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Magdalena Wozniak: Last Tango

Acclaimed Polish-Australian photographer Magdalena Wozniak presents her latest solo exhibition, Last Tango, at Artspace, Jan Manton Gallery in Teneriffe from 15–21 December 2025, with an official opening night on Thursday, 18 December. Last Tango is a vivid photographic exploration of the Argentinian tango — a dance of precision, trust, and sensual intensity. Through her lens, […]

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Contemporaries: Summer

Contemporaries: Summer marks PARKER Contemporary’s end-of-year exhibition and Christmas celebration, bringing together new works alongside a personally curated selection of favourite pieces from the gallery. Gallery Director and Founder Emily Parker presents a thoughtful moment to gather, reflect, and close out the year together — raising a glass while celebrating the depth and diversity of

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Queen’s Wharf Brisbane Precinct Public Art Tour

Step into Brisbane’s ever-evolving urban and cultural story with this expertly guided walking tour through the Queen’s Wharf Precinct — one of the city’s most historically and artistically significant sites. Led by a Museum of Brisbane guide, this 90-minute tour weaves together themes of art, landscape, history, and identity. Beginning at Lindy Lee’s monumental sculpture

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QCAD Thursdays

Join us on Thursday 11 December as QCAD Galleries opens three new exhibitions and welcomes an evening of conversation, connection, and contemporary visual art. QCAD Thursdays are more than exhibition openings – they invite audiences to explore, question, and engage with new ideas in art and design. Featuring new work by Rose Alexander, Finnian Mullen,

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In the Mood for Maggie Cheung

Maggie Cheung is one of Hong Kong cinema’s most iconic stars — celebrated for her expressive naturalism, grace, and genre-hopping versatility. From romantic comedies and martial arts epics to poignant arthouse dramas, Cheung’s screen presence defined an era. Her breakthrough in Police Story (1985) and collaborations with Wong Kar-wai — culminating in the timeless In

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Blak Creatives Exchange

Blak Creatives Exchange presents striking cultural artworks in bold colour, offering fresh perspectives on the City of Moreton Bay Art Collection. Developed in partnership with Munimba-ja’s Blak Creatives Program, the exhibition showcases the voices of emerging First Nations creatives who worked alongside the gallery team to learn the foundations of exhibition production from concept to

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BBA Artist Prize 2026

The BBA Artist Prize 2026 invites artists from around the world to apply for one of Europe’s leading contemporary art awards. Open to all mediums and themes, the competition welcomes submissions from artists aged 18 and over — regardless of experience, education, or background. Applicants can submit up to five artworks, and all entries will

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Robby Bennett: The Music They Played Was Flowers

Sydney-based artist Robby Bennett presents a new suite of paintings that probe the space between reality and imagination through layered symbols, abstract forms, and carefully balanced compositions. Rooted in Bennett’s rural upbringing and art-historical references, the works invite viewers to consider how memory, context, and culture shape what we see and how we understand it.

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Steve Lopes: Everyone’s Amazing

Sydney-based artist Steve Lopes returns to Mitchell Fine Art with his latest solo exhibition, Everyone’s Amazing — a body of work that visually weaves together past and future, memory and imagination. Lopes’ complex figurative compositions are charged with emotion and layered meaning, drawing viewers into a world of narrative tension and quiet revelation. Interspersed with

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Ipswich Art Workshop: Expressions of Interest

The Ipswich Art Workshop has opened Expressions of Interest for its February–June 2026 program, inviting artists, makers, and creative thinkers to host workshops, residencies, and community meetups. A welcoming, hands-on, multi-use space, Ipswich Art Workshop is designed to support diverse arts-based initiatives and foster connections within the local creative community. As a Council-owned venue available

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Raise Your Zine!

The cultural association THE DOCKS has announced the fourth edition of Raise Your Zine! 2025, an international photography competition dedicated to supporting and promoting emerging voices in photographic publishing. The initiative offers a unique opportunity for photographers worldwide: the winning project will be published as a fanzine by The Docks Publishing in 2026, accompanied by

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Custom Bag Charm & Earrings Making Workshop with Kimi Schieren

Following an overwhelming response to the first sold-out event, artisan is hosting a second evening workshop with Brisbane-based creative Kimi Schieren — known for her playful, colourful, and character-filled designs. In this hands-on session, participants will create their own custom bag charm and earrings, drawing from a vibrant array of handmade components. Guided by Kimi,

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Floralia

Floralia is spring uncontained — a collision of colour, life, and renewal. Featuring Joan Harris, Juni Margrie, Cilla Russell, Aylee Kim, Stuart White, and Kelly Bonk, the exhibition bursts with unruly blooms, tangled gardens, drifting coral worlds, and creatures that crawl, fly, and swim through surreal landscapes. Alive with texture and transformation, Floralia celebrates flora

