Exhibitions

Tom Blake: index of a stream.

N.Smith Gallery 16 Oct - 15 Nov 2025 index of a stream presents new de-silvered mirrors, cyanotypes, and paintings by Tom Blake, accompanied by a poem from acclaimed filmmaker Tsai Ming-liang, part of a series written in response to Tom’s video pieces. This body of work was developed during an 8-week residency at Treasure Hill Artist Village (Taipei),... Read more

Vipoo Srivilasa: Cats, Ghosts, & Other Stories.

N.Smith Gallery 30 Oct - 13 Nov 2025 Cats, Ghosts, & Other Stories features four new works on paper and five sculptures by Vipoo Srivilasa, a Thai-born Australian artist creating artworks that engages with complex questions of queerness, migration and spiritual meaning, using aesthetics and mediums that are accessible, uplifting and beautiful. Interested? Vipoo is busy making work... Read more

Return to Sender.

New Farm, Brisbane 4 - 9 Nov 2025 In the heart of New Farm, within the quiet spaces of an architecturally significant home, N.Smith Gallery presents an exhibition shaped by a special resonance. Our roots in Queensland run deep, and returning to present this exhibition feels both like a homecoming and a continuation – a way of tracing... Read more

Awakening Histories

Monash University Museum of Art | MUMA 4 Oct - 6 Dec 2025 Darrell Sibosado is included in Awakening Histories with his works Niman Aarl (Many Fish) and Umbun (Eagle Ray). Awakening Histories traces the deep connections between First Nations peoples and Southeast Asian seafarers from the port of Makassar in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, celebrating enduring relationships that remain prominent in art, language... Read more

Thea Anamara Perkins: memory mirage.

Australian Embassy Berlin 12 Jul - 15 Dec 2025 Thea Anamara Perkins' memory mirage presents a deeply personal yet universally resonant exploration of memory’s fluidity. In this body of work, Thea continues her m emory mirage series to draw on fragments of lived experience, found imagery, and imagined spaces to create layered compositions that blur the boundaries between past... Read more

High Colour

Art Gallery of New South Wales 31 May 2025 - 11 Jan 2026 Influenced by history, culture and family, Dylan Mooney's works are influenced by his rich cultural upbringing. Translating the knowledge and stories passed down to him, his artworks are in a high-impact illustrative style with bright, saturated colour that reflects his experiences with keen political energy and insight. High Colour is... Read more

Louise Zhang: Celestial Tapestry

Fairfield City Museum & Gallery 12 Jul - 15 Nov 2025 Louise Zhang’s solo exhibition Celestial Tapestry centres on the rich connection between physical and spiritual healing, drawing on botanical symbols and mythology. Taking inspiration from Chinese market gardens and communal courtyards – offering both sustenance and belonging - this new body of work interweaves traditional and contemporary practices to establish... Read more

Mason Kimber: A Caressing Gaze.

UNSW Galleries 29 Aug - 16 Nov 2025 ‘A Caressing Gaze’ brings together a collection of recent works, including new textural paintings that extend into wall relief and a site-specific installation that gleans impressions from the surfaces of the built environment. Using iterative processes of moulding, casting, and framing, Kimber looks at the painted surface not simply as... Read more

Ode: Margaret Olley and Sally Anderson

Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre 12 Sep 2025 - 8 Mar 2026 Ode: Margaret Olley and Sally Anderson is a celebration of important still life paintings by Margaret Olley together with new work by Gadigal/Sydney-based artist Sally Anderson. During her 2025 residency at the Nancy Fairfax Artist in Residence Studio, Sally Anderson embarked on a new body of work that responds not... Read more

Ripples through Time

Artspace Mackay 20 Sep - 14 Dec 2025 Kyra Mancktelow is included in Ripples through Time with her work Unconstitutional Love II , 2025, recently acquired by Artspace Mackay. Unconstitutional Love || is a wedding dress: a powerful symbol of union, devotion, and tradition. As a garment imbued with generations of cultural significance Mancktelow challenges us to look... Read more

Claire Healy & Sean Cordeiro: Psychopomp.

Samstag Museum of Art 16 Oct - 5 Dec 2025 Artistic collaborative duo and Samstag Scholars Sean Cordeiro and Claire Healy’s practice reflects a preoccupation with the dynamics of global mobility — the networks, standards and financial systems that enable and restrict the movement of people and goods in the modern era. In this ambitious new work, Healy and Cordeiro... Read more

Too Deadly: Ten Years of Tarnanthi.

Art Gallery of South Australia 17 Oct 2025 - 18 Jan 2026 A major new exhibition celebrates Tarnanthi’s first decade. Too Deadly: Ten Years of Tarnanthi assembles more than 200 diverse works of outstanding contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art seen in previous Tarnanthi Festivals. The exhibition both revisits key Tarnanthi works acquired by AGSA and revitalises them with fresh insights... Read more

Mud to Masterpiece: Australian Contemporary Ceramics.

Maitland Regional Art Gallery 25 Oct 2025 - 1 Feb 2026 Far from the traditional utilitarian uses of clay, Mud to Masterpiece is an exhibition that delves into the world of contemporary ceramics, where the boundaries of tradition and innovation are pushed to their limits. Presenting a dynamic collection of works by bold artists, this exhibition celebrates the transformative power of... Read more