Visual Arts

Photographic installation responding to Australian Queer Archives wins $100,000 Ramsay Art Prize
Perth-born artist Jack Ball takes out the $100,000 Ramsay Art Prize with a work exploring queer histories.

Australia’s first National Centre for Environmental Art to open in Gariwerd/Grampians
A new destination in regional Victoria will house the country’s first gallery dedicated to environmental art, launching with a major…

Modernist greats land at National Gallery of Australia in exclusive Cézanne to Giacometti exhibition
National Gallery of Australia partners with Berlin’s Museum Berggruen to present a landmark display of 20th-century European and Australian modernist…

Griffith University Art Museum celebrates 50 years of collecting contemporary Australian art
Landmark exhibition showcases 190 works from Griffith University Art Museum's nationally significant collection.

David Bromley brings Sesame Street to life in new Australian exhibition
A new exhibition merges David Bromley’s signature style with Sesame Street’s beloved characters, opening in Melbourne before touring nationally.

Why the art adorning Sydney Opera House for Vivid this year is like no other in its history
This year’s Vivid LIVE centrepiece casts light on political history, which in some parts of the world feels all-too present…

Exhibition review: Lucy O’Doherty: The Drifting Place, China Heights Gallery, Sydney
Lucy O'Doherty's work explores dreamy depictions of interior and exterior spaces.

Venice Biennale 2026 will carry out vision of late curator Koyo Kouoh after her sudden death
Venice Biennale 2026 will not select a new curator, and instead, will honour Koyo Kouoh by realising her theme, ‘In…

Exhibition Review: Freyja Fristad: Between Vessel and Void, PARKER Contemporary
Through her relief prints of vessels, emerging Wiradjuri artist Freyja Fristad breaks expectations and conventions.

Beyond the Fair: painting a bigger picture with DAAF
How can an art fair help bridge divides? We speak to two leaders at Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair to find…