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Amber Wallis: Paintings

Jan Murphy Gallery presents Paintings, the second solo exhibition by Amber Wallis with the gallery. Moving fluidly between landscape, abstraction, and figuration, Wallis’s practice explores quiet interior and exterior spaces that speak to women’s experiences, time, and care. Her works—stained, blurred, and layered across both raw and primed linen—resist easy categorisation. “I intentionally do not

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QCAD Graduate Exhibition 2025

Join Griffith University’s Queensland College of Art & Design as they celebrate the incredible talents of their graduating creatives. The 2025 Graduate Exhibitions will showcase the work of students from Visual Arts, Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art, and Design, offering a glimpse into the future of contemporary art and design practice. This annual graduate showcase is

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2026 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards

Celebrating excellence, cultural strength, and innovation, the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (Telstra NATSIAA) provide a nationally significant platform for sharing powerful stories and unique artistic practices from across the continent. Proudly presented by the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) and principal partner Telstra, the awards are

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Mandorla Art Award 2026

The Mandorla Art Award is Australia’s most significant thematic Christian art prize, attracting some of the nation’s finest artists since its inception in 1985. Held every two years, the award invites artists to create contemporary fine art in conversation with a Biblical text — contributing to the cultural and spiritual life of Australia. With a

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In-site: Brimbank Environmental Art Residency

Creative Brimbank and Brimbank City Council invite artists and collectives to apply for the In-site: Brimbank Environmental Art Residency — a six-month residency program supporting environmentally engaged creative practice grounded in place. Running from 1 February to 1 August 2026, the residency provides $5,000 in financial support, access to a dedicated studio or office space,

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Small Works Art Prize 2026

Calling all artists! Entries are now open for the Small Works Art Prize 2026, Australia’s largest exhibition dedicated to small-scale works — each measuring no more than 35 × 35 × 35 cm. Celebrating creativity in all its forms, this open-entry prize welcomes artists of every background, from emerging to established, across all mediums including

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Backbone Festival: Look Up

The Backbone Festival returns this October with Look Up — a bold, three-week program of performance, sound, and visual art transforming Seven Hills Hub into a thriving site of curiosity, resistance, and imagination. Brisbane’s leading youth arts organisation, Backbone Youth Arts, invites audiences to “look up from the noise” and engage with a generation of

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Something Wild: Clare Purser and Jude Taggart Roberts

Something Wild brings together Clare Purser and Jude Taggart Roberts, two leading Brisbane-based contemporary artists, in a joint exhibition that explores the physical and emotional terrain of the landscape. For both artists, the ‘wilds’ of nature become a mirror for feeling—spaces of untamed reverie and deep observation. Jude Taggart Roberts’s gestural works on paper evoke

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The Homiens Art Prize

The Homiens Art Prize is an internationally recognised award celebrating creativity across all art forms and disciplines. With over $12,000 USD awarded annually, the prize supports emerging and established artists worldwide, providing global exposure and professional development opportunities. Open to artists of all backgrounds, the Homiens Art Prize welcomes entries in any medium, size, or

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Pia Murphy: Omnivorous Cast

Edwina Corlette Gallery presents Omnivorous Cast, a new exhibition by regional Victorian-based artist Pia Murphy. The title reflects Murphy’s approach to painting as a gathering of experiences, inspired by her residency at The Barn in Montauk, New York. There, she embraced an “omnivorous cast” of observation, experimentation, and engagement with the natural environment. Working directly

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Tim Edwards: In between space

Adelaide-based artist Tim Edwards returns to Jan Murphy Gallery with his second solo exhibition, In between space. With a practice spanning over four decades, Edwards continues to refine his bold and distinctive glass vessels that blur the boundaries between drawing and sculpture. The exhibition explores the optical and conceptual space between two and three dimensions,

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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 visual art. The 2025 winner, Francesca Owen, received the major award for her work The Banya (Fine Art Print, 125 × 85 cm), praised by

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Michael Zavros

Michael Zavros (b.1974) is one of Australia’s most celebrated contemporary artists, known for his hyper-realist depictions of beauty, luxury, and the often-unsettling allure of perfection. Working across painting, drawing, sculpture, and photography, Zavros constructs meticulously detailed images that are both visually sumptuous and deeply reflective. Raised on the Gold Coast, Zavros graduated from the Queensland

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EMAF 2026

Media artists worldwide are invited to submit work for the 39th European Media Art Festival (EMAF) in Osnabrück, Germany. The festival features film, media, installations, performances, hybrid and experimental works. Key Info Submission Deadline: 22 December 2025 Accepted categories: • Film (experimental shorts & features) • Installation (interactive, spatial, sculptural, etc.) • Expanded (performances, live events, workshops) Entry

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