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Installation view of the Avatar: Forms of Vishnu exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, featuring works by Desmond Lazaro and Cambodian Vishnu statue from the early 800s, photo © Art Gallery of New South Wales, Jenni Carter.
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Avatar: Forms of Vishnu at AGNSW offers a tonic for our times

Avatar: Forms of Vishnu at the Art Gallery of New South Wales presents 200 artworks spanning 1500 years.

Brian Robinson with his work Zugubal at Newcastle Art Gallery, 2026. Photo: Peter Stoop.
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The bold vision of Brian Robinson's Multiverse at Newcastle Art Gallery

The major Newcastle Art Gallery exhibition explores the expansive storytelling of Brian Robinson, where Torres Strait Islander cultural knowledge and…

SWELL Sculpture Festival – Drew McDonald, Beach Ball Spider. Image: Ravel.
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More than a festival: how SWELL connects art, people and place

The annual SWELL Sculpture Festival transforms the stunning Gold Coast coastline into one of Australia's most accessible and inspiring arts…

Terry Williams, Untitled, 2011. Vinyl, cotton, texta and stuffing, 21 x 43 x 14cm. Collection of Norman Rosenblatt. Courtesy: the artist and Arts Project Australia.
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An intimate exploration of artists from Arts Project Australia is now touring nationally

Curated by Anthony Fitzpatrick, Intimate Imaginaries is a TarraWarra Museum of Art exhibition presented in partnership with Arts Project Australia,…

Basil Sellers, the man behind the art prize. Photo: Kat Patton.
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The Basil Sellers Art Prize: rethinking what it means to welcome artists

A direct question from one local artist helped reshape the Basil Sellers Art Prize and set a new standard for…

The inaugural UniSQ Biennial Art Award exhibition in 2024. Photo: David Martinelli Photography.
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The new art award making its mark on Australia's contemporary art scene

The UniSQ Biennial Art Award returns for its second iteration in 2026 and entries are now open.

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…

Wona Bae and Charlie Lawler: Primary Succession, Walker Street Gallery and Arts Centre, 2026. Images courtesy of Greater Dandenong City Council. Photo: Lucy Foster.
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Primary Succession: Wona Bae & Charlie Lawler exhibition in Dandenong explores life after ecological rupture

Primary Succession offers visitors the chance to reflect on impermanence, memory and adaptation.

Winner of the 2025 Hornsby Art Prize Silke Raetze with her work Green Tea with Alex. Photo: Supplied.
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The Hornsby Art Prize could change your artistic journey

Entries are now open for the 2026 Hornsby Art Prize.

Urban Icon, Wei Yan Minn. Image: courtesy of the artist/ Spirit of Welcome Community Festival.
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Spirit of Welcome Community Festival: meet the artists

We speak with Wei Yan Minn and Setara Shafaie, two of the artists exhibiting at this weekend's Spirit of Welcome…

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