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…

Memories of Time is a solo exhibition by Sang Ju Lee, presenting work developed during the artist’s six-month exchange at Seoul National University in 2025. Working with silk and traditional Korean Hanji (mulberry paper), Lee explores Korean painting techniques while using these historic materials as vessels for personal memory, cultural…

The Straddie Arts Trail returns for its fifth year, transforming Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island) into a vibrant celebration of contemporary art, culture and creativity across four days. Presented as a free, community-driven event, the trail features 70+ artists and makers across 33 creative stops spanning the island’s three townships. Visitors…

Lethbridge Gallery presents Green Leaves, a solo exhibition of new watercolour works by Queensland artist Jane Grealy. Drawing on a career spanning decades as an architectural illustrator, Grealy brings a refined understanding of precision, perspective and observation to her contemporary art practice. Her delicate watercolours explore the relationship between natural…

Celebrate the launch of GOOD Magazine Issue One: Locality with a week-long exhibition and opening party at Land Street Gallery, Toowong. Dedicated to championing emerging artists across Meanjin/Brisbane, the inaugural 96-page publication features artist interviews, poetry, exhibition writing and a feature exploring the city’s artist-run initiatives (ARIs). The launch exhibition…

City of Moreton Bay invites artists, creatives and community members to Dream Big: Arts and Culture in the City of Tomorrow, an evening of discussion, networking and future-focused ideas exploring the role of arts and culture in shaping the region. Presented as part of the Cultivate the Arts series, the…

Dan Kyle presents Place of Peace, A Mountain that Speaks, a new solo exhibition exploring the evolving relationship between artist and landscape through painting, collage and mixed media. Working from his home studio on Dharug Country, Kyle draws inspiration from the mountains, bushland and waterways that surround his daily life.…

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…

Snarm takes its title from the Khmer word meaning both a scar and a trace. The exhibition reflects on how experiences of displacement leave marks that linger over time, shaping understandings of home not as something fixed or secure, but as something continually formed in response to changing conditions. While rooted…

Created specifically for Night Feast, Total Vibration is a major new site-specific installation by Sydney artist Jonny Niesche, presented by Brisbane Powerhouse in partnership with the Institute of Modern Art. Transforming the Stores Studio into an immersive environment of reflection, movement and sound, the installation features two monumental flexible mirrors…

PARKER Contemporary presents Filtered Light, a solo exhibition of new work by Brisbane-based artist Alethea Richter. Blurring the boundaries between digital imagery and handcrafted process, Richter transforms pixel-like forms into intricately woven silkscreen works. Built through meticulous layers of hand-pulled print, cut paper and woven surfaces, the works explore how…

Subjective is a collaborative exhibition by Aria Targett and Jude McClay Dwyer, presented at Webb Gallery, Queensland College of Art and Design. Developed over the course of the exhibition, the project features two large-scale wall paintings generated through a shared set of directives created using artificial intelligence. Drawing inspiration from…

Jan Manton Gallery presents Transitional Light, an exhibition introducing Brisbane abstract artist Andy Harwood as the gallery’s newest represented artist. Installed within the gallery’s stockroom, the exhibition offers an intimate introduction to Harwood’s practice, showcasing a selection of works that explore the relationship between geometry, colour and perception. His meticulously…

Brisbane-based artist Cosima Scales presents Lantern Focus, a new solo exhibition exploring the quiet beauty of everyday life through observational painting. Initially inspired by the interior of her parents’ home, Scales found herself increasingly drawn to the small and often overlooked details that populate familiar domestic spaces—paper daisies, textured glass,…

For nearly two centuries, photojournalists have played a vital role in documenting global events, influencing our view of the world and shaping how we view the future. Tim Page: The very edge of the brightest light highlights how the capacity for photojournalists to bear witness continues to carry meaning, even in an…

As part of the Institute of Modern Art’s long-running experimental sound program MONO, Canadian-American musician, composer and artist claire rousay performs alongside Melbourne/Naarm artist Peter Knight. Known for creating deeply personal and immersive sound worlds, claire rousay blends ambient, folk, hyperpop and experimental noise into intimate compositions that transform everyday…

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…

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…

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…

A creative platform by Sirena Varma and Prita Tina Yeganeh that explores the politics of place, diasporic identity, and collective futures of Southwest Asian and North African (SWANA) peoples—across their homelands and the settler-lands they inhabit. For this exhibition callout, q/g[h]ALBI is collaborating with creatives Lamisse Hamouda and Aleea Monsour.…

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…

Ties that Bind brings together leading Australian artists to explore the many ways people connect to home, Country, memory and one another. Through diverse contemporary practices, the exhibition considers belonging as something shaped by place, ancestry, migration, displacement and lived experience. Rather than presenting a single idea of home, the…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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,…

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…

PARKER Contemporary presents Becoming Penguin (Act II), a new exhibition by Sydney-based artist Carolyn Craig exploring identity, belonging and systems of social judgement. Centred on the symbolic figure of the penguin, Craig employs performance, printmaking and photography to examine how bodies are observed, categorised and shaped by social structures. Drawing…

MOTH brings together eight multidisciplinary practitioners for a month-long open studio exploring themes of illumination, experimentation and creative discovery. Working across a range of disciplines, the participating artists investigate light as both material and metaphor, revealing processes, testing ideas and creating new forms through collaboration and inquiry. Throughout the month,…

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…

The Moreton Bay Art Prize returns in 2026, celebrating the diverse creative talent of artists from across the region. Held annually at Pine Rivers Art Gallery, the exhibition is a highlight of the local arts calendar and showcases a vibrant selection of contemporary works by shortlisted finalists. Following a strong…

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,…

Join us for our next Pep Talk with painter Karla Marchesi! Pep Talks are your chance to hear from QCAD legends about their practice and career trajectory since graduating, as well as the advice they wish they’d heard along the way. Designed to be casual and engaging, there’ll be plenty…

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…

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,…