What’s On: Art Events and Openings

Browse upcoming art events, exhibitions and gallery openings

  • Toowoomba Studio Art Trail

    Toowoomba Studio Art Trail

    Visit Toowoomba artists and creatives in their home studios every year during the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers. Open every Saturday and Sunday in September PLUS two mid-week Wednesdays, this is your chance to get inside the working studios of local artists to discover where they practice, what they create and who they are. Plan your visit for 2026 - we'd love to meet you then!

    Free
  • What We Make of It | Solo Exhibition 2026

    Artspace, Jan Manton Gallery 54 Vernon Terrac, Teneriffe, QLD, Australia

    Amanda van Gils presents What We Make of It, a new body of watercolour and graphite paintings on linen exploring memory, belief, experience and the way we construct meaning. Sitting between landscape and abstraction, the works are built through translucent layers, shifting marks and fragments of handwritten text. 28 September–11 October 2026, ArtSpace @ Jan Manton Gallery, Teneriffe. Opening drinks with the artist: 1 October, 6–8 pm. [...]

  • Toowoomba Studio Art Trail

    Toowoomba Studio Art Trail

    Visit Toowoomba artists and creatives in their home studios every year during the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers. Open every Saturday and Sunday in September PLUS two mid-week Wednesdays, this is your chance to get inside the working studios of local artists to discover where they practice, what they create and who they are. Plan your visit for 2026 - we'd love to meet you then!

    Free
  • Re

    Pseudonym Gallery 7 Robert St, Wickham, NSw, Australia

    Eight years to this exact month I did my first solo show. Re marks my secound, sharing what’s become since with an assortment of old, newer, and not yet seen mixed media works. Come explore my imaginarium, where Australian flora and fauna illustrations become alive on rich felt, waxy luminance pencil tips, wood tangled faces, and more. Let them leap into your hearts to muse their stories for a discussional feast of thoughts.

    Free
  • Toowoomba Studio Art Trail

    Toowoomba Studio Art Trail

    Visit Toowoomba artists and creatives in their home studios every year during the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers. Open every Saturday and Sunday in September PLUS two mid-week Wednesdays, this is your chance to get inside the working studios of local artists to discover where they practice, what they create and who they are. Plan your visit for 2026 - we'd love to meet you then!

    Free
  • GAS SYD presents The NXT1

    STUDIO 551 551e King Street, Newtown, NSW, Australia

    How do you follow a milestone 10th group exhibition? By charging head-first into the 11th! This October, GAS SYD returns with The NXT1 – another dynamic, surprising and unforgettable exhibition showcasing the work of 30 local independent artists. Reflecting our ongoing commitment to creating exhibition opportunities for emerging and independent creatives, this show’s theme, 'Art Moving Forward', invites each artist to explore what progress, change and possibility [...]

    Free
  • GAS SYD presents The NXT1

    STUDIO 551 551e King Street, Newtown, NSW, Australia

    How do you follow a milestone 10th group exhibition? By charging head-first into the 11th! This October, we return with The NXT1, another dynamic, surprising and unforgettable exhibition showcasing the work of 30 local independent artists. Reflecting our ongoing commitment to creating exhibition opportunities for emerging and independent creatives, this show’s theme, 'Art Moving Forward', invites each artist to explore what progress, change and possibility mean, through [...]

    Free
  • 2026 Recovered Futures Art Exhibition

    King George Square, Brisbane City, QLD King George Square, Birsbane City, QLD, Australia

    Returning from 9–14 October 2026, Recovered Futures will be presented during Queensland Mental Health Week and proudly delivered by Richmond Fellowship Queensland (RFQ). The exhibition showcases works by artists with lived experience of mental health challenges, creating a platform for shared stories that invite reflection, connection, and meaningful conversation. Celebrating its 35th year in 2026, Recovered Futures carries a rich and evolving history. Since proudly hosting the [...]

  • Toowoomba Studio Art Trail

    Toowoomba Studio Art Trail

    Visit Toowoomba artists and creatives in their home studios every year during the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers. Open every Saturday and Sunday in September PLUS two mid-week Wednesdays, this is your chance to get inside the working studios of local artists to discover where they practice, what they create and who they are. Plan your visit for 2026 - we'd love to meet you then!

