Visual Arts

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.

Best free exhibitions in Australia August 2025 – guide
From PICA’s Hatched Graduate show to 20 years of Modern art in Queensland, discover the best free exhibitions in Australia…

Postcard from Mexico City: Modernist architecture to famed murals and the hottest art galleries.
ArtsHub takes a trip to Mexico City – and its 170 registered museums – discovering that there is much more…

Indigenous Arts Officer – so you want my arts job?
Two Indigenous Arts Officers at The Torch share how they empower incarcerated mob through art and why they love their…

You're killing me: tax reform for artists is needed now
An urgent call for tax reform, as studio artists and creatives miss out on annual wage index but still forced…

New $30,000 art prize values respect, and the worth of female artists
The Pymble Ladies' College Values Art Prize is tipped to inspire a next generation of women artists.

Ritual Eternal review: group show exhibition at Project8 Gallery
Melbourne gallery unveils its latest high quality visual essay: Ritual Eternal.

Janet Dawson: Far Away, So Close review: a well-earned retrospective
The Art Gallery of NSW maps out Janet Dawson’s career highpoints – an inspiration for artists working today

Best opportunities, grants and awards for creatives: 4 to 10 August 2025
Now open: 2026 Stella Prize, Emerging Artist Award, Songwriting Competition, Peter Porter Poetry Prize and more grants and opportunities.

Arts prize winners and finalists: 29 July to 4 August 2025
William Barton portrait awarded Archibald People's Choice, memoir of war wins National Biography Award. This week's prize winners and finalists.