Exhibitions

Folio: Contemporary Australian Drawing & Print.

N.Smith Gallery 20 Nov - 13 Dec 2025 Drawing sits at the foundation of artmaking — the first mark of an idea, a site of reflection, and an enduring trace of the artist’s hand. Folio: Contemporary Australian Drawing & Print brings together a cross-section of Australian artists whose works on paper reveal the continued relevance and range of... 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

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