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LORE and LAND: First Nations Artists in the Art Collection

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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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Clayton Utz Art Award 2026

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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

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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: Memento Hikikomori

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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: Baroque Traditions, Contemporary Visions

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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?

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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

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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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Anne Kelley: Full Bush

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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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Singapore Design Biennale

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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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Maintaining Momentum

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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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Andrew K: Moments

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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

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Kitty Horton: Dark Romance

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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

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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

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Exhibit with Incinerator Gallery

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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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Basil Sellers Art Prize 2026

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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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Sculpture in the Garden Wollongong

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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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Natalie Lavelle: Divine Divide

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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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Joseph Burgess: Sonotextility

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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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Lecture Me: Dirk Yates

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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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Total Vibration

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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

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d harding: Site, Non Site, Place

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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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Nyx + Myfanwy Gullifer: The Magical Muff

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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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Marisa Veerman: Knowing

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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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Karla Marchesi: Till and Toil

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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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Audrey Gibbs Art Prize

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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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Calleen Art Award 2026

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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

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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

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Korean Cultural Centre Australia

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The Korean Cultural Centre Australia (KCCAU) is inviting applications for its 2026–27 Exhibition Program, supporting contemporary visual arts projects that foster cultural exchange between Australia and Korea. Selected exhibitions will be presented at the Korean Cultural Centre Australia in Sydney between December 2026 and February 2027. Applications are welcomed from individual artists, curators, collectives and

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Clunes Ceramic Award 2026

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Entries are now open for the Clunes Ceramic Award 2026, a prestigious biennial national award celebrating excellence and innovation in contemporary ceramics. First held in 2009, the award has become a significant platform for ceramic artists across Australia, recognising outstanding creative practice while fostering connections between artists, audiences and the broader ceramics community. Prizes $10,000

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Flying Arts 2026 Program

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Flying Arts has announced its 2026 Annual Programme, delivering an expansive calendar of professional development, exhibitions, awards, education initiatives and regional touring opportunities designed to strengthen Queensland’s visual arts sector from the ground up. For more than 55 years, Flying Arts has championed artists and communities across regional and remote Queensland, working to reduce barriers

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BigCi Environmental Awards 2026

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Applications are now open for the BigCi Environmental Awards 2026, inviting Australian and international artists working across visual art, installation, multimedia, performance, literature, music, photography, filmmaking and curatorial practice to respond to the environment through creative research and practice. Two award recipients will each receive: A$5,000 prize Four-week residency at BigCi Guided access to the

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Brendan Huntley: A Meadow, A Clearing

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A Meadow, A Clearing presents a new body of ceramic sculptures by Melbourne-based artist Brendan Huntley. Guided by touch, instinct and material experimentation, Huntley’s practice embraces spontaneity and process. His sculptural works are built through layered surfaces, textured markings and intuitive forms that draw upon memory, heritage and imagination. Influenced by a lifelong immersion in

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MONO x IAG

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MONO x IAG brings together the Institute of Modern Art’s long-running experimental sound program with Ipswich Art Gallery for a special expanded presentation as part of Spark Festival. Curated by Lawrence English, MONO has spent two decades presenting sonic experimentation, durational performance and boundary-pushing artistic practices. This one-night event invites audiences to engage with sound,

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IMA Announces Platform 2027 Artistic Cohort

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Meanjin/Brisbane’s Institute of Modern Art (IMA) plays a critical role in setting the agenda for contemporary art in Australia through significant investment in the state’s artists. Today, the IMA is pleased to announce the artistic cohort of Platform 2027, its esteemed early-career professional-development project. The artist recipients are Amanda Bennetts, Adam Cole, Savannah Jarvis, Daniel Sherington, and Prita Tina Yeganeh.  Established in 2024, Platform is a career-development program with proven impact on the profile and

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