• Guide

    Six Spectacular Art Exhibitions Hitting Sydney in 2023

    Famous Modern masters and significant contemporary artists from Australia and abroad are being celebrated in these unmissable exhibitions.

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    Now Open: A Stunning Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and Mexican Modernism Exhibition Has Arrived in Australia

    In an Aussie exclusive — and the nation's most comprehensive Mexican Modernism exhibition — the Art Gallery of South Australia is showcasing more than 150 works.

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    Polaroid Portrait Exhibition 'Instant Warhol' Is Your Next Chance to See the Artist's Work Down Under

    Warhol's art has already popped up in Adelaide and on the Gold Coast this year — now it's Ballarat's turn.

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    Balloon Art Is On The Rise: World-Renowned Artist Chats About His Largest Work to Date

    Creative, crafty, captivating Chris Adamo chats about the latest (and largest) project of his career.

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    New After-Dark Lights Festival Rialto Aglow Will Illuminate Melbourne This Winter

    This free, ten-day festival is bringing interactive light installations, large-scale projection artwork and live entertainment to Rialto Piazza.

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    A Massive Marilyn Monroe Exhibition Featuring More Than 200 Artefacts Is Coming to Australia

    Sydney Town Hall will host this tribute to the iconic Hollywood star, which heads Down Under for the first time.

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    2023's Vibrant Fleet of First Peoples-Designed Art Trams Has Started Rolling Around Melbourne

    Six First Nations artists have decked out six trams, all responding to the theme ‘Blak futurism'.

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    Docklands' After-Dark Arts Festival Firelight Will Return for Three Fire-Filled Nights This Winter

    This annual event is firing up for its biggest installation ever, with flaming sculptures, light installations and a giant inflatable mushroom.

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    Now Open: A World-Premiere Pierre Bonnard Exhibition in Collaboration with the Musée d'Orsay Has Hit the NGV

    More than 100 of the iconic French artist's works are now on display at this blockbuster showcase, accompanied by scenography by architect India Mahdavi.

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    Hamer Hall Will Light Up with First Peoples' Art and Spirit Stories This Month

    Hamer Hall will be illuminated with a huge, large-scale projection piece which will tell First Peoples' spirit stories.

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    Australia's Museum of Underwater Art Off Townsville Just Scored an Impressive New Snorkel Trail

    Located on the John Brewer Reef, 'Ocean Sentinels' features eight sculptures modelled after marine scientists and conservationists.

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    Australia's Most-Comprehensive Rembrandt Exhibition in 25 Years Is Taking Over the NGV All Winter

    More than 100 of the 17th-century Dutch artist’s etchings are in the spotlight at this impressive retrospective, alongside a selection of his iconic paintings.

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    New Winter Festival Now or Never Is Bringing a Stacked Music Lineup to the Royal Exhibition Building

    The historic Royal Exhibition Building will play host to a cutting-edge club night — plus Semi Permanent is dropping in for a one-day iteration dubbed Never Permanent.

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    The Lume's Next Big Multi-Sensory Exhibition 'Connection' Is Dedicated to First Nations Art and Music

    This immersive walk-through experience showcasing 110-plus Indigenous talents will take over Melbourne's digital-only art gallery from late June.

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    Bruce Munro's New 'Light-Towers' Installation Is Now Dazzling the Northern Territory's Kings Canyon

    The 'Field of Light' artist has added another glowing sight to Australia's Red Centre, this time featuring 69 two-metre towers.

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    Julia Gutman's Portrait of Montaigne Has Just Taken Out the 2023 Archibald Prize

    29-year-old Gutman is one of the prestigious award's youngest-ever recipients.

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    Now or Never Is the Major New Festival Set to Hit Melbourne This Winter

    Celebrating creativity and big ideas, this large-scale offering debuts in August with a hefty program of art, music, thought-provoking talks and more.

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    More Women Than Men Are Finalists for the 2023 Archibald Prize for the First Time in the Award's History

    This year's contenders include portraits of Claudia Karvan, Sam Neill, Archie Roach, Noni Hazlehurst and Daniel Johns.

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    Illuminate Adelaide Is Back for 2023 with Art and Light Installations, Yothu Yindi and Oneohtrix Point Never

    Make plans to visit the South Australian capital — the City of Churches' winter arts, music and light festival has just dropped a dazzling lineup.

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    'Fantastic Beasts' Has Been Turned Into a Natural History Exhibition and It's Coming to Australia

    After debuting in London, this showcase is heading to Melbourne, displaying real-life creatures, specimens and artefacts alongside items from the 'Wizarding World'.

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    NGV Triennial 2023 Is Bringing Robot Dogs, Yoko Ono's Art and a Room-Sized Ode to Plants to Melbourne

    Displaying this summer, the spectacular showcase will feature 75 works, complete with more than 25 world-premiere projects.

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    Regional Arts Festival Moama Lights Is Returning for 2023 to Illuminate the Murray River

    This luminous trail of installations and projections is returning for its third instalment — and this time, it'll feature a pop-up ice-skating rink.

