The Venuvana Artist Residency, presented by ABARI, invites artists, architects, writers and interdisciplinary practitioners to immerse themselves in the landscapes of Nepal through nature-based creative research and making. Hosted on an organic farm in Chitwan and Dhulikhel, the residency offers dedicated time to develop new work within a bamboo forest surrounded by farmland, rivers and […]
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Join a welcoming weekly life drawing and painting session at Vacant Assembly, open to all skill levels and all mediums. Bring your own materials—charcoal, oils, acrylics, pencils—and settle into a relaxed evening of observational practice with a live model. Choose from standing easels or seated spots (first in, best dressed), and feel free to BYO
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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,
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
Jorge Mariño Brito was born in Cuba and lives and works in Brisbane. He graduated from the Queensland College of Art in Brisbane in 2024. Mariño Brito’s artistic practice encompasses painting, papermaking and printmaking. With a background in psychiatry, his artwork combines sensitive depiction of human relationships with a love for painterly materials. His incomplete
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Absence is a new exhibition by Gureng Gureng/Gangulu and Kanak South Sea Islander artist Darren Blackman, presenting neon, print and digital works that confront systemic inequality, cultural memory and First Nations histories. Building on his previous exhibition Post Truth, Blackman’s latest works examine the erasure of Aboriginal histories through deeply personal connections to the Somerset
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The 5th National Indigenous Art Triennial: After The Rain brings together ten newly commissioned multidisciplinary installations by established and emerging First Nations artists from across Australia. Led by Artistic Director Tony Albert (Girramay/Yidinji/Kuku-Yalanji peoples), the exhibition explores themes of rebirth, renewal and cycles of cleansing while celebrating intergenerational legacies and cultural warriors of the past,
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LORE and LAND is an exhibition grounded in the deep cultural knowledge, ancestral connections and sovereign rights of Australian First Nations peoples. Drawing from the Sunshine Coast Art Collection, the exhibition explores the enduring relationships First Nations artists hold with Country, culture, community and identity. Through painting, sculpture, textiles, digital media, installation and story work,
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Entries are now open for the 2026 Clayton Utz Art Award, an annual prize supporting emerging artists across Queensland. Presented by Clayton Utz in partnership with Lethbridge Gallery, the award recognises outstanding original artworks by Queensland-based artists or artists with a strong connection to Queensland. The winner will receive a $25,000 First Prize, while finalists
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Shields: Design and Functionality explores the history, artistry and cultural significance of traditional Aboriginal shields through a major exhibition at The University of Queensland’s Anthropology Museum. The exhibition presents more than 130 shields dating from the early 1900s, highlighting the regional diversity of shield design across Australia. Traditionally used for demonstrations, conflict resolution and symbolic
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Jon Rafman is an anthropologist-explorer charting the dark heart of the digital world. This Canadian artist scrapes the recesses of the internet, mines 4chan greentexts, strips images from video games, and documents fringe online communities. As a seer of our networked lives, his prescient examination of online alienation offers a taste of our mortal futures.
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‘Worlds within Worlds’ explores how the symbolic and stylistic features of art from the Baroque period (around 1600–1750) have been invoked by contemporary artists, who — like their predecessors of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries — are reflecting on a world in flux. These works suggest parallels between Baroque and contemporary artists in their desire
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Where Do I Belong? is a contemporary exhibition exploring the beauty, fragility, and future of Australia’s native birdlife. Bringing together local, Queensland, and nationally recognised artists, the exhibition celebrates the connection between art, nature, and community while encouraging reflection on environmental sustainability and conservation. Through painting, photography, sculpture, installation, and new commissioned works, the exhibition
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Tim Page: The Very Edge of the Brightest Light brings together almost 70 photographic works from the Griffith University Art Collection alongside archival materials and ephemera, offering a renewed perspective on one of the most influential war photographers of the 20th century. Curated by Carrie McCarthy, the exhibition highlights Page’s often-overlooked formalistic approach—revealing his ability
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Full Bush is the first solo exhibition by QUT alumna Anne Kelley, bringing together new works that explore the intersections of labour, militarisation, global politics, dysphoria and “boganism” within regional Australian communities. Curated by Kelsey Woods, the exhibition employs assemblage, carving, scale, visual contrast and custom framing as critical strategies, using materiality and presentation to
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Applications are now open for the inaugural Singapore Design Biennale (SDB) 2027, taking place from 14 May – 20 June 2027 under the theme 1.35°N. Organised by the DesignSingapore Council, the Biennale succeeds Singapore Design Week with an expanded international platform for design, architecture, art and interdisciplinary practice. The theme 1.35°N references Singapore’s geographical latitude
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Flying Arts Alliance presents Maintaining Momentum, a solo exhibition by moo (Sam Matthews), winner of the Remote Artist Award at the 2025 Queensland Regional Art Awards. Living and working in Far North Queensland, moo creates ceramic works inspired by the natural environment and the quiet moments of connection that emerge through close observation of place.
