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Curator Talk: Nicholas Aloisio-Shearer on Memento Hikikomori

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Join curator Nicholas Aloisio-Shearer for an exhibition tour of Jon Rafman: Memento Hikikomori, the acclaimed Canadian artist’s first major Australian exhibition. The talk explores Rafman’s practice of investigating internet culture through online archives, video games, digital imagery and fringe virtual communities. Aloisio-Shearer will discuss key works from the exhibition, including the ongoing photographic project Nine […]

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Sang Ju Lee: Memories of Time

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Memories of Time is a solo exhibition by Sang Ju Lee, presenting work developed during the artist’s six-month exchange at Seoul National University in 2025. Working with silk and traditional Korean Hanji (mulberry paper), Lee explores Korean painting techniques while using these historic materials as vessels for personal memory, cultural identity and lived experience. At

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Straddie Arts Trail 2026

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The Straddie Arts Trail returns for its fifth year, transforming Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island) into a vibrant celebration of contemporary art, culture and creativity across four days. Presented as a free, community-driven event, the trail features 70+ artists and makers across 33 creative stops spanning the island’s three townships. Visitors can explore open studios, exhibitions,

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Jane Grealy: Green Leaves

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Lethbridge Gallery presents Green Leaves, a solo exhibition of new watercolour works by Queensland artist Jane Grealy. Drawing on a career spanning decades as an architectural illustrator, Grealy brings a refined understanding of precision, perspective and observation to her contemporary art practice. Her delicate watercolours explore the relationship between natural environments and the built landscape,

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GOOD Magazine Issue One: Locality Launch

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Celebrate the launch of GOOD Magazine Issue One: Locality with a week-long exhibition and opening party at Land Street Gallery, Toowong. Dedicated to championing emerging artists across Meanjin/Brisbane, the inaugural 96-page publication features artist interviews, poetry, exhibition writing and a feature exploring the city’s artist-run initiatives (ARIs). The launch exhibition showcases work by artists featured

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M16 Artspace: Drawing Prize 2026

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Entries are now open for the M16 Artspace Drawing Prize 2026, a national award celebrating the diversity and innovation of contemporary drawing practice. Established in 2006, the annual prize welcomes submissions ranging from traditional drawing techniques to expanded and experimental approaches that challenge conventional definitions of drawing. The exhibition has become a significant fixture in

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Holly Anderson: Essay Club No. 6 – Hyperobjects

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Join the Institute of Modern Art for Essay Club No. 6, led by artist Holly Anderson, exploring the chapter Viscosity from Timothy Morton’s Hyperobjects: Philosophy and Ecology after the End of the World (2013). The discussion examines Morton’s concept of hyperobjects—phenomena that exist on scales beyond ordinary human experience, such as climate change, black holes

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Nataly Lee: Snarm

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Snarm takes its title from the Khmer word meaning both a scar and a trace. The exhibition reflects on how experiences of displacement leave marks that linger over time, shaping understandings of home not as something fixed or secure, but as something continually formed in response to changing conditions. While rooted in longer histories of conflict

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ANAT: Synapse Residency Program 2027

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Applications are now open for the 2027 ANAT Synapse Residency Program, supporting Australian artists to undertake a creative research residency in partnership with a leading Australian research organisation. The program brings together artists and researchers to explore the intersections of art, science and technology through collaborative experimentation. Rather than focusing on a predetermined outcome, the

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4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art: 4A LAB Emerging Digital Artist Program 2026

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Applications are now open for the 4A LAB Emerging Digital Artist Program 2026, an exhibition opportunity presented by the 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art. Established in honour of the late Australian artist Laurens Tan (1950–2025), the program supports emerging artists working with digital media, new technologies and experimental contemporary practice. The initiative seeks projects

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Sheila Foundation: Helen O’Sullivan Artist Fellowship

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The Helen O’Sullivan Artist Fellowship is a new annual $25,000 fellowship presented by the Sheila Foundation to support the development and presentation of ambitious new work by Australian women artists. Delivered through the Contemporary Art Organisations Australia (CAOA) network, the fellowship provides funding for the creation, exhibition and documentation of a new body of work

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Jonny Niesche: Total Vibration

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Created specifically for Night Feast, Total Vibration is a major new site-specific installation by Sydney artist Jonny Niesche, presented by Brisbane Powerhouse in partnership with the Institute of Modern Art. Transforming the Stores Studio into an immersive environment of reflection, movement and sound, the installation features two monumental flexible mirrors that ripple, shimmer and vibrate

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Flying Fox Woman – Artist, Author Talk and Mask Making Workshop

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Join artist Rebecca McIntosh (Bec Mac) for Flying Fox Woman – Artist, Author Talk and Mask Making Workshop, an interactive creative experience presented by artisan at The Parlour, State Library of Queensland. Part of McIntosh’s ongoing Flying Fox Woman participatory art project, the workshop invites participants to create their own mythological guardian mask while exploring

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Geelong Contemporary Art Prize

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Entries are now open for the 2026 Geelong Contemporary Art Prize, a prestigious acquisitive painting prize presented by Geelong Gallery and supported by the Dimmick Foundation. With a $30,000 acquisitive award, the prize continues Geelong Gallery’s long history of collecting contemporary Australian painting, building on more than eight decades of acquisitive award exhibitions dating back

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Alethea Richter: Filtered Light

