Mumkurla-nginyi-ma parrngalinyparla – from the darkness into the light. The Gurindji freedom banners are a collection of 10 hand-painted banners created in 2000 by the Gurindji to share the community’s version of the historic 1966 Wave Hill walk-off. The walk-off, or Gurindji strike, led by Gurindji man Vincent Lingiari was an important event in Australia’s land rights movement. Many of the 35 Gurindji people involved in the [...]

Rabble-rousers, riffraff, scoundrels, and criminals. Troublemakers, wanderers, deviants, misfits. They’ve gone by many names—but to the Chinese state, they were once known simply as The Hooligans. The Mao-era crime of “hooliganism” (流氓罪) was notorious for its broad scope and arbitrary enforcement. It became a blunt tool used to silence dissent, police morality, and punish anyone seen as a threat to political or social order, including sexual minorities [...]

Step into the world of art conservation and discover the intricate process of preserving history. Restoring the Past unveils the meticulous treatments of three remarkable nineteenth-century paintings and their ornate frames, including the portraits of Thomas and Catherine Chapman and a landscape by John Glover. This captivating exhibition offers a rare behind-the-scenes look at the techniques and stories that bring Tasmania’s artistic heritage back to life. Whether you're [...]

Between Peaks and Silence gathers works by Frank Hurley, one of Australia’s most celebrated and controversial photographers and filmmakers. These photos are rare, luminous studies of place—where land becomes theatre and stillness becomes sound. From the Warrumbungles’ ancient ridgelines to the Blue Mountains’ shadowed caves, from the Derwent’s slow water to Urama Island’s village architecture, Hurley frames each scene with a patient eye for scale, texture and hush. [...]

The Darebin Art Prize is back in 2026 celebrating the outstanding work of contemporary Australian artists. The Darebin Art Prize is a national multi-medium acquisitive art prize awarding excellence in contemporary visual art. This leading exhibition brings together contemporary artwork across all media, from painting, drawing, photography, sculpture and craft, through to video art and more. The finalists from across Australia are represented in this major exhibition [...]

Experience Newcastle Art Gallery’s icons, loved favourites, and unexpected gems in our inaugural exhibition, Iconic Loved Unexpected. Across every space in the expanded Gallery, we celebrate our nationally renowned collection with a curated selection from more than 7,000 works of art by local, national and global artists. This multi-faceted display foregrounds First Nations art and traces the development of Australian art over more than 200 years, as well as [...]

Campbelltown Arts Centre is an exhibition partner of the 25th Biennale of Sydney: Rememory, curated by 25th edition Artistic Director Hoor Al Qasimi. A means of revisiting, reconstructing, and reclaiming histories that have been erased or repressed, Rememory signifies the intersection of memory and history, where recollection becomes an act of reassembling fragments of the past—whether personal, familial, or collective. The 25th edition of the Biennale connects the delicate space [...]

Established in 1958, the Muswellbrook Art Prize is a now $70,000 acquisitive award spanning three categories: painting, works on paper, and ceramics. With medium as the sole thematic focus, the Prize showcases the diverse subjects and practices of contemporary artists working throughout Australia. 

Bunbury Regional Art Gallery presents South West Biennial 2026: Tracework, a landmark new exhibition that positions the South West as a vital centre for contemporary art. Anchored at BRAG and extending across six partner venues throughout the regions, the Biennial invites audiences to move through a connected cultural landscape shaped by place, memory and making. Conceived as both a map and a meeting point, Tracework brings together artists from across [...]

Affording Truth explores how we perceive and navigate truth in an era of global uncertainty, using the framework of affordances – the qualities of objects or environments that suggest or enable particular actions and interactions. Perceived, false or hidden, affordances are everywhere and key to how humans navigate the world. Featuring works by Alison Alder (NSW), Robert Andrew (QLD), Lorraine Connelly-Northey (NSW), Lauren Dunn (VIC), Honor Freeman (SA), [...]

Ruins in Reverse is a sculptural and sound-based installation by Carly Fischer inspired by the former Beechworth Asylum and her great-grandmother’s 50-year life spent institutionalised for ‘talking to the furniture’. The work explores the idea of shifting between realities, uncovering forgotten fragments that blur past and present.

New South Vol. 2 presents recent examples of sculpture and installation art from across Southern Australasia. Bringing together an intergenerational group of 17 artists, the exhibition offers a snapshot of current sculptural practice and the ideas shaping it today. A key theme of the exhibition is inter-relations, what happens between objects, materials, built environments and viewers. The artworks are presented together in shared space, allowing them to interact, [...]

Jeffrey Harris stands as one of New Zealand’s most distinguished and original painters – an artist whose decades-long practice has shaped a deeply personal yet widely resonant visual language. Since he first exhibited in 1969, Harris has created a body of work that draws on memory, lived experience and the enduring weight of human emotion, positioning him as a pivotal figure within New Zealand’s art history. His [...]

Maitland Regional Art Gallery (MRAG) presents Fire Scars, a powerful new solo exhibition by photographer Renae Saxby. Based on Wonnarua Country in Maitland, New South Wales, Saxby is an award-winning photographer recognised for her portraiture, live performance photography and remote landscapes. Across her practice, she maintains a sustained focus on the relationship between people, culture and the environment. In Fire Scars, Saxby turns the camera inward, drawing from deeply personal [...]

C*Town Conservatory reimagines the history and architecture of the conservatory — once a symbol of aristocratic prestige and colonial exploitation of the natural world — as a contemporary, inclusive space for community, reflection, and creative exchange. Confabulated by The ArtHITects (Gary Carsley and Ren Jie Teoh), this immersive installation transforms the glass-walled foyer of Campbelltown Arts Centre into a fantastical, illusionistic environment reflecting on its 20-year history of commissioning artwork. [...]