Search News

See all news

Darwin

The 2025 Telstra Art Award winner, Gaypalani Waṉambi, 'Burwu, blossom', 2025, at the 2025 Telstra NATSIAA. The front of the artwork, showing the intricately etched and painted honey bees and stringybark blossoms are shown; the second part of the photograph shows the found road signs which comprise the canvas for the work.
News

Gaypalani Waṉambi wins the Telstra Art Award at the 2025 Telstra NATSIAA

The Yirrkala artist won the $100,000 award for a monumental etched metal work, now showing at MAGNT in Darwin.

An atmopheric photo of Darwin Festival's Festival Park at dusk, showing festivalgoers dining al fresco under fairy lights and the sunset-streaked sky.
Features

Darwin Festival 2025: collective visions, creative collaborations and musical treats

The 2025 Darwin Festival features eight world premieres, an array of acclaimed works and a rich mix of musical offerings.

Against a purple backdrop, a man with dark hair and a moustache. 'So you want my arts job' is printed in white.
Career Advice

So you want my arts job: Festival Director of the Darwin Street Art Festival

Move over Melbourne! According to David Collins, Darwin is where it's at in terms of street art.

A First Nations Elder standing confidently outdoors in the red desert with two of her large-scale paintings. The paintings feature large circles, dots, and washes of paint on yellow, gray and black.
Sponsored

Beyond the Fair: painting a bigger picture with DAAF

How can an art fair help bridge divides? We speak to two leaders at Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair to find…

Aboriginal artist with abstract painting in red colours. NATSIAA
News

Telstra NATSIAA 2025 has announced 71 finalists

Connecting to country and celebrating culture with another round of the prestigious awards.

Theatre makers stand on stage as a close up of a mans face fills the theatre backdrop in a purple, blue hue.
News

Sharing Trent Dalton's 'Love Stories' on stage: 2025 national tour

From September, the play will be travelling outside Brisbane for the very first time.

Installation view of contemporary art exhibition. Shepparton Art Museum
News

Road worthy: standout regional gallery exhibitions in Autumn 2025

Regional galleries play a vital part of the arts ecosystem, so plan your road trip and catch some of these…

Midpul, a First Nations male Elder, sitting and painting with a brush, making lines and dots in ochre.
News

Northern Territory artists shine at Charles Darwin University

The institution has launched a new gallery in the heart of the city to showcase the region's artists.

Model and crew backstage for the Melbourne Fashion Festival. A tall female model with pale skin and red lips is wearing a red satin dress with a large floral feature over her chest, while the crew adjusts something around her ear.
Features

Fashion, craft and design calendar 2025

What’s on in fashion, craft and design this year, including exhibitions, fashion festivals, design weeks and makers' markets.

Darwin Symphony Orchestra will tour the Northern Territory in its 2025 season. The photo looks down on the orchestra, arrayed around a podium as a middle-aged man in a suit conducts. The photo is taken from above and to the side, so that we can see the strings section, a harpist, percussionist and other Orchestra members.
Features

Darwin Symphony Orchestra to tour Territory-wide in 2025

The DSO’s 2025 season will see Jonathan Tooby’s last hurrah as Artistic Director/Chief Conductor, but not before the Orchestra undertakes…

1 2 3 4 10