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Ben Quilty prepares for his first solo exhibition with the NGV. Photo: Brett Boardman.
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NGV announces major new Ben Quilty exhibition challenging Australia’s landscape myths

The Unimpressionist, Quilty's first solo show for the NGV, will feature several new large-scale sculptural works.

Zane Saunders, Preface, 2026. Performance installation, PUNQ 2026, Old NSW Bank Building, Gurambilbarra/Townsville. Photo: Tszar. Courtesy: the artist.
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Preface takes visual art to the floor at PUNQ in Townsville

Jarrowia, Butchulla and Gunggari artist Zane Saunders is a man of few words, so when he does open his mouth…

Ai Weiwei, Mushrooms, installation view. Photo: Anna Kucera / MCA Australia.
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Ai Weiwei brings the politics of war to the MCA's harbourside lawn

Ai Weiwei's major new public artwork Mushrooms places 500 cast-iron combat helmets on the waterfront by Sydney Harbour.

In Absence Mona Yhonnie Scarce: a photo of a large ciccular ashen-coloured wooden tower installed amongst trees on the edge of a river which is Berriedale Bay in Nipaluna/ Hobart.
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Yhonnie Scarce's In Absence now permanently installed at Mona

Visitors to this year's Dark Mofo festival will be among the first to experience the monumental and moving installation in…

Khaled Sabsabi, conference of one's self, 2026, Australia Pavilion. Six people stand in a large, dark space, contemplating the installed artwork, which consists of a series of eight very large paintings placed together in an octagonal pattern; we can see three of the purple and green paintings, which are brightly lit by projections cast onto their surfaces.
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Khaled Sabsabi reveals details of two installations at Venice Biennale

Khaled Sabsabi has described his two installations at the Venice Biennale as 'one body with two limbs'.

Jumaadi, Upside-Down Garden, 2025. Courtesy the artist and Lendlease. Image: Mark Pokorny.
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Upside-Down Garden by Jumaadi turns corporate Sydney on its head

The first large-scale public artwork from Indonesian-Australian artist Jumaadi flips the city’s built and natural environment upside-down.

Carsten Nicolai's installation Bausatz Noto (1998) at The Vinyl Factory: Reverb. A dark skinned woman wearing a red leather jacket and headphones listens to music at a desk of turntables. A rack of brightly coloured vinyl records stands behind her.
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London's The Vinyl Factory coming to ACMI for RISING

The Vinyl Factory: Reverb is an expansive exhibition about the grooves music has left in history and culture.

Architect's render of a public garden with a sculpture and people. Laak Boorndap
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Artists announced for Melbourne's major Laak Boorndap commissions

Public artworks by Brooke Wandin and Tarryn Love have been commissioned for Melbourne's new Laak Boorndap precinct.

Julia Phillips' Observer, Observed at Sydney Festival 2026. A man ion a white Terry Towling hat peers through a pair of bespoke binoculars, which form part of the artwork.
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Observer, Observed review: public art about public surveillance for Sydney Festival

Julia Phillips’ art installation on Pyrmont Bridge encourages us to reflect on our willingness to participate in the surveillance state.

Exhibition space with designed household objects in subtle tones. Design Craft Victoria
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Does a design exhibition look different when you hand your gallery over to Vogue’s style editor?

Reinventing how to work across sectors, Craft invited Joseph Gardner to centre makers in the design landscape.

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