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Moments is a solo exhibition by Andrew K, bringing together a new body of oil and charcoal works exploring the people, places and memories that have shaped the artist’s life. From the vast landscapes of rural Australia to the streets of Paris, and portraits reflecting the weight of human experience, each work is rooted in
Brisbane-based artist Kitty Horton presents Dark Romance, a solo exhibition exploring the materiality of oil, mixed media and drawing. Influenced by contemporary and modernist painting, Horton creates distorted forms, shapes and motifs drawn from her surroundings. Through mark-making, spatial configurations and interior-inspired forms, the exhibition explores the tension between hard and soft, structure and gesture,
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Drawing Animal brings together works from the Redland Art Gallery Collection exploring the complex relationships between humans and animals. The exhibition highlights the ways animals are deeply entangled with human activity, from environmental concerns to their often-overlooked roles in global economies and labour. Featuring Australian contemporary artists, the exhibition celebrates the depth and diversity of
Incinerator Gallery is a platform for unique cultural experiences that connect society through art and design. Share a proposal to exhibit at Incinerator in 2027. Established in 2011 in Aberfeldie, near the Mirrangbamurn/Maribyrnong River, Incinerator Gallery encourages social interaction, discovery, knowledge sharing, learning and development. It welcomes communities, art professionals, students and people of all
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The Basil Sellers Art Prize is a major national Australian art prize celebrating artistic excellence in 2D works across painting, drawing and printmaking. The acquisitive biennial prize supports artists at all stages of their careers and welcomes entries from artists across Australia. The Prize has an artist-first ethos, with a focus on accessibility and reducing
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Applications are now open for Sculpture in the Garden Wollongong 2027, one of regional Australia’s leading outdoor sculpture exhibitions. Presented by Wollongong City Council, the biennial exhibition transforms the Wollongong Botanic Garden into a large-scale outdoor gallery, showcasing sculpture and environmental installations by artists from across Australia. The 2025 exhibition attracted more than 66,000 visitors,
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Material Encounters Is an artwork ever encountered in the same way twice? The light has shifted since morning. Bodies move through a space carrying with them their own thoughts, memories and ways of being. What initially appears black unfurls into a glistening pearlescence.[1] Silver catches the light before dissolving again.[2] A bronze surface oxidises as
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Sonotextility is a multidisciplinary exhibition by Brisbane-based artist Joseph Burgess exploring the intersection of textiles and sound. The project investigates shared material ideas of tension, rhythm, repetition, pattern and embodied movement. The exhibition presents carpet-based works developed through a multi-year research project, drawing on performances and research into the historical relationship between textile production, musical
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The Lethbridge Small-Scale Art Award returns for its 16th year, showcasing small-scale works by emerging and established artists from Australia and around the world. With works limited to 61cm or less in any dimension, the exhibition celebrates creativity, originality and technical skill across both 2D and 3D artforms. The award offers a $20,000 acquisitive first
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2PP launches Lecture Me, a new series of contemporary art lectures exploring pressing ideas and issues shaping contemporary practice. The first lecture features Dirk Yates presenting The Living Dog & the Dead Lion: Contemporary Exhibitions and the Legacy of Museum Standards. The lecture will be followed by a tutorial with local artist and arts worker
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Created specifically for Night Feast, Total Vibration is a major site-specific installation by Gadigal/Sydney artist Jonny Niesche, transforming the Stores Studio into an immersive environment of reflection, sound and movement. Two enormous flexible mirrors — one horizontal and one vertical — face each other across the space, rippling, trembling and shimmering in response to a
Milani Gallery presents Site, Non Site, Place, a new solo exhibition by d harding, bringing together works created in the artist’s Paris studio alongside works made on Country during a recent return home. Working across painting, installation and sculpture, harding explores the visual and social languages of their Bidjara, Ghungalu and Garingbal cultural inheritance, creating
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Side Gallery presents The Magical Muff, a bold and playful exhibition by artists Nyx and Myfanwy Gullifer that celebrates the female body through humour, storytelling and vibrant visual language. Challenging taboos while embracing bodily autonomy, the exhibition explores themes of identity, empowerment and lived experience. Through painting, illustration and contemporary visual practice, the artists transform
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Lethbridge Gallery presents Knowing, a solo exhibition by Marisa Veerman exploring clothing as an extension of identity, memory and human connection. Through photography, embroidery and textile-based processes, Veerman considers garments as material archives that carry traces of lived experience, inherited presence and personal history. Rather than functioning simply as objects, clothing becomes a shared language
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Till and Toil presents a new body of paintings by Karla Marchesi that uses the garden as both subject and metaphor for navigating uncertainty, pressure and change. The exhibition reflects on sustaining hope through periods of personal and collective turbulence. Drawing together botanical forms, produce and the human figure, Marchesi explores resilience, adaptation and growth
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Entries are now open for the Audrey Gibbs Art Prize 2026, presented by the Royal Queensland Art Society (RQAS). The annual prize celebrates genre painting and drawing, honouring the legacy of artist Audrey Gibbs, whose work focused on the beauty of everyday life. Artists are invited to submit works depicting ordinary people in familiar settings,
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Entries are now open for the Portia Geach Memorial Award 2026, Australia’s most prestigious portrait prize for women artists. Presented annually by the S.H. Ervin Gallery, the $30,000 non-acquisitive award recognises the best portrait painted from life by a woman artist depicting a person distinguished in the fields of art, literature or science. Established in
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Entries are now open for the Calleen Art Award 2026, one of Australia’s longest-running acquisitive painting prizes. Established in 1977, the annual award celebrates originality, creativity and excellence in contemporary Australian painting across any style, theme or subject. Open to artists from across Australia, the winning artwork will receive the $30,000 acquisitive prize and become
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Philip Wolfhagen presents a new exhibition of paintings that continue his long-standing exploration of the atmospheric landscapes of northern Tasmania. Widely regarded as one of Australia’s leading contemporary landscape painters, Wolfhagen is known for his distinctive use of beeswax mixed with oil paint, creating richly textured surfaces that capture the shifting qualities of light, weather