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Free exhibitions in Australia September 2025 – guide

From a regional Andy Warhol display to the largest collection of Papua New Guinea urban art outside the country, discover free exhibitions.

4 Sep 2025 9:38

Celina Lei

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Michele England, ‘Going, going, gone’, 2025, showing at M16, Canberra. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.

Your go-to guide for the best free exhibitions to check out in the month of September across Australian cities, metropolitan and regional.

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Celina Lei

Celina Lei is ArtsHub's former Content Manager. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs, and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram: @lleizy_

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