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PARKER Contemporary presents Filtered Light, a solo exhibition of new work by Brisbane-based artist Alethea Richter. Blurring the boundaries between digital imagery and handcrafted process, Richter transforms pixel-like forms into intricately woven silkscreen works. Built through meticulous layers of hand-pulled print, cut paper and woven surfaces, the works explore how light, technology and materiality shape

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Victorian Pride Centre: 2027 Exhibition Program

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Expressions of Interest are now open for the Victorian Pride Centre Gallery 2027 Exhibition Program, inviting proposals from LGBTIQA+ artists, collectives and creative practitioners for exhibitions across the 2027 calendar. The Pride Gallery showcases contemporary visual arts that celebrate the diversity, creativity and lived experiences of LGBTIQA+ communities. Applications are welcomed from artists working across

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Dorothy Waxman International Textile Design Prize 2026

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Applications are now open for the 12th Dorothy Waxman International Textile Design Prize, recognising emerging talent in textile and fashion design from around the world. Presented as part of the TALKING TEXTILES initiative, the prize celebrates innovative and sustainable approaches to textile design. Current students enrolled in textile, fashion, interior or lifestyle textile programs, along

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Aria Targett and Jude McClay Dwyer: Subjective

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Subjective is a collaborative exhibition by Aria Targett and Jude McClay Dwyer, presented at Webb Gallery, Queensland College of Art and Design. Developed over the course of the exhibition, the project features two large-scale wall paintings generated through a shared set of directives created using artificial intelligence. Drawing inspiration from Sol LeWitt’s proposition that “the

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Innovate Grant: Summer 2026

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Applications are now open for the Innovate Grant Summer 2026 funding round, supporting emerging and established visual artists and photographers worldwide. Each quarter, Innovate Grant awards two unrestricted grants of USD $1,800—one to a visual artist and one to a photographer. In addition, 18 Honourable Mentions (nine in art and nine in photography) are recognised

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Andy Harwood: Transitional Light

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Jan Manton Gallery presents Transitional Light, an exhibition introducing Brisbane abstract artist Andy Harwood as the gallery’s newest represented artist. Installed within the gallery’s stockroom, the exhibition offers an intimate introduction to Harwood’s practice, showcasing a selection of works that explore the relationship between geometry, colour and perception. His meticulously constructed abstract paintings combine mathematical

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Cosima Scales: Lantern Focus

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Brisbane-based artist Cosima Scales presents Lantern Focus, a new solo exhibition exploring the quiet beauty of everyday life through observational painting. Initially inspired by the interior of her parents’ home, Scales found herself increasingly drawn to the small and often overlooked details that populate familiar domestic spaces—paper daisies, textured glass, colourful fabrics, backyard flowers and

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Photojournalism Symposium: The Fear That We Will All Forget

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For nearly two centuries, photojournalists have played a vital role in documenting global events, influencing our view of the world and shaping how we view the future. Tim Page: The very edge of the brightest light highlights how the capacity for photojournalists to bear witness continues to carry meaning, even in an image-saturated era marked by decreasing

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claire rousay & Peter Knight: Mono 61

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As part of the Institute of Modern Art’s long-running experimental sound program MONO, Canadian-American musician, composer and artist claire rousay performs alongside Melbourne/Naarm artist Peter Knight. Known for creating deeply personal and immersive sound worlds, claire rousay blends ambient, folk, hyperpop and experimental noise into intimate compositions that transform everyday moments into richly textured listening

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Jon Rafman: Memento Hikikomori

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The Institute of Modern Art presents the first Australian institutional solo exhibition by acclaimed Canadian artist Jon Rafman. Memento Hikikomori brings together a selection of works exploring the technological mediation of memory, the formation of identity and the collective unconscious of online experience. Drawing its title from the concepts of memento mori and hikikomori, the

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the churchie 2026

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The churchie 2026 Finalists Exhibition brings together 17 emerging artists selected from more than 550 submissions from across Australia. Established in 1987, the churchie is one of Australia’s longest-running prizes dedicated to supporting and promoting emerging contemporary artists. Presented at Metro Arts, the exhibition offers a snapshot of contemporary artistic practice from across the country,

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Guido Maestri: Arrangements

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Arrangements is a new solo exhibition of bronze sculptures by Guido Maestri that explores portraiture, memory and the changing nature of identity. Rather than presenting fixed likenesses, the sculptures depict faces that shift, fragment and transform, reflecting the fluid nature of personal experience over time. Created during a particularly emotional period in the artist’s life,

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Mas{a/i}r . مسار . مسیر: The Map of Nearness

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A creative platform by Sirena Varma and Prita Tina Yeganeh that explores the politics of place, diasporic identity, and collective futures of Southwest Asian and North African (SWANA) peoples—across their homelands and the settler-lands they inhabit. For this exhibition callout, q/g[h]ALBI is collaborating with creatives Lamisse Hamouda and Aleea Monsour. The Map of Nearness is

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The Joy Generator

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The Joy Generator returns for its second chapter as an immersive sculptural installation by Australian artist Nixi Killick. Presented in the Fairfax Studio as part of Night Feast, the vibrant installation invites visitors to step inside a colourful environment designed to inspire connection, curiosity and shared moments of joy. Through bold form, light and interactive

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Ties that Bind

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Ties that Bind brings together leading Australian artists to explore the many ways people connect to home, Country, memory and one another. Through diverse contemporary practices, the exhibition considers belonging as something shaped by place, ancestry, migration, displacement and lived experience. Rather than presenting a single idea of home, the exhibition reveals it as both

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