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5th National Indigenous Art Triennial: After the Rain
National Gallery of Australia 6 Dec 2025 - 26 Apr 2026 The 5th National Indigenous Art Triennial: After the Rain features 10 large-scale, immersive and multidisciplinary installations that celebrate intergenerational legacies and cultural warriors of the past, present and future. The National Indigenous Art Triennial brings together commissioned work by established and emerging First Nations artists from across Australia, creating an important... Read more -
High Colour
Art Gallery of New South Wales 31 May 2025 - 9 Aug 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 -
Darrell Sibosado: GALALAN.
Fondation Opale, Switzerland Darrell Sibosado’s sculptural installations can be traced back to the traditional designs on Riji – or etched pearl shells – of the Bard people in Western Australia’s Kimberley region. This installation is the artist’s tribute to the story of Galalan, the first Bard Creator Ancestor that took human form. Galalan... Read more -
Louise Zhang: You are forgiven (Lotus)
National Gallery of Victoria 20 Dec 2026 Acquired through the NGV x MECCA partnership, the work brings together Zhang’s interest in cultural symbolism and personal history, drawing on the visual language of traditional Chinese motifs while reflecting on the lasting imprint of her strict Christian upbringing. Centred on the lotus, a symbol associated with purity, rebirth, and... Read more -
Marilyn Russell: New works.
NSG Shop Handcrafted by Bidjigal artist Marilyn Russell, these miniature boomerangs, slippers, and Sydney Harbour Bridges are adorned with intricate shell designs, continuing the long and celebrated tradition of La Perouse shellwork. La Perouse shellwork holds deep cultural and historical significance, passed down through generations of Aboriginal women who have sustained and... Read more -
Under the same constellation: A group exhibition.
N.Smith Gallery, June 2026 Under the Same Constellation brings together all artists represented by N.Smith Gallery in a collective gesture that marks the gallery’s fifth year. Spanning painting, sculpture, and installation, the exhibition reflects the breadth of practices that have shaped the programme since its inception. Like stars held within a shared field, each... Read more -
Archibald & Wynne Prizes 2025
Touring Nationally 10 May 2025 - 21 Jun 2026 We are delighted to announce Joan Ross, Fiona Lowry, Natasha Walsh, Vipoo Srivilasa, Holly Anderson, and Casey Chen are finalists in the Archibald and Wynne Prizes. Joan Ross is a finalist in the Archibald Prize with her portrait of Coby Edgar, Kidjerikidjeri. Fiona Lowry is a finalist in... Read more -
Snap Blak: Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island photography from the Collection
Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art 30 Aug 2025 - 13 Sep 2026 James Taylor is featured in Snap Blak: Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island photography from the Collection, a compelling exhibition that brings together dynamic examples of contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island photography. The works in this series champion Indigenous self-representation, asserting visual sovereignty that resists prevalent stereotypes and re-presents... Read more -
Vipoo Srivilasa: Express Yourself
Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Children's Art Centre 11 Oct 2025 - 13 Sep 2026 How do you feel on the first day of school? Or when you win a really hard game? What about when someone you love is upset? Vipoo Srivilasa invites children to explore their emotions through drawing, dancing, and digital activities as part of the QAGOMA Children’s Art Centre exhibition. The... Read more -
Exposition générale
Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris 25 Oct 2025 - 23 Aug 2026 Grounded in the renewal of Māori aute, Hindin’s practice is a rigorous, living return to ancestral technologies, where material, process, and whakapapa are inseparable. Working with bark cloth and natural pigments, her works carry the intelligence of making, each surface holding the pressures of hand, time, and breath, and each... Read more -
Aidan Hartshorn: Yiramir Mayiny (River People)
Art Gallery of New South Wales 1 Nov 2025 - 31 May 2026 Yiramir Mayiny (River People) , 2024 extends Hartshorn’s ongoing engagement with water as both living presence and ancestral archive. Moving between mapping and memory, the work gathers the rhythms of river systems, the traces of community, and the quiet authority of Country, holding them in a composition that feels at... Read more -
And Still I Rise
Art Gallery of New South Wales 8 Nov 2025 - 8 Nov 2026 Named after Maya Angelou’s famous collection of poetry, And Still I Rise brings together a group of culturally diverse women artists living in Australia, many of whom are internationally recognised, if less familiar at home. The exhibition spans generations with artworks encompassing textiles, painting, metalwork, installation and video – are... Read more -
Searcher: Graffiti and Contemporary Art
National Art School, Sydney 17 Jan - 11 Apr 2026 Searchers: Graffiti and Contemporary Art brings together over thirty of Australia’s most dynamic artists, from underground graffiti writers to celebrated contemporary artists – united by one charged medium: spray paint. Introduced as a commercial product in the mid-twentieth century, spray paint quickly caught the attention of artists who recognised its... Read more -
No place for mannequins: Remaking the fashion archive.
UTS Gallery, Gadigal Nura/Sydney 12 Feb - 24 Apr 2026 In fashion, the archive has long operated as a site of authority, shaping narratives of dress, design, and consumption. Bringing together local and international artists and designers, the exhibition unsettles this authority, foregrounding critical practices that reimagine what is preserved, valued, and remembered. Curated by Dr Todd Robinson (UTS)... Read more -
AGSA Screen Wavelength
Art Gallery of South Australia 13 Feb 2026 - 4 Jul 2027 AGSA Screen Wavelength tours moving image works of art from the Art Gallery of South Australia’s time-based media collection. This focused yet significant collection of works by Australian and international artists illustrates this medium’s dynamism and the diverse nature of acquisitions within the AGSA’s collection. Wavelength draws on past and... Read more -
MOTHER: Stories from the NGV Collection
National Gallery of Victoria 27 Mar - 12 Jul 2026 The depiction of mother and child is one of the oldest and most enduring themes in art history. From ancient cave paintings and Egyptian tombs to Renaissance frescos and contemporary depictions, artists have long engaged with the complex experiences of motherhood. Traversing geographies, cultures and mediums, MOTHER presents diverse stories... Read more