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Ethel Carrick’s Rue Mouffetard (1910).

Fifty Aussie women artists who conquered Europe (and art history)

The AGNSW exhibition, Dangerously Modern, explores how 50 Australian women artists found liberation – and created groundbreaking works – in Europe.

  • Joanna Mendelssohn

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Installation view of A Conversation with the Sun (Afterimage).

Mesmerising and beguiling, this MCA installation is an escape

Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s immersive video diary weaves together intimate moments of everyday life.

  • Alex Burchmore
Sculpture by the Sea

The people’s guide to Sculpture by the Sea: Art, heatstroke and guilt

What to see and what to skip at Sydney’s favourite free (for now) open-air art show.

  • Robert Moran
Alison Milyika Carroll, Director of NPY Women’s Council, speaking at Desert Mob Artist Talks.

The two million square kilometre art world supporting thousands

The Aboriginal art movement is Central Australia’s self-determined powerhouse.

  • Fiona Kelly McGregor
James Nguyen’s Homeopathies_where new trees grow, 2025.

You’ve seen flags for this art show all over Sydney. But why?

The Neighbour at the Gate at the National Art School subverts the idea of the “blockbuster” exhibition.

  • Lara Chapman
Betty Kuntiwa Pumani with her major work Antara commissioned for Malatja-malatja at Bundanon, 2025.

Landmark show is a monumental tribute to family, Country and care

Betty Kuntiwa Pumani’s exhibition at the Bundanon Art Museum binds generations.

  • Ksenia Radchenko
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Lin Zhipeng (aka No. 223), Layers, 2018.

Peeking into a desire: Exhibition unveils hidden worlds

The fine line between identification and voyeurism is an underlying theme of White Rabbit Gallery’s new show.

  • Alex Burchmore
Arcangelo Sassolino with In the end, the beginning (2025).

One of the most powerful artworks I’ve seen is on show in Tasmania

My arm hairs stand on end; an uneasy shock settles in. The whole thing takes about 15 minutes.

  • Michaela Boland
Mitch Cairns in 2017 with his Archibald-winning portrait of wife and artist Agatha Gothe-Snape.

John Olsen called this artist’s Archibald win the worst decision he’d seen. But it didn’t stop him

Mitch Cairns’ intimate new solo exhibition at the AGNSW is both playful and introspective.

  • Michaela Boland
Ethel Carrick’s Esquisse en Australie (Sketch in Australia) 1908.

From gardens to beaches: Ethel Carrick’s dazzling Australian sketches

These lively paintings are possibly the first post-impressionist works to be made in Australia.

  • Joanna Mendelssohn

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