Entries are now open for the 2026 Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, one of Australia’s longest-running and most prestigious regional art awards, presented by Campbelltown Arts Centre. Now in its 64th year, the award offers more than $60,000 in prize money, including the $50,000 acquisitive Open Award, with the winning work entering the Campbelltown City Council […]
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The winners of the $50,000 Stanthorpe Art Prize 2026 have been announced, with KHR Stewart awarded the $20,000 2D Prize for Dollface, an oil painting praised by judge Wendy Sharpe as “a striking dream-like image, both meticulous and mysterious.” The $20,000 3D Prize was awarded to Keith Burt for Inquiet, a painted plaster sculpture recognised
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Curated by artist and researcher Larissa Warren, ‘Shifting Ground’ explores the rich history of women potters from Tamborine Mountain, Queensland. The exhibition brings together works by twelve contemporary Australian artists alongside historical pieces by pioneering women potters from the region. All artworks are created using Tamborine Mountain’s native volcanic clays, highlighting a deep connection between
Art Center Ongoing is inviting applications for its Ongoing AIR residency program, a two-month international residency based in Kichijoji, Tokyo. Open to artists and curators from Japan and overseas, the residency provides private accommodation, an exhibition opportunity and access to Art Center Ongoing’s gallery, library and creative community. Established in 2013, the program supports experimental
The Drawing Festival returns to Queensland Art Gallery for a weekend of creativity, exploration and fun, featuring more than 50 free events across two days. Expanded in 2026 due to popular demand, the festival invites visitors of all ages and skill levels to discover or rekindle a love of drawing. Visitors can participate in artist-led
Applications are open for the 2025/2026 trenarren HOUSE Residency Season, inviting artists from all creative disciplines to immerse themselves in a unique rural residency centred on the theme Community. Located on the coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom, trenarren HOUSE is a multidisciplinary artist-run residency where creativity and wellbeing intersect. Artists are encouraged to dedicate focused
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Darwin-based artist Franck Gohier returns to Mitchell Fine Art with his fifth solo exhibition, Australia Has Cowboys Too. Featuring a new body of work inspired by the iconography of Western comics, films and vintage advertising, the exhibition reimagines the visual language of the American frontier through an Australian lens. Gohier explores themes of national identity,
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Info: Excess All Areas explores consumer culture and society’s relationship with waste through humour, colour and critical reflection. Presented by the New Quotidian Collective, the exhibition draws upon the visual language of advertising, packaging and branding to examine the pervasive influence of capitalism on everyday life. Through vibrant imagery and found materials, the artists highlight
Entries are now open for the John Leslie Art Prize 2026, one of Australia’s most established landscape painting awards. First presented in 2000 and named after John Leslie OBE, the prize celebrates excellence in contemporary landscape painting by artists living and working in Australia. The 2026 edition marks the 14th iteration of the award, continuing
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Black Door Gallery invites painters to apply for the E.SUN International Art Prize, a global painting award established by E.SUN Bank in Taiwan, offering a total prize pool of approximately USD $130,000. This international prize celebrates contemporary painting across diverse styles and approaches, encouraging artists to engage with one or more of three open themes:
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Waverley Woollahra Art School invites entries for the 2026 9×5 Landscape Art Prize, celebrating the legacy of Australian Impressionism and its spontaneous approach to landscape painting. Now in its 11th year, this nationally recognised prize encourages artists to respond to the Australian landscape using the iconic 9×5 inch format—echoing the historic use of cigar box
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Between the Threads brings together eight artists whose practices find common ground in fibre, fabric, and material process while remaining distinct in vision, method, and cultural origin. Featuring artists from Australia and overseas, the exhibition celebrates textile art as one of the most dynamic and expressive contemporary art forms. Spanning weaving, stitching, soft sculpture, and
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Earthen form profiles the works of contemporary Somerset ceramicists who have responded to natural colours and forms of the region, whist experimenting with incorporating locally sourced materials within their practice. The exhibition includes a showcase of works created by Toogoolawah High School students as an outcome of workshops led by Shifting Ground Curator Larissa Warren. The featured works reflect the
Entries are now open for the Gosford Art Prize 2026, one of Australia’s longstanding regional art prizes and a significant event in the cultural calendar of New South Wales’ Central Coast. Open to artists across Australia and working in all mediums, the prize offers a total prize pool of more than $55,000. Awards include the
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SYMBIOTIC MARATHON is a new exhibition by Merinda Davies that imagines an exercise program for a future shaped by ecological collapse. Set in a speculative world where breathable air is no longer guaranteed for humans or plants, the project invites audiences to consider relationships of mutual dependence through breath, movement, and connection with more-than-human life.
