NEW ISSUE OUT NOW

Art Collector issue #113 (July-September 2025) is now available. This quarter we present contemporary art under AU$5,000, works across a range of practices you might be surprised to learn can be purchased for less than $5,000.

LATEST STORIES

Byron Bay Artist Konstantina Wins $30,000 Calleen Art Award 2025

First-time finalist takes home Australia's premier regional painting prize with powerful work exploring Country and connection.

Vale William Robinson: Remembering an Australian Master (1936-2025)

A painter whose vision transformed how we see the Australian landscape, Robinson leaves behind an extraordinary legacy.

Amanda Bennetts Wins Girra: Fraser Coast National Art Prize for Disability-Focused Video Work

Sunshine Coast artist Amanda Bennetts wins $25,000 for 11-minute video exploring labour and disability through methodical destruction of sandstone block.

Ali Tahayori Wins 2025 NSW Visual Arts Fellowship (Emerging)

Artist exploring themes of desire, intimacy and belonging wins $30,000 fellowship from field of six shortlisted finalists at Artspace exhibition.

THIS IS NO FANTASY now representing Ara Dolatian

THIS IS NO FANTASY adds Baghdad-born, Melbourne-based ceramicist whose sculptural works blend ancient Mesopotamian mythology with contemporary queer diasporic themes.

Artbank Celebrates 45 Years with New Prize and Major Publication

Australia's national art collection and leasing program marks milestone with major publication, exhibitions and inaugural artist prize offering $20,000 acquisition opportunity.

Jeff Koons Sculpture Gifted to National Gallery of Australia

Collectors Steve and Kylie Shelley donate Jeff Koons' 2.7-metre stainless steel sculpture to the National Gallery of Australia through the Cultural Gifts Program.

Sullivan+Strumpf now representing Jess Cochrane

Sullivan+Strumpf adds London-based painter who transforms digital imagery into oil paintings that blend historical techniques with contemporary subject matter.

WHAT’S ON: COMMERCIAL GALLERIES

Group Exhibition: Plastic Soul

Plastic Soul is the inaugural exhibition for Fox Jensen's new Sydney gallery.

David Ralph: Closed Shop

Dominik Mersch Gallery presents work by David Ralph

Nyinnga: Winter in the Spinifex

Nyinnga: Winter in the Spinifex presents a survey of work produced by artists of the Spinifex Arts Project.

Nancy Nyanyarna Jackson: Kiritji

New works from Nancy Nyanyarna Jackson

Group Exhibition: Spring Loaded

Vivien Anderson Gallery presents a group exhibition.

Sandra Black: Solace

Art Collective WA presents work by Sandra Black

Jacky Cheng: In the Fold

Art Collective WA presents work by Jacky Cheng

Karl Maughan: Verdant

As the first verdant tendrils of spring begin to creep in, Page Galleries present new paintings from Karl Maughan.

Djakaŋu Yunupiŋu: Sister’s Tears

Alcaston Gallery presents work by Djakaŋu Yunupiŋu

James Riches: Between Light & Shadow

Brunswick Street Gallery presents work by James Riches

Piers Greville: Entropic Baroque

Dominik Mersch Gallery presents work by Piers Greville

Julie Corbet: Moments Between Movement

Olsen Annexe presents work by Julie Corbet

Dani McKenzie: Field Notes

Olsen Gallery presents work by Dani McKenzie

Tim Summerton: New Work

Olsen Gallery presents work by Tim Summerton

Tawhai Rickard: 2020-2025 (Retro Man)

Tim Melville Gallery presents new work by Tawhai Rickard.

Clara Adolphs: Sleep Shadows

Hugo Michell Gallery presents new work by Clara Adolphs

Drew Spangenberg: Containers

Hugo Michell Gallery presents new work by glass artist Drew Spangenberg

Jon Tootill: Peita Waikano

Sanderson Contemporary presents work by Jon Tootill

Liam Gerrard : Diurnus

Sanderson Contemporary presents work by Liam Gerrard

Tiger Yaltangki: Let There Be Rock – A Tribute

Alcaston Gallery presents work by Tiger Yaltangki (1973-2024)

Don Binney: A Flight Through Time

Gow Langsford presents a landmark solo exhibition; Don Binney, A Flight Through Time.

