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NewsStart Honking: A Free 'Untitled Goose Game' Exhibition Is World-Premiering at ACMI This Spring
'Honk! Untitled Goose Exhibition' will feature different versions of the game that you can play, plus sketches, concept art and design material.
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NewsComing Soon: This Frida Kahlo Exhibition with Items Never Seen Before in Australia Is on Its Way in 2025
'Frida Kahlo: In Her Own Image' features the artist's personal belongings alongside her self-portraits, plus other drawings and paintings.
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NewsNow Open: The Largest and Most-Complete Tyrannosaurus Rex Fossil Ever Seen in Australia Is on Display in Melbourne
You've got until October to check out the skeleton of a T. rex fittingly called Victoria, which features 199 bones and measures more than 12 metres in length, at Melbourne Museum.
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NewsNow Open: A Stunning Alphonse Mucha Exhibition Is Filling the Art Gallery of New South Wales with Art Nouveau Works
More than 200 pieces from the Czech-born artist have hit Australia as part of the most-comprehensive showcase of his work that the country has ever seen.
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NewsLaura Jones Has Just Picked Up the 2024 Archibald Prize for Her Portrait of Author Tim Winton
This is just the 14th time that a woman has taken home the prestigious accolade — and the fourth time that the Greater Western Sydney-based artist has been a finalist.
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NewsA Huge René Magritte Exhibition Is Coming to Australia as Part of the 2024–25 Sydney International Art Series
As well as a showcase of works by the Belgian surrealist, Sydney International Art Series 2024–25 will feature Cao Fei and Julie Mehretu exhibitions.
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GuideSpectacular Autumn Events For Culture Vultures Seeking Their Next Fix
Make sure you add these must-do events to your Sydney culture calendar.
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NewsFrom the 'Mona Lisa' to 'Codex Atlanticus': A Look Inside The Lume's Multi-Sensory Leonardo da Vinci Exhibition
The only 360-degree exact replica of the world's most-famous enigmatic portrait, da Vinci's notebook pages, 40 of his machine inventions brought to life: they're all on display.
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GuideEight of the Best Sydney Festival 2024 Events You Can Hit Up for Under $50
Discover waterfront gigs, much-hyped art exhibitions, free fashion installations and overwater sculptures.
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GuideSix 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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GuideSix Exclusive Events in Surry Hills' Hollywood Quarter to Add to Your Bright Winter Lineup
During Vivid's takeover, this neighbourhood's got everything from exclusive set menus and rooftop hip hop parties, to arty installations and nightly live music.
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GuideEight of the Best Sydney Festival 2023 Events You Can Hit Up for Under $50
Discover aqua aerobics classes, immersive art exhibitions and hidden concert venues.
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GuideEnmore Road Is Expanding Its Entertainment Offerings This Spring — Here Are Our Top Picks
Expect comedy shows popping up in hair salons, Sydney Fringe Festival acts taking over bars and live music having even more rooms to ring out loud in.
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GuideSix Unmissable Exhibitions to See in Sydney This Winter
Looking to escape the wintery weather? Use this season as an excuse to explore some of Sydney's most spectacular art exhibitions.
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GuideSeven Vivid Sydney Highlights You Need to Add to Your Winter Calendar
With pop-up cabaret bars, thought-provoking conversations and free live music, the 2022 run of Vivid Sydney is set to shine bright.
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GuideImmersive and Impressive Blockbuster Exhibitions to Look Forward to Around Australia in 2022
Plan trips to dive into all things Disney, peer at Yayoi Kusama's finest in two different cities, scope out Picasso's best and fall in love with Elvis paraphernalia.
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NewsMatt Adnate's Portrait of Baker Boy Just Won the Archibald Packing Room Prize Among 2024's Finalists
This year's fellow Archibald Prize contenders include portraits of Jacob Elordi, Tony Armstrong, Chloé Hayden and Jaguar Jonze.
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NewsThe Titanic Story Will Go on at This Big Exhibition with 200 Artefacts That's Coming to Australia
After displaying in the US and UK, 'Titanic. The Human Story' will make its Aussie debut in Brisbane from July.
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Guide
Spectacular Autumn Events For Culture Vultures Seeking Their Next Fix
Make sure you add these must-do events to your Sydney culture calendar.
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NewsThis World-First Australian Lego 'Star Wars' Exhibition Will Recreate a Galaxy Far, Far Away with Eight-Million Bricks
The force is strong with this one — the Lego-building force, that is, with the largest collection of life-sized Lego 'Star Wars' models ever hitting Australia in 2025.
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NewsIndigenous Artist Archie Moore Just Became the First Australian to Win the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale
The First Nations talent's winning exhibition 'kith and kin' is a hand-drawn genealogical chart that spans back 65,000 years.
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NewsMeet Naala Badu: The Art Gallery of NSW Has Finally Named Its $344-Million Extension That Opened in Late 2022
AGNSW's original building, which boasts a sandstone facade dating back to the 19th century, also has a new moniker: Naala Nura.
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NewsAustralia's Biggest-Ever Yayoi Kusama Retrospective Is Coming to the NGV with a Brand-New Infinity Mirror Room
Summer 2024–25 in Melbourne means dots, pumpkins, a world-premiere mirror room and 180-plus Yayoi Kusama works.
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NewsOne of the Biggest and Most-Complete Tyrannosaurus Rex Fossils in the World Is Coming to Australia
This interactive exhibition features the skeleton of a T. rex called Victoria — and, fittingly, it'll be on display at Melbourne Museum.
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NewsImmersive Installation 'Fire Gardens' Is Returning to Australia This Winter to Light Up Illuminate Adelaide 2024
The Adelaide Botanic Garden will be transformed into a garden of fire for the city's annual midyear arts festival.
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NewsAn Interactive Multi-Sensory Experience That's All About Making You Feel Happy Is Coming to Australia
Heading Down Under from London, Dopamine Land features ball pits, mirror rooms and pillow fights — and it'll enjoy its Aussie debut in Brisbane.
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News'Dark Spectrum' Is Returning to Vivid to Turn Wynyard's Railway Tunnels Into a Lit-Up Labyrinth for a Second Year
This year, the one-kilometre trail will feature eight chambers, 300 lasers and strobe lights, 500 lanterns, 250 search lights and 700 illuminated arrows.
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NewsOne of the Historic Brick Kilns at Sydney Park Is Being Opened Up for Arts Events and Community Gatherings
Expect to see more arts events hitting the Saint Peters side of Sydney Park thanks to this community-minded restoration project.
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EventAll About Women 2026
Sun, 8 Mar, 2026
Sydney Opera House, Sydney
