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visual art January 31, 2026
Awakening Histories challenges colonial narratives with an exhibition of artworks that explores centuries-old trade relationships with South-East Asia.
visual art January 10, 2026
A retrospective of Ron Mueck’s hyperreal sculptures reveals the discomfort of voyeurism, while two recent sculptures herald a new phase in the artist’s work.
visual art December 20, 2025
Best visual art: Rich works in a year of economic uncertainty
The Saturday Paper’s visual arts critic looks back at the highlights of 2025.
visual art December 13, 2025
In the exhibition Presence at Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art, Olafur Eliasson charts a continuum between our interior and exterior worlds.
visual art December 6, 2025
John Nixon’s Song of the Earth
Song of the Earth, the first comprehensive survey of John Nixon’s art practice from the 1960s until his death in 2020, is a testament to his tireless creativity.
visual art November 29, 2025
Hidden Line: Art of the Boyd Women
The Hidden Line, an exhibition of works by women of the Boyd family, poses a necessary challenge to Australian art history’s masculine legacy.
visual art November 22, 2025
Hany Armanious is an existential sculptor of the everyday, capturing its absurdities while insisting they be taken seriously.
visual art November 8, 2025
In the Melbourne exhibition Revisions, more than 60 Warlpiri artists remake photographs and archival records to question colonial histories.
visual art October 8, 2025
Archie Moore’s masterpiece kith and kin – the first Australian work to receive a Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale – is now an unmissable display at Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art.
visual art September 27, 2025
British sculptor Thomas J. Price
British sculptor Thomas J. Price’s statues of ordinary Black people in prominent public spaces are deeply moving.
visual art September 20, 2025
An exhibition pairing American–French surrealist Man Ray and Australian photographer Max Dupain throws new light on the work of both.