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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]