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Winner Archibald Prize 2026, Richard Lewer Iluwanti Ken, synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 198 x 198 cm © the artist, image © Art Gallery of New South Wales, Jenni Carter.
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Richard Lewer wins 2026 Archibald Prize with portrait of Iluwanti Ken

Melbourne-based Lewer has been awarded the prestigious Archibald Prize for his portrait of senior artist and ngangkari (traditional healer) Iluwanti…

Installation view, New Asian Art, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, 2025.
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Why you should explore New Asian Art at the National Gallery of Australia

New Asian Art at the National Gallery of Australia fuses past and present, myth and technology and local and global…

Artist Dean Biŋkin Tyson on Country, 2026. Image courtesy of Seth LeBrese.
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Painted Up: This vibrant exhibition challenges colonial perceptions of Aboriginal art

Dean Biŋkin Tyson artwork moves through ancient practices and modern materials at Redland Art Gallery.

Artists are encouraged to submit their work to the 2026 Lester Prize. Image: The Lester Prize.
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The Lester Prize is open for 2026 season entries

Entries are now open for the Lester Prize Main Awards, Australia's richest prize for portraiture – and everyone's invited.

Installation view Yield Strength: 2026 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, Art Gallery of South Australia with Erica Scott’s work. Image: Gina Fairley.
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Yield Strength: Adelaide Biennial review: grunge rupture and eloquent overlays

Yield Strength: Adelaide Biennial is a bold exhibition that challenges the institution, expectation and materiality in our times.

The artHITects with their winning artwork Wambuul (Proclamation Park Bathurst), winner of the 2025 Environmental Art & Design Prize – Art category. Photo: Shane Rozario/Manly Art Gallery & Museum.
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It’s time: why you should enter the 2026 Environmental Art & Design Prize

Winning the prestigious Environmental Art & Design Prize marked a pivotal moment for radical artist/architect duo, the artHITects.

Untitled, Christine Godden, will feature in the NGV's MOTHER exhibition. Image: NGV.
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MOTHER: NGV to premiere exhibition on motherhood 

MOTHER: Stories from the NGV Collection will run, free, from 27 March to 12 July 2026.

Artist Archie Moore creating Kith and Kin 2024 at the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA). Image: N Umek © QAGOMA.
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Archie Moore: kith and kin at GOMA offers solemn testimony

With a Golden Lion from the Venice Biennale, kith and kin brings home an inalienable truth of the suffering upon…

A series of inflatable bubbles celebrating the Tour de France.
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Tour de France inspires a surge of cycling-themed art installations and illustrations

As the Tour de France Femmes powers through its 2025 stages, artists and cities continue to celebrate cycling’s cultural legacy…

Kait James, 'Kait James: Red Flags' 2024. Installation view, Warrnambool Art Gallery. Courtesy of the artist and Neon Parc. Image: Christian Capurro.
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Raising red flags for change: Kait James exhibition

Fearless exhibition opens by Wadawurrung artist Kait James.

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