NEW ISSUE OUT NOW
Art Collector issue #114 (October-December 2025) is now available. This quarter we present one of our most anticipated issues of the year—the NATSIAA edition—featuring extended coverage of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards and the artists redefining contemporary practice.
LATEST STORIES

Kate Gorringe-Smith Wins 2025 WAMA Art Prize
Major award announced as finalist exhibition opens at WAMA’s new National Centre for Environmental Art.

Olsen Gallery Announces Representation of Rachelle Lawler
Sydney-based painter known for immersive, colour-driven abstraction joins the gallery’s roster

Mitch Cairns Named Inaugural Neil Balnaves Fellow
Mosman Art Gallery and The Balnaves Foundation have announced artist Mitch Cairns as the first recipient of the Neil Balnaves Fellowship, an $80,000 initiative supporting significant artistic research and creative development over two years.

MARS Gallery Announces Representation of Takatāpui Artist J Davies
Melbourne’s MARS Gallery has announced the representation of Takatāpui artist J Davies, whose photographic practice centres on queer community, identity and self-determined storytelling.

Melbourne Art Fair announces FUTUREOBJEKT exhibitors and inaugural NGV Design Commission
New collectible design salon to debut at the 2026 Fair, alongside major commissions celebrating Australia’s design innovation.

Olsen Gallery announces representation of Evie Adasal
Olsen Gallery adds Sydney-based painter Evie Adasal, whose practice explores the subtle interplay of light, space and perception.
Kaiela Arts launches new Editions program with Maree Clarke and Spacecraft
Kaiela Arts will unveil a landmark collaboration with artist Maree Clarke and Melbourne print studio Spacecraft this November, launching Kaiela Arts Editions, a new initiative expanding creative and commercial opportunities for First Nations artists.

Entries open for 2026 Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize
Australia’s most valuable art prize for women celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2026, inviting entries from artists across the country for a share in $58,000 of prize money.
WHAT’S ON: COMMERCIAL GALLERIES

Arts Project Australia Annual Gala
Presented by Arts Project Australia

Harry Rothel: Courtyard Sonder
MARS presents Melbourne-based artist Harry Rothel’s solo exhibition

James Drinkwater: Anchored by the Sun
Nanda\Hobbs presents Anchored by the Sun by James Drinkwater

The Hermannsburg Potters: Thepa Nurnakana Ntjarra (All of Our Birds)
Alcaston Gallery presents work by The Hermannsburg Potters

Group Exhibition: Black.2
Void_Melbourne presents a group exhibition

Ray Haydon: Seventy Five
Sanderson Contemporary presents work by Ray Haydon

Julia Holderness: The Room at Ashenby
Sanderson Contemporary presents work by Julia Holderness

Peter Thomas: New World Fauna
Fox Galleries is pleased to present the exhibition 'New World Fauna' by artist Peter Thomas

Jill Daniels: Mela Gon La Roudiyo
BSG Projects and Brunswick Street Gallery presents work by Jill Daniels

Aida Tomescu: Messiaen
The new paintings of Aida Tomescu take many of their titles from…

Group Exhibition: Bloom
Fox Jensen McCrory presents a group exhibition

Lilli Strömland: Spring & Weave
MARS Gallery presents work by Lilli Strömland.

Prudence Wilkinson: Twenty Six By Twenty Nine
MARS Gallery presents work by Prudence Wilkinson.

Kohl Tyler: Of Bodies Into Novel Shapes
MARS Gallery presents work by Kohl Tyler.

Clemens Krauss: Touched
Dominik Mersch Gallery presents work by Clemens Krauss.

Aileen Napaljarri Long and Ada Pula Beasley
Alcaston Gallery presents work by Aileen Napaljarri Long and Ada Pula Beasley

Group Exhibition: Two Women Sewing Our Stories Our Way
Alcaston Gallery presents a group exhibition

Joan Ross : Have We Got Everything
Bett Gallery presents works by Joan Ross

Jessie Rose Ford: Re-visiting
Brunswick Street Gallery presents work by Jessie Rose Ford

Group Exhibition: Yuṯa Ganydjarr (New Energy)
BSG Projects and Brunswick Street Gallery present the works of the artists of Yirrkala, Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre

The Elephant Table Exhibition
NAP Contemporary Presents: The Elephant Table Exhibition

Janet Fieldhouse: Earth Fire
Vivien Anderson Gallery presents work by Janet Fieldhouse

Michele Theunissen: Something from Nothing and Nothing from Something
Art Collective WA presents work by Michele Theunissen

Penny Coss: Accretions
Art Collective WA presents work by Penny Coss
WHAT’S ON: PUBLIC & REGIONAL GALLERIES

WAMA Art Prize 2025 Exhibition
WAMA presents an exhibition of finalists

Group Exhibition: The Hooligans
White Rabbit Gallery presents a group exhibition

Group Exhibition: subcultures
Belco Arts presents a group exhibition

Migrant Women’s Art Group: Disclosed Impressions
Belco Arts presents a group exhibition

The Art of Celebration: Reflecting 50 years plus of Canberra Art Workshop
Belco Arts presents a group exhibition

Group Exhibition: Dialogue with Dissonance
Belco Arts presents a group exhibition

Fiona Davies: The Night Passes
Cowra Regional Art Gallery presents a solo exhibition by Fiona Davies.

Sally Simpson: A Poem of the Sea
Cowra Regional Art Gallery presents a solo exhibition by Sally Simpson

Group Exhibition: and also
Artbank presents an investigation of performance-based, time-based media from their collection

Group Exhibition: A soft space to stand
Tread gently at The Lock-Up with A soft space to stand

The Hidden Line: Art of the Boyd Women
Bundanon presents The Hidden Line: Art of the Boyd Women

Lynda Draper: Glimmer
Campbelltown Arts Centre presents new work by Lynda Draper

Nan Goldin: The ballad of sexual dependency
BAMM presents Nan Goldin: The ballad of sexual dependency

Ngarandi Nguradha (Deep Listening to Country)
Campbelltown Arts Centre presents a group exhibition

Claudia Jowitt: Uana/Carried by the Waves
The Dowse Art Museum presents work by Claudia Jowitt.

Corinna Berndt: jpg Fossils
Bundoora Homestead Art Centre presents work by Corinna Berndt

Donna Gordge: Hollow
Murray Bridge Regional Gallery presents works by Donna Gordge.

Euan Macleod: Glacier
A major exhibition of works by Euan Macleod inspired by the rugged Haupapa Tasman Glacier in New Zealand's South Island

Natalie Wilkin: Moon Pool
Lone Goat Gallery presents work by Natalie Wilkin

Holly Anderson: Some Things Too Bright to See
Redland Art Gallery presents works by Holly Anderson

Joe Furlonger: Water Works
Redland Art Gallery presents work by Joe Furlonger

Echoes of the Earth: Tribal and Desert Art
New England Regional Art Museum presents Echoes of the Earth: Tribal and Desert Art

Jason Greig: Blood Is Thicker
The Dowse Art Museum and City Gallery Wellington present work by Jason Greig.

Art Deco: A Modern Vision
Art Deco: A Modern Vision celebrates 100 years of glamour, innovation, and design.




