Join us on Thursday 29 January from 5:00–7:00pm as we celebrate the second QCAD Thursdays event of 2026. Featuring exhibitions by QCAD current students and alumni Catherine Henley & Martina Latimer, Ruby Stevens & Louella Michael, Cam Cameron, Darsey De Silva, Jude Rawene, Kanako Enokida, and Leo Deng. Championing new voices in art and design, […]
The Swan Hill Print & Drawing Acquisitive Awards celebrate excellence in contemporary Australian printmaking and drawing, presenting a major national exhibition alongside acquisitive prizes. The award aims to promote outstanding contemporary practice while building the permanent collection of the Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery. Two major awards will be granted—one for print and one for
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Create! Magazine announces an open call for its 2026 International Women’s Issue, a print and digital edition highlighting exceptional artists whose work contributes meaningfully to today’s creative landscape. The issue is curated by Sonia Borrell, an internationally respected art collector, curator, and advisor. The selection celebrates artistic excellence, clarity of vision, and dynamic contemporary practices.
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Joe Whyte is a Melbourne-based Visual Artist and Illustrator. After graduating from Monash University with a degree in Visual Communication, he spent time developing his craft, studying classical drawing, and painting in Argenton-Chateau, France. Working in various drawing mediums and oil paints, his intricate works draw inspiration from the people, places and character of Melbourne’s
Studio Maverik presents a Sunday afternoon Long Pose Life Drawing session at Side Gallery in Red Hill, Magandjin. This casual, self-guided two-hour session focuses on a single extended pose, allowing participants time to explore detail, tone, composition and form. The session begins with a series of short warm-up poses before transitioning into one sustained pose
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Griffith University Art Museum presents Craig & Karl: Double Vision, a dynamic and playful exploration of one of Queensland’s most internationally recognised creative duos. Employing their signature visual language—bold colour, graphic precision, and infectious joy—the exhibition highlights Craig & Karl’s three-decade-long partnership, their influence on global public art and design, and the enduring legacy of
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Mitchell Fine Art presents Summer Online Exhibition 2025, a curated online presentation of Aboriginal and Contemporary artworks drawn from the gallery’s stockroom. Presented over the Christmas period, the exhibition offers audiences and collectors the opportunity to engage with a diverse range of works while the physical gallery is closed. Showcasing a breadth of established and
The Adelaide Perry Gallery invites artists to submit work for the 2026 Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, a nationally recognised award celebrating excellence in contemporary drawing. The Perry Prize is a $25,000 acquisitive award, recognising outstanding achievement in drawing as a contemporary art practice. In addition, a $2,000 People’s Choice Award (non-acquisitive) will also be
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The BBA Artist Prize 2026 is now open for submissions, inviting artists worldwide to enter one of Berlin’s leading international art awards. Open to all artists aged 18+, the prize accepts all mediums and themes, with no restrictions on background or experience. Artists can submit up to five works and gain eligibility for the longlist,
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The Arts Experience Fund supports self-directed opportunities for New Zealand-based arts practitioners to build meaningful artistic and professional connections in Asia, including residencies, research tours, work placements, and exchanges. Purpose: Strengthen ties between Aotearoa and Asia Expand networks and open new opportunities Boost visibility and international engagement Eligibility: Individual artists (visual artists, writers, musicians, choreographers,
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FluxusMuseum is calling for experimental videos worldwide for its third edition. Open across art forms including visual art, dance, performance, film, animation, literature, theatre, music, and more. Submission requirements: Submit a video proposal (excerpt/presentation) up to 3 minutes Selection process and payments: Panel shortlists 100 videos which are uploaded to FluxusMuseumTV FluxusMuseumTV users participate in
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Celebrating its 30th touring year, the Bald Archy Prize is one of Australia’s most beloved and irreverent art competitions. Known for its blend of satire, skill, and unmistakable Australian larrikin spirit, the prize invites artists to submit comic or satirical portraits of Australians distinguished in art, science, letters, politics, sport, or the media. Finalists compete
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SWELL Sculpture Festival invites artists to apply for Queensland’s largest outdoor sculpture exhibition, held at Currumbin Beach, Gold Coast. Open to emerging, mid-career, and professional artists workiSWELL Sculpture Festival invites artists to apply for Queensland’s largest outdoor sculpture exhibition, held at Currumbin Beach, Gold Coast. Open to emerging, mid-career, and professional artists working in sculpture,
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The Homiens Art Prize awards over $12,000 USD annually to artists worldwide. Open to all art forms with no theme or size restrictions. Artists retain full ownership of their work. Winners and finalists are exhibited online and promoted internationally. Entry fee applies. Image: Lucas Stolz, Wabi Sabi, 2024. Finalist in the Homiens Art Prize (Winter, 2024).
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Montsalvat invites Expressions of Interest for exhibitions scheduled between June and December 2026. Applications are open to solo artists, collectives, community groups, and independent curators across a wide range of practices. Available spaces include the Barn Gallery, Residents Gallery, Long Gallery (2D only), and Wood Workshop.
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Established in 1958, the Muswellbrook Art Prize is one of the richest prizes for painting in regional Australia and has grown into a nationally respected award for modern and contemporary Australian art. Finalists compete for a total prize pool of $70,000 across three acquisitive categories: Painting – $50,000 (acquisitive) Works on Paper – $10,000 (acquisitive)
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Sculpture Bermagui will return in 2026 from 7–15 March, celebrating its 20th anniversary, and promises to be the best edition yet. Set beneath the auspicious gaze of Mount Gulaga, overlooking the pristine waters of Horseshoe Bay and the Tasman Sea beyond, Sculpture Bermagui invites audiences to experience contemporary sculpture within a setting of extraordinary natural
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Take a drive down memory lane with Driven, a free summer exhibition celebrating the cars that have shaped our lives. From the thrill of a first car to the milestone moments spent behind the wheel, this exhibition explores how vehicles become markers of identity, memory, and transition. Drawing from State Library’s extensive collections, Driven showcases
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Join artists Dean Ansell, Spencer Harvie, and Seren Wagstaff for a public conversation as part of Platform 2026, the Institute of Modern Art’s annual exhibition supporting emerging Queensland artists. The artists will speak about their practices, new works, and the ideas underpinning their contributions to the exhibition. Dean Ansell’s work draws on Melanesian mythologies and
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Onespace proudly presents Mudang Butbut by Konstantina, closing the gallery’s exhibition program for the year. This new body of acrylic paintings on linen explores trees as metaphors for the living heart—repositories of memory, connection, and resilience. Through vibrant mark-making and rhythmic gesture, Konstantina translates the language of tree-growth into a visual meditation on identity, sovereignty,
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Rijksakademie is calling for national and international visual artists for its two-year residency in Amsterdam for the period January–December 2027, with the possibility of one additional year. Supports experimentation and open research in an interdisciplinary environment. Places: Around 23 artists selected each year Approximately 11 from the Netherlands and 12 international Support provided (as listed):
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In Grandmothers, Aunty Shirley Yumala Collins honours the powerful and enduring role of grandmothers in Aboriginal cultures—knowledge holders, guides, protectors, and custodians of story and survival. Through paintings, prints, textiles, objects, artefacts and jewellery, Collins reflects on the deep cultural knowledge passed through generations by the matriarchs who bind families and communities together. A grandmother
In Middle World: Every change a continuation, every season a story, Teho Ropeyarn carves his deep love for Cape York Country into an exhibition that maps the region’s shifting seasons. Through organic design and highly detailed vinyl-cut prints, Ropeyarn explores the interface between cultural memory and time, moving through the landscape in its wet, dry,
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Alesandro Ljubicic is one of Australia’s most successful, globally exhibited and collected artists and is coming to Brisbane on November 20 with his first solo show at Studio Gallery in Wandoo Street. Known for his distinct use of colour and bold contemporary florals, Ljubicic continues to attract national attention with his work, which was recently
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To measure a space? For his unfinished opera the CIVIL war$ theatre artist Robert Wilson drew on the expression “A tree is best measured when it is down” as a subtitle. An elegiac turn of phrase, sourced from a biography of Abraham Lincoln, it insinuates there are many measures to be made. When a tree
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A month in the life of Drew Connor HollandText by Laura Couttie, 2025 This strange, intimate series of works offers an insight into the state of mind of the artist at a very particular moment in time. 16 June to 10 July 2025: a period in which our news cycle and social media feeds were
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GUAM is delighted to support the Diamantina X Art Collective’s 2025 exhibition at the QCAD Project & Webb Galleries. Formed in 2021, the Diamantina X Art Collective united ten art enthusiasts with a shared passion for collecting works by emerging, mid-career, and established Australian artists. Inspired by the late Dick Bett’s model, the group sought
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The annual Side Gallery end-of-year show is titled TENFOLD, marking a decade of creative practice, collaboration, and creative community. This year’s theme, Nostalgia ~ Remembering, extends an invitation to artists to look back — to reflect on time, memory, and the stories we carry forward, selectively or otherwise. It’s a fitting concept for our tenth
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Callinan Chambers Art Competition is an initiative that celebrates the richness and diversity of Australia’s artistic landscape. This prize aims to support Australian artists, whether emerging or established, by providing a platform for them to showcase their work to a wider audience. The $10,000 prize will be awarded to an outstanding piece of art created
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Wiradjuri artist Joel Sherwood Spring explores the logic and ethos of technocapitalism from a First Nations perspective. In 2023, at the Institute of Modern Art, he won the Churchie Emerging Art Prize with Diggermode, an audacious two-channel video essay which addressed mining as its subject and process. Spring returns with his sequel Diggermode 2: Cloud Ceding, an installation
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less discernible edges presents a new body of work by celebrated designer Anna Varendorff (ACV Studio), whose refined practice explores the meeting point of metalwork, design, and sculpture. Working by hand and in collaboration with specialist Australian fabricators, Varendorff creates brass and metal objects that balance precision with imperfection. Her works honour the craft of
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Brisbane-based artist Kim Wilson returns to Mitchell Fine Art with her second solo exhibition, Luxury, a mesmerising body of work that honours the intricate beauty of the natural world while confronting the urgent reality of its fragility. Combining realism and surrealism, Wilson draws viewers into intimate, richly detailed scenes that foreground often-overlooked elements of nature—inviting
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Edwina Corlette Gallery presents ‘IN THE STICKS’, a new exhibition by Sydney-based artist Jane Guthleben, whose practice reimagines the still life tradition through a distinctly Australian lens. Guthleben draws upon the vanitas genre of the Dutch Golden Age, where flowers, books, and insects symbolised the transience of life and the fragility of human endeavour. In
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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 that provides institutional fees for one academic year, a tax-free allowance of $75,000, and travel expenses to a leading international art program of their choice.
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The Prisma Art Prize is now accepting submissions for its 18th edition. This international art award provides a platform for painters, illustrators, and engravers to showcase their creativity, experiment with new ideas, and join a diverse community of contemporary artists. Key Opportunities Cash Prizes: €2000 distributed across four quarterly competitions Exhibition: Collective exhibition in Autumn
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