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

Artbank Chronicles 45 Years of Australian Art in Major Publication

A comprehensive new book documenting Australia's most visible art collection launches alongside free exhibitions in Melbourne and Sydney.

Finalists announced for the 2025 Bowness Photography Prize

Fifty photographers have been selected from over 750 entries for the 2025 William & Winifred Bowness Photography Prize.

Major Gift Strengthens Newcastle Art Gallery’s Collection Ahead of Expansion

Philanthropists Simon and Catriona Mordant have donated 25 significant artworks to Newcastle Art Gallery in their largest single institutional gift.

LAILA is now representing Tessa MacKay.

Tessa MacKay is an artist based in Walyalup/Fremantle, Western Australia. Her inaugural solo exhibition with LAILA is scheduled for September 2025.

Janet Laurence wins 2025 Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize

Janet Laurence has claimed the $35,000 Professional Artist Prize at the Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize.

Whakahōnore i tō tātou taonga tuku iho: Maania Tealei’s Powerful Portrait Legacy

Māori photographer Maania Tealei’s debut exhibition transforms portraiture into visual whakapapa, honouring kaumātua through intimate dual portraits that bridge tradition and contemporary life.

99 finalists in Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize

The finalists for Australia's most valuable art award for women have been announced, with 99 artists vying for top spot.

Sydney Contemporary reveals record-breaking 2025 program

Sydney Contemporary returns to Carriageworks this September with a new focus on photography.

WHAT’S ON: COMMERCIAL GALLERIES

Harry Tjutjuna: Wati Wangka / Spiderman

8 Hele presents an exhibition by Harry Tjutjuna.

Freeman White: Rising tides

Sanderson Contemporary presents work by Freeman White.

Li Si Rong: Murmuration

Sanderson Contemporary presents work by Li Si Rong.

Group exhibition: Patjarr ngurra pirni

8 Hele presents work by Nola Yurnangurnu Campbell, Nyungawarra Ward Napurrula and Nancy Nyanyarna Jackson.

Simon Degroot: DISRUPTIONS

THIS IS NO FANTASY presents Simon Degroot's sixth solo exhibition, DISRUPTIONS

Adele Warner: Good times… and great classic hits!

Minerva presents paintings by Adele Warner.

Caroline Zilinsky: Mirror Mirror

NandaHobbs presents a new exhibition by Caroline Zilinsky.

Roslyn Dixon: Kapi Tjukurrpa Wantupunyu

NAP Contemporary presents Roslyn Dixon Solo Exhibition

David Larwill: Stories in Colour and Form

Olsen Gallery presents work by David Larwill.

All Creatures

Sullivan+Strumpf presents a group exhibition

NAIDOC Week Group Show: The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy

MARS Gallery presents works by Carly Tarkari Dodd, Damien Shen, Dulcie Sharpe, Georgia Boseley, Jenna Lee, Josh Muir, Madi Mercer and Peta Mabo-Duncan for the NAIDOC Week Group Show.

Group Exhibition: In that stone, in that cyclone, in that leaf

Gow Langsford presents In that stone, in that cyclone, in that leaf at their City Gallery.

Tjukurpa Tjina – Desert Tracks

Brunswick Street Gallery presents Tjukurpa Tjina – Desert Tracks in collaboration with Tjala Arts.

Marrnyula Munuŋgurr: Djapu

Sullivan+Strumpf Gadigal/Sydney presents work by Marrnyula Munuŋgurr
lissy and Rudi robinson-cole

Lissy and Rudi Robinson-Cole: Whiria Nga Kanorau

Tim Melville Gallery presents work by Lissy and Rudi Robinson-Cole.
Josephine Burak

Josephine Burak: Yiminga Ampirnipapurti – Sunrise

Hugo Michell Gallery presents new work by Josephine Burak.
landscape a different view

Group Exhibition: Landscape: A Different View

Arts Project Australia presents Landscape: A Different View.
lindy lee

Lindy Lee: The Silence of the Elemental

Sullivan + Strumpf presents a solo exhibition by Lindy Lee.
living waters

Group exhibition: Living Waters

Hugo Michell Gallery presents Living Waters.
Philip Wolfhagen

Philip Wolfhagen: Hallucinations

Dominik Mersch Gallery presents work by Philip Wolfhagen.
John aslanidis

John Aslanidis: Sonic Network No. 25

Five Walls Gallery presents work by John Aslanidis.

