, and educator of Iranian descent, based in Magandjin (Brisbane), Queensland. Growing up in India and…
Museum of Brisbane x UAP
Museum of Brisbane and UAP (Urban Art Projects) have announced a dynamic new collaboration designed to provide professional development and global networking for local Brisbane artists and creatives. With mutual…
Ephemeral Mural by @MCRT.Studio
An ephemeral 400sqm mural by local artists @MCRT.Studio has emerged in South Brisbane, adding a vibrant touch to the urban landscape. The artwork, visible from both 14 Edmondstone St and…
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