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Entries are now open for the Du Rietz Art Awards 2026, the premier art competition for the Gympie region. Named in honour of the architect of the historic School of Arts building that houses Gympie Regional Gallery, the awards celebrate outstanding contemporary 2D and 3D artworks by artists from across Australia. With a prize pool
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Milani Gallery specialises in contemporary Australian art. Opening Hours Tuesday – Saturday 11:00am – 6:00pm
The Institute of Modern Art presents the first Australian institutional solo exhibition by acclaimed Canadian artist Jon Rafman. Memento Hikikomori brings together a selection of works exploring the technological mediation of memory, the formation of identity and the collective unconscious of online experience. Drawing its title from the concepts of memento mori and hikikomori, the
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Presented by artisan and Metro Arts, Between Form is the first exhibition in the Small Object Spaces series, featuring Brisbane-based artist Marisa Culpo. Working across textiles and ceramics, Culpo’s practice explores the relationship between material, process and meaning. Through small-scale sculptural works that combine ceramic vessels with hand-fabricated textile plinths, the exhibition examines the shifting
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Join a public forum with influential First Nations artists and thinkers whose practices challenge, unsettle and reimagine the creative landscape, presented as part of the exhibition Leah King-Smith: rhythm wRites. The forum brings together leading First Nations artists, researchers and cultural practitioners in a series of conversations exploring image-making, memory, sovereignty, cultural authority and self-determination
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Impress Art invites women printmakers to take part in Women in Print, a two-week celebration of women working in printmaking. Artists are invited to submit recent or historical work that connects with the theme. The program will include an exhibition, opening party, talks, demonstrations and more. Artists are also encouraged to share the name of
Since 1975 the Institute of Modern Art has been the hub of Brisbane’s contemporary art scene, presenting an annual program of exhibitions, public programs, publications, and offsite programs by Queensland, Australian, and international artists. As one of Australia’s leading independent contemporary art spaces, our vision is to become a truly inclusive, sustainable, and future focused
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Located in Yeerongpilly, Loupe Imaging is a fine-art printing studio and creative hub dedicated to supporting artists, photographers, and designers. Founded and led by artists and photographers Christine Ko and Louis Lim, the studio combines technical expertise with an understanding of the creative process, producing archival-quality prints with exceptional detail and colour accuracy. Part of
Join artist Kuweni Dias Mendis for an immersive two-day workshop exploring the process of transforming local earth into natural pigments and paint. Participants will learn how to respectfully gather, grind, sieve and process coloured soils before using their handmade pigments to create artworks on paper and fabric. The workshop also incorporates field notes, sketching and
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Have an artwork idea perfect for the heart of Newtown? Newtown ArtSeat is inviting proposals for its 2027 exhibition program. Located in Pride Square, this much-loved public art landmark showcases original work to thousands of people passing through Newtown each day. Newtown ArtSeat offers a space where experimental and non-commercial art can be showcased. It
The Griffith University Art Museum is a free public gallery at the Queensland College of Art, South Bank campus. A diverse and rigorous range of exhibitions are generated in-house, or toured with regional, state or national galleries in a bid to focus attention on contemporary practices and their historical contexts. Griffith University Art Collection Griffith
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Nestled in the heart of the leafy suburb of Red Hill, Side Gallery stands as a dynamic hub, seamlessly blending the traditional white wall gallery model with distinctive design innovation. Side Gallery takes pride in its model’s approach, representing a curated selection of established and emerging artists who push the boundaries of contemporary and modern
Applications are now open for Queer Here 2026, an annual exhibition presented by QCAD Galleries in partnership with Brisbane Pride Inc. Celebrating the talents, visions and lived experiences of queer creatives from Brisbane/Meanjin, the exhibition returns this September with an open call for artists working across all mediums. There is no exhibition theme for 2026,
Join PLATYPUS and Wreckers Artspace for a two-day celebration of the launch of PLATYPUS Essentials: 00–02 Energy, a new publication exploring energy, ecology, community and justice through art, writing and lived experience. The second publication in the PLATYPUS Essentials series, 00–02 Energy brings together 26 contributions from more than 30 artists, writers, poets, researchers, historians
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Psithurism — Whispering of Trees is a solo exhibition by Brisbane-based artist Kay Watanabe, presented at Side Gallery. Originally from Tokyo, Watanabe’s multidisciplinary practice spans printmaking, ceramics and other media, exploring the relationship between humanity and the natural environment. The exhibition invites audiences to slow down and reflect on the subtle connections between people, place
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Join curator Nicholas Aloisio-Shearer for an exhibition tour of Jon Rafman: Memento Hikikomori, the acclaimed Canadian artist’s first major Australian exhibition. The talk explores Rafman’s practice of investigating internet culture through online archives, video games, digital imagery and fringe virtual communities. Aloisio-Shearer will discuss key works from the exhibition, including the ongoing photographic project Nine
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Join the Society of Fine Arts (SoFA) for BLUEPRINT, a hands-on cyanotype workshop in New Farm Park to celebrate the start of Semester 2. Participants will learn the fundamentals of the historic photographic printing process, using sunlight to produce distinctive blue-and-white prints on paper. All materials are supplied, with attendees encouraged to bring their own
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Join the Institute of Modern Art for Essay Club No. 6, led by artist Holly Anderson, exploring the chapter Viscosity from Timothy Morton’s Hyperobjects: Philosophy and Ecology after the End of the World (2013). The discussion examines Morton’s concept of hyperobjects—phenomena that exist on scales beyond ordinary human experience, such as climate change, black holes
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Metro Arts presents Rewiring Townhall #2, a free sector gathering offering an update on the organisation’s evolving artistic direction, upcoming programs and future opportunities. Following a period of strategic development, the townhall will provide an opportunity for artists, arts workers and the wider creative community to hear about new artist residencies, forthcoming exhibitions and performance
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Arrangements is a new solo exhibition of bronze sculptures by Guido Maestri that explores portraiture, memory and the changing nature of identity. Rather than presenting fixed likenesses, the sculptures depict faces that shift, fragment and transform, reflecting the fluid nature of personal experience over time. Created during a particularly emotional period in the artist’s life,
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Sculptures and Birds is a new exhibition by James Guppy that revisits the sculptural forms which shaped his early artistic thinking. Although Guppy has spent more than fifty years working primarily as a painter, this body of work pays homage to the sculptors who inspired him, translating their physical presence into paint. Alongside these sculptural
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