Sam Cranstoun: To Move Not Under The Stars But Through Them

Sullivan+Strumpf presents work by Sam Cranstoun.

Group Exhibition: SYRUP_010: Nicola Smith and Tara Mcintosh

Syrup Contemporary presents solo shows from Nicola Smith and Tara Mcintosh.
Llenyd Price

Llenyd Price: Delayed Needs

Sanderson Contemporary presents work by Llenyd Price.

WHAT’S ON: PUBLIC & REGIONAL GALLERIES

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

Betty Kuntiwa Pumani’s paintings reveal a shimmering landscape of red earth, bright blue waterholes and stippled white tobacco flowers.

David Sequeira: The Shape of Music

The Shape of Music brings together four bodies of work by David Sequeira in diverse media, including a major new commission for Bundanon.

Group Exhibition: The way things grow

The Condensery presents a group exhibition, 'The way things grow'.

Group Exhibition: in every room

Campbelltown Arts Centre presents a group exhibition.

Group Exhibition: Cross Traffic

Delmar Gallery presents Cross Traffic: Art from Ali Curung, Ampilatwatja, Epenarra, Tennant Creek & Utopia

Group Exhibition: Dancer

A National Portrait Gallery touring exhibition.

Stephen Hall: In the Realm of Old White Man

Art Space on The Concourse presents work by Stephen Hall.

Group Exhibition: Curlew Camp

Mosman Art Gallery presents a group exhibition.

Fiona Currey-Billyard: Night Talk

Wangaratta Art Gallery presents Night Talk by Fiona Currey-Billyard

Tina Havelock Stevens: CRASH, BANG

Presented by 3:33 Art Projects and Young Curators from Abbotsleigh School & Hornsby Girls High School. Featuring Tina Havelock Stevens

Amala Groom: Does she know the Revolution is coming?

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre presents work by Amala Groom

Worlds Around Us: Sammy Harker

Tweed Regional Gallery presents work by Sammy Hawker

Charmaine Lyons: repeating gestures of becoming

*Bundaberg Regional Galleries* presents work by *Charmaine Lyons*

The Good: Anna Louise Richardson

Cowra Regional Art Gallery presents "The Good" by Anna Louise Richardson

Whakahōnore i tō tātou taonga tuku iho: Maania Tealei’s Powerful Portrait Legacy

Māori photographer Maania Tealei’s debut exhibition transforms portraiture into visual whakapapa, honouring kaumātua through intimate dual portraits that bridge tradition and contemporary life.
Katrin Koenning

Katrin Koenning: Mirrors

Manningham Art Gallery presents work by Katrin Koenning.
truth tell

Group Exhibition: Truth Tell

The Museum of Art and Culture Lake Macquarie presents Truth Tell.
Two Girls from Amoonguna

Group Exhibition: Two Girls from Amoonguna

Tamworth Regional Gallery presents Two Girls from Amoonguna.
Karla Dickens

Karla Dickens: Rise and Fall

Lone Goat Gallery presents work by Karla Dickens.
Wangaratta Contemporary Textile Award 2025

Group Exhibition: Wangaratta Contemporary Textile Award 2025

Wangaratta Art Gallery presents the Wangaratta Contemporary Textile Award 2025.
Horizons

Group Exhibition: Horizons

Goulburn Regional Art Gallery presents Horizons.
tom polo

Tom Polo: in a part of your mind, I am you

Ngununggula presents work by Tom Polo.
sooty welsh

Sooty Welsh: Inspired

Campbelltown Art Centre presents work by Sooty Welsh.
Taking Back Language

Group Exhibition: Taking Back Language

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre presents Taking Back Language.

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