Max Gimblett: Unique Screenprints 2024-2025

Gow Langsford presents a new series of unique screenprints by Max Gimblett.

Graham Fletcher: Studio X

Gow Langsford presents a solo exhibition of new works by Graham Fletcher.

Katie Daniels: A Way Through

Brunswick Street Gallery presents work by Katie Daniels

WHAT’S ON: PUBLIC & REGIONAL GALLERIES

Calleen Art Award 2025

The competition has become a signature art event in the Central West region of New South Wales, with the 2025 exhibition featuring a diverse range of compelling works from established and emerging artists across Australia.

Group Exhibition: To The Letter

An exhibition of works from the BRAG Collection, exploring the use of language in visual art.

Healing: Art and Institutional Care

Healing: Art and Institutional Care is a group exhibition of contemporary and historic artworks that takes as its starting point the contested space of institutional care.

سفر نصیب / Safar Naseeb / Fated to journey

La Trobe Art Institute presents a new collaborative work by Elyas Alavi & Fazil Mousavi

Group Exhibition: in every room

Campbelltown Arts Centre presents a group exhibition. Image credit: Kuba Dorabialski, Field Recording, 2025. Photo: Silversalt Photography

STILL: National Still Life Award 2025

Yarrila Arts and Museum presents STILL: National Still Life Award 2025

Betty Kuntiwa Pumani: maḻatja-maḻatja (those who come after)

Betty Kuntiwa Pumani's inaugural museum survey.

Primavera: Young Australian Artists

Wangaratta Art Gallery presents Primavera: Young Australian Artists

Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award 2025

Hazelhurst Arts Centre presents a group exhibition.

Sunshine Coast National Art Prize 2025

Sunshine Coast National Art Prize 2025

Place Makers

Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery presents Place Makers – the work of senior artists Fiona Foley, Gladys Milroy, Margaret Morgan and Edith Trethowan. 27 September – 6 December

Tschabalala Self: Skin Tight

The Australian Centre for Contemporary Art presents work by Tschabalala Self

Future Past: Recent additions to the Bayside City Council Art and Heritage Collection

Bayside Gallery presents the ‘Future past: recent additions to the Bayside City Council Art and Heritage Collection’ exhibition.

Nusra Latif Qureshi: The House of Irredeemable Objects

MUMA presents the first major solo exhibition in Melbourne of artist Nusra Latif Qureshi

Mingei Clay: Selections from the State Art Collection

BRAG proudly presents Mingei Clay: Selections from the State Art Collection

Margaret Olley and Sally Anderson: Ode

Tweed Regional Gallery presents work by Margaret Olley and Sally Anderson

John Baldessari: Teaching A Plant The Alphabet

A solo exhibition showcasing Baldessari’s iconic 1972 conceptual artwork - the first-ever presentation of Baldessari’s work in Western Australia.

Sam Bloor: Futile Gestures

Visual artist Sam Bloor responses to famed conceptual artist John Baldessari’s ‘Teaching a Plant the Alphabet’

Reciprocity

UniSC Art Gallery and ANAT present 'Reciprocity'

Lisa Reihana: Voyager

Ngununggula presents work by Aotearoa artist Lisa Reihana

Sammaneh Pourshafighi: You, Me and Everything Around Us

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre presents work by Sammaneh Pourshafighi

HOME GROWN: Bound by Place

Art Space Gallery--The Concourse presents a group exhibition: 'HOME GROWN; Bound by Place'. s—sh

Mosman Art Prize

Mosman Art Gallery presents a group exhibition.

Gail Hocking: A Tremble, A Tug, A Telling

Lone Goat Gallery presents work by Gail Hocking

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