Visual Arts

SOFT CENTRE 2025 to take over Sydney with experimental art and electronic music
Expect international electronic sensations, home-grown immersive art pioneers and critical conversations at SOFT CENTRE.

Yolŋu power review: the Art Gallery of NSW's landmark look at Yirrkala innovation
Eight decades of Yolŋu art and culture take viewers through an art movement that has garnered world acclaim.

Opportunities and awards
Enlighten Festival callout, SA Arts Leadership Program open, plus finalists across the 2025 National Biography Award, Bowness Photography Prize and…

Australian Indigenous artists making an impact abroad
Australian Indigenous artists are being celebrated by international institutions - who are they?

Desire Is a Machine review: an exploration of desire and mental health at Brisbane's Institute of Modern Art
An exhibition that surveys the nexus between desire and mental health.

CIAF 2025 Art Fair Showcase reviewed – the Far North’s celebration of Indigenous culture
This year's Art Fair Showcase underlines the huge breadth of ideas and mediums in current First Nations art practice.

Winners of CIAF Art Awards announced
In its ninth year, the CIAF Art Awards 2025 responded to the festival's theme 'Pay Attention!'

Global opportunity for watercolour artists, from Cairns to Italy, Spain and beyond
The Australian Watercolour Muster is calling for artists to join this growing international community, and expand their practice and networks.

Curl up with these new art books this winter
15 books that beckon you to stay in … even on a sunny winter’s day.

Tom Polo review: in a part of your mind, i am you, Ngununggula Gallery
Tom Polo’s first major institutional solo exhibition is a cracker.