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Experimental Performance Art Residency: Outer Space x Performance Space

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Outer Space, in partnership with Performance Space (Gadigal/Sydney), announces an Experimental Performance Art Residency for Queensland-based artists working across movement, dance, theatre, drag, sound and hybrid practices. This process-led residency unfolds across two cities: a 5-day intensive in Gadigal/Sydney followed by a 10-day development period in Magandjin/Brisbane at the Judith Wright Arts Centre. The program […]

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Jake Moss: Hollywoodridge

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Hollywoodridge is Jake Moss’ debut solo exhibition at Mitchell Fine Art Gallery, presented as a film production timeline spanning painting, sculpture, installation, video and sound. The exhibition unfolds as an autobiographical narrative shaped by Moss’ childhood experience of scarcity, homelessness and fracture while growing up in public housing in Woodridge, Brisbane. At first glance, the

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Artbank Prize 2026

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The inaugural Artbank Prize is a national open call for Australian artists who are not currently represented in the Artbank collection. One artist from each state and territory will be selected as a finalist, with the eight finalists exhibited at Artbank Sydney. One artwork will be awarded the Artbank Prize and acquired into the Artbank

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We hunt mammoth

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Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro are a collaborative artist duo known for their sculptural and installation artworks that combine humour with art historical references. We hunt mammoth presents a large-scale sculpture of a dismantled Honda car. A total of 121 individual parts are wrapped in jute rope and bamboo using the traditional Japanese packaging method

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Lab Art Contest: Milan 2026

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Malamegi Lab presents the Lab Art Contest, an international call for submissions open to professional and amateur artists worldwide. The competition welcomes drawings, paintings, sculptures, photography, graphics, mixed media, digital works, video, net art and other visual works that can be reproduced through an image. Selected artists will have the opportunity to exhibit in Milan

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Omnia Art Prize

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The Omnia Art Prize & Exhibition returns in 2026, offering Australian contemporary artists the opportunity to exhibit, sell their work and compete for $19,000 in prizes. Celebrating its 55th exhibition, the annual prize supports emerging and established artists while raising funds for the St Kevin’s College Foundation. Selected artists will exhibit and sell their works

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Gallipoli Art Prize 2026

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The Gallipoli Art Prize 2026 is now open for entries. Established in 2006 by The Gallipoli Memorial Club, this acquisitive award invites artists to respond to the legacy of the Gallipoli Campaign and the Club’s Creed. The $20,000 prize is awarded to the artist who best depicts the spirit of the Gallipoli Campaign — expressed

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Arte Laguna Prize: 21st Edition Open Call

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Arte Laguna Prize, the Venice-based International Contemporary Art Competition, has opened applications for its 21st edition. Open to emerging artists worldwide without age or nationality restrictions, the prize offers exhibition, cash awards and international career development opportunities. A jury of leading international curators and museum directors will select 120 finalists to exhibit at the iconic

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TRIGGER #7: Ocean

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FOMU – Museum of Photography Antwerp invites photographers, filmmakers and visual artists to submit proposals for TRIGGER #7: Ocean, the seventh edition of its critical publication series. This open call approaches the ocean not as backdrop, but as a political, ecological and imaginative force — a space of circulation, power, memory and transformation. Artists are

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Jemima Wyman: Deep Surface

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Deep Surface is the first career survey of Los Angeles–based Australian artist and Palawa woman Jemima Wyman. Spanning three decades of practice from the mid-1990s to the 2020s, the exhibition brings together collage, textiles, installation, video, performance, and painting. Drawing from the QUT Art Collection alongside significant private and public loans, the exhibition features rarely

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The Brothers Gruchy

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The Brothers Gruchy presents nine key artworks by acclaimed digital artists Tim and Mic Gruchy, exploring intersections between technological innovation and biological forms, human perception, artificial intelligence, and synaesthesia. Raised in Bundaberg, brothers Tim and Mic Gruchy have worked both individually and collaboratively since the mid-1980s. This exhibition brings together key works from their shared

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Archigram and Superstudio

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Emerging in the 1960s, the collectives Archigram and Superstudio responded to the pop-art, space-age zeitgeist with speculative visions for architecture defined by high-tech megastructures. Disseminated through proposals, exhibitions, publications, and films, their ideas challenged how cities—and life within them—might be imagined. Founded in 1961 in London, Archigram embraced media culture, disposability, and science fiction, proposing

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Kirralee Robinson: Hot Source

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Hot Source presents a speculative relationship between Outer Space and the sun, imagined as a flirtatious, reciprocal, and ongoing (if seasonal) crush. Through installation and text, Kirralee Robinson responds to the gallery’s materiality and architecture, proposing how this relationship might feel, unfold, and linger. Robinson’s sculptural practice engages light, optics, and tactility, drawing influence from

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Prita Tina Yeganeh: My Soil Farsh فرش: Iteration 3 (Place, as Guest)

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My Soil Farsh is an ongoing, participatory project by artist Prita Tina Yeganeh exploring place, diaspora, and community-building. Grounded in the Iranian concept of Farsh (Persian carpet) as both a physical and symbolic site of gathering, this third iteration reimagines the tradition as an evolving ecological artwork that fosters connection and togetherness. For the first