    Free
  • Toowoomba Studio Art Trail

    Toowoomba Studio Art Trail

    Visit Toowoomba artists and creatives in their home studios every year during the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers. Open every Saturday and Sunday in September PLUS two mid-week Wednesdays, this is your chance to get inside the working studios of local artists to discover where they practice, what they create and who they are. Plan your visit for 2026 - we'd love to meet you then!

    Free
  • Canberra Art Fair

    Quokka Pavillion Canberra Showground, Flemington Rd, Canberra, ACT, Australia

    CAF26 brings together more than 100 artists from Canberra, the region, across Australia and overseas, offering an extraordinary range of styles, mediums and stories. Whether you’re searching for a treasure for your wall, hoping to meet the artist behind a piece you love, or even looking to commission someone to paint your vision, the fair is the perfect place to find it.

    Free
  • Toowoomba Studio Art Trail

    Toowoomba Studio Art Trail

    Visit Toowoomba artists and creatives in their home studios every year during the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers. Open every Saturday and Sunday in September PLUS two mid-week Wednesdays, this is your chance to get inside the working studios of local artists to discover where they practice, what they create and who they are. Plan your visit for 2026 - we'd love to meet you then!

    Free
  • Biennale of Colour and Light 2026 Grand Opening

    West End Art Space 112 Adderley Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Join us at West End Art Space for the Grand Opening of the 2026 Biennale of Colour & Light, a celebration of contemporary abstract art and the diverse creative voices shaping abstraction today. Now in its sixth edition, the Biennale brings together over 85 women abstract artists, showcasing a dynamic collection of works that explore the possibilities of colour, light, form, texture and materiality. The exhibition celebrates [...]

    $15
  • Toowoomba Studio Art Trail

    Toowoomba Studio Art Trail

    Visit Toowoomba artists and creatives in their home studios every year during the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers. Open every Saturday and Sunday in September PLUS two mid-week Wednesdays, this is your chance to get inside the working studios of local artists to discover where they practice, what they create and who they are. Plan your visit for 2026 - we'd love to meet you then!

    Free
  • Toowoomba Studio Art Trail

    Toowoomba Studio Art Trail

    Visit Toowoomba artists and creatives in their home studios every year during the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers. Open every Saturday and Sunday in September PLUS two mid-week Wednesdays, this is your chance to get inside the working studios of local artists to discover where they practice, what they create and who they are. Plan your visit for 2026 - we'd love to meet you then!

    Free
  • Toowoomba Studio Art Trail

    Toowoomba Studio Art Trail

    Visit Toowoomba artists and creatives in their home studios every year during the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers. Open every Saturday and Sunday in September PLUS two mid-week Wednesdays, this is your chance to get inside the working studios of local artists to discover where they practice, what they create and who they are. Plan your visit for 2026 - we'd love to meet you then!

    Free
  • Becoming Modern – Mid-century Australian Art

    Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Dunn Pl, Hobart, TAS, Australia

    Becoming Modern is a survey exhibition exploring the emergence of modernism in Australia during the twentieth century. Drawn largely from the Tasmanian State Collection, it features iconic Australian modernists alongside lesser-known works, many of which are exhibited for the first time. This large-scale exhibition brings together paintings, sculpture and works on paper, highlighting figuration, abstraction, and foregrounding works by Tasmanian women artists.

  • Toowoomba Studio Art Trail

    Toowoomba Studio Art Trail

    Visit Toowoomba artists and creatives in their home studios every year during the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers. Open every Saturday and Sunday in September PLUS two mid-week Wednesdays, this is your chance to get inside the working studios of local artists to discover where they practice, what they create and who they are. Plan your visit for 2026 - we'd love to meet you then!

    Free
  • Toowoomba Studio Art Trail

    Toowoomba Studio Art Trail

    Visit Toowoomba artists and creatives in their home studios every year during the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers. Open every Saturday and Sunday in September PLUS two mid-week Wednesdays, this is your chance to get inside the working studios of local artists to discover where they practice, what they create and who they are. Plan your visit for 2026 - we'd love to meet you then!

    Free
  • Affordable Art Fair Sydney

    Carriageworks 245 Wilson Street, Eveleigh, NSW, Australia

    Affordable Art Fair is returning to Australia’s biggest city in 2026 at the iconic Carriageworks Arts Precinct from 5 - 8 November. Discover art you love - and take it home the very same day. From paintings and sculpture to photography, every piece is clearly priced between $100 and $10,000 - so you can browse with confidence and find something that suits your taste, space and budget. [...]

    $29.79