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    Powerhouse Museum's Next Huge Exhibition Will Display 1001 Remarkable Objects From Its Collection

    Kylie Minogue's Sydney 2000 Olympics costume, one of Nicole Kidman's 'Moulin Rouge!' dresses, an Edo-period samurai warrior's armour — they'll all be on show.

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    Don't Miss This Dark Mofo Tickets and Accommodation Package You Can Book Right Now

    The deal includes a two-night stay in Hobart, a double pass to the Winter Feast and Night Mass events as well as entry to Mona — with return transfers in the ferry's Posh Pit.

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    24 Is the New Free 24-Hour Arts Festival Hitting Werribee This May

    Who needs sleep when there's 24 hours of live music, dance performances, interactive installations, live art and cinema to devour?

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    Vivid Sydney World Premiere 'Dark Spectrum' Will Fill 900 Metres of Wynyard's Railway Tunnels with Lasers

    This is the first time ever that the unused subterranean spot will be opened to the public — and turned into a light show beneath the streets.

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    A Big Banksy Exhibition Featuring More Than 150 Artworks Is Touring Australia

    This Banksy showcase will feature original art, photos and sculptures — plus an infinity room and a Dismaland Bemusement Park simulation.

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    'Monet in Paris' Is the Stunning New Multi-Sensory Exhibition Making Its World Premiere in Brisbane

    The team behind 'Van Gogh Alive' is now focusing on Claude Monet and his impressionist contemporaries, turning their work into an immersive experience.

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    Artist Bruce Munro Is Bringing Two New Dazzling Light Installations to the NSW-Victorian Border

    A two-part project with works planned for either side of the Murray River, 'Light/State' marks the artist's next luminous large-scale spectacular.

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    Warhol, Live Music and Poolside Lounging: The Ultimate Guide to an Arty Weekend on the Gold Coast

    Looking for a beachside break? Down for a party? Or, something more arty? There are plenty of ways to enjoy the Gold Coast.

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    The Red Centre's Parrtjima Light Festival Is Hosting Its First Interstate Installation in Melbourne

    One of the blockbuster Alice Springs event's immersive multi-artist installations is popping up in Federation Square this March.

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    The NGV Is Getting a World-Premiere Pierre Bonnard Exhibition with Scenography by Architect India Mahdavi

    Launching June 9, the Melbourne Winter Masterpieces showcase will feature more than 100 of the iconic French artist's works, alongside many more from his contemporaries.

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    Sydney International Art Series Is Bringing Kandinsky, Louise Bourgeois and Tacita Dean Exhibitions to Australia

    The art event's 2023–24 season will be filled with blockbuster showcases exclusive to the Harbour City.

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    The Art Gallery of NSW's Sydney Modern Project Has Arrived with Immersive Installations and Water Views

    This new Sydney art gallery spans four floors, boasts works from Yayoi Kusama and Takashi Murakami, and has been called New South Wales' "most significant cultural build since the Opera House".

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    Bondi Briefly Turned Into a Nude Beach for Photographer Spencer Tunick's Latest Mass Installation

    For the acclaimed photographer's latest shoot, more than 2500 Aussies stripped off on the famous stretch of sand to raise funds for and awareness about skin cancer.

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    'Temple of Boom' Is the Colourful Mini Parthenon Replica That's Landed in the NGV Grounds

    The structure will be adorned with continually changing murals by local artists — and play host to a program of gigs and events, too.

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    A Huge Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and Mexican Modernism Exhibition Is Coming to Australia in 2023

    More than 150 works will display at the Art Gallery of South Australia, as part of an Aussie-exclusive exhibition and the most comprehensive exhibition of Mexican modernism ever seen in Australia.

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    A World-First Pop Art Exhibition Featuring Warhol, Basquiat and Haring Will Hit the Gold Coast in 2023

    Drawn from the private collection of Jose Mugrabi in New York, 'Pop Masters' features 40-plus works never before seen in Australia.

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    Melbourne Is Getting a Major New Festival Dedicated to Creativity and Big Ideas

    Debuting in August, this large-scale offering will dish up visual art, live music, installations, dining experiences, thought-provoking talks and more.

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    Floating Mirrored Spheres and Eerie Volcanic Mounds Will Fill GOMA for Its Big Summer 'Air' Exhibition 

    Back in 2019, Brisbane's Gallery of Modern Art set up a huge indoor riverbed for its 'Water' exhibition — and now it's contemplating air instead.

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    Now Running: Have a Peek Inside Street Art Legend Rone's Most Expansive Exhibition Yet

    'Time' is the artist's most expansive beauty-meets-decay masterpiece to date, now open in the Flinders Street Ballroom.

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    Artist Spencer Tunick Is Staging a New Mass Nude Photography Work on a Sydney Beach

    At the end of November, 2500 Aussies will strip off on the sand to raise funds for and awareness about skin cancer, and make art — and you can join in.

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