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Richard Dunn: 1980s Works from the Collection

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Richard Dunn (1944–2024) was an influential artist and educator recognised for his rigorous intellectual approach to painting, installation and photography. Working within international contexts of abstraction, minimalism and conceptual art, his practice brought together artistic and historical references to examine the social, political and economic structures shaping contemporary culture. This Collection display presents selected works

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Yield: Cultivating Identity Through Art

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Yield is a contemporary unearthing of Australia’s cultivated identity, delving into the deep impacts of agricultural history on the landscapes, cultures, and communities of today. Featuring works from local, national, and internationally recognised artists, the exhibition traces the legacies of early agricultural practices—beginning with the pioneering work of local figure Dr Joseph Bancroft, a leader

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Platform 2026

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Platform 2026 is the Institute of Modern Art’s annual exhibition supporting emerging Queensland artists through the development of ambitious new projects. The exhibition presents new works by Dean Ansell, Spencer Harvie, and Seren Wagstaff, showcasing diverse contemporary practices across installation, performance, sound, and painting. Dean Ansell’s practice draws on Melanesian mythologies and rituals, exploring cultural

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Stories You Wear: Magpie Goose

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Fashion becomes a canvas for storytelling in this bold new exhibition celebrating First Nations art, culture, and design. Stories You Wear: Magpie Goose brings to life powerful narratives of community, culture, and Country through wearable art. Exclusive to Museum of Brisbane, the exhibition showcases vibrant designs by First Nations artists from South-East Queensland and beyond

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Fiona Omeenyo: Night & Day

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Night & Day is a solo exhibition of new works by Cairns-based Umpila artist Fiona Omeenyo, presenting refined figurative paintings alongside sculptural works developed during workshops in Brisbane in 2025 and 2026. Known for her graphic confidence and minimal colour palettes, Omeenyo’s paintings depict family, ancestral spirits, and memories of country and culture in Lockhart

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Marking Time: 30 Years of the UniSC Art Collection

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Presented as part of UniSC’s 30th Anniversary year, Marking Time: 30 Years of the UniSC Art Collection reflects on the growth of the Collection alongside the University itself. From early acquisitions shaped by a young institution’s ambitions to recent works responding to place, sustainability, and contemporary practice, the Collection operates as a living archive that

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Olafur Eliasson: Presence

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Icelandic-Danish artist Olafur Eliasson invites us on an expansive, multi-sensory journey that engages our sense of perception. Choose your path through a primordial landscape, encounter moments that heighten awareness and envision the future form of our city. This Brisbane-exclusive exhibition draws from the three‑decade career of one of the world’s most influential living artists. Spanning

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AMPLIFY ME!

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AMPLIFY ME! is Brisbane City Council’s newest Outdoor Gallery exhibition, transforming Brisbane’s laneways, streets and public spaces into an inclusive, citywide celebration of creativity, lived experience, and contemporary art. Curated by Nicole Crosswell, the exhibition features the work of ten Brisbane-based artists with lived experiences of disability, presenting installations, paintings, drawings, digital works, banners, projections

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Catherine Griffiths: Out of Line

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Griffith University Art Museum presents Catherine Griffiths: Out of Line, the largest exhibition of Catherine Griffiths’s work ever shown in Australia. Touring from the Melbourne School of Design and curated by Ela Egidy and Megan Patty, the exhibition offers a rare opportunity to experience the physical, spatial, and provocative qualities of Griffiths’ practice . For

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Latrobe Art Space: Call for Expressions of Interest

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Latrobe Art Space is inviting expressions of interest from artists and collectives seeking to exhibit in 2026, with the 2027 calendar to be released soon. The light-filled, flexible venue supports a wide range of contemporary practices — from solo exhibitions and group shows to curatorial projects. Previously known as Percolator Gallery, the space has been

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Land Street Gallery: Exhibition Applications Open

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Land Street Gallery is calling for applications for solo and group exhibitions from May through to December 2026. Artists, performers, and curators across all disciplines and career stages are invited to apply, with both short- and long-term exhibition options available. Alongside exhibitions, Land Street Gallery is also seeking proposals for artist talks, sound activations, workshops,

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Kuwarritja Irriitinguru: A Way Before and a Way Now

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Kuwarritja Irriitinguru: A Way Before and a Way Now brings together works by Candy Nelson Nakamarra and Carbiene McDonald Tjangala, exploring cultural continuity, ancestral knowledge, and the enduring relationship between Country and contemporary painting. Through distinct yet deeply connected practices, both artists draw on inherited Tjukurrpa (Dreaming), mapping water sites, landforms, and seasonal change through

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Marina Strocchi: Water and Stone

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Jan Murphy Gallery presents Water and Stone, Marina Strocchi’s 10th solo exhibition with the gallery. The exhibition brings together large-scale paintings developed following the artist’s return to Italy in 2025, reconnecting with her family’s history in Emilia–Romagna. While in the village of Granarolo Faentino, Strocchi was invited to create a mural centred on the local

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