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A painting that is part of the Griffith University Art Museum's collection. It is a painting of a lithographic studio, complete with work benches and tools. There are four windows that look out onto dry Australian bushland.
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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.

Familiar Sesame Street characters are peering over a pink fence. The artist David Bromley has positioned the viewer behind the characters. From left to right we see a young boy, Elmo, a young girl and Grover.
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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.

Vivid LIVE: The Sydney Opera House lit up at night by a rainbow coloured light projection with the text, 'I want my future to live up to my past' centred within the colourful composition.
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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…

A large pink, kidney swirl swimming pool painted by artist Lucy O’Doherty for her current exhibition.
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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.

A group of five people (Venice Biennale 2026 curatorial team) standing on stage at a press conference with a projection of Koyo taking a selfie with a big smile showing between them.
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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…

Grey and white lino prints against a white wall.
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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.

A First Nations Elder standing confidently outdoors in the red desert with two of her large-scale paintings. The paintings feature large circles, dots, and washes of paint on yellow, gray and black.
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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…

A swirly globule-shape painting in shades of pink featuring a turtle. The artwork is part of the joint exhibition Masakatsu Sashie and Creature Creature: Auspicious Delicious, currently showing at Melbourne's Outré Gallery.
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Exhibition review: Masakatsu Sashie and Creature Creature, Outré Gallery

Two highly distinctive artists combine to create an exhibition to savour. 

A black and white still from a video work depicting a single lone figure lying on their side in the middle of a concrete pen, with a crowd of blurry people walking in a large circle around them. A single onlooker is standing to the bottom of the image.
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Biennale of Sydney 2026 prompted by forgotten histories

The first 37 artists participating in Biennale of Sydney 2026 represent rich diasporic voices that will explore “the hidden effects…

A woven red, embtyonic figure floats in a womb of red wool: an image from the the Sunshine Coast's Experimenta exhibition.
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Experimenta Emergence uses art and technology to imagine future worlds 

Experimenta Emergence launches in Noosa with new perspectives on climate, AI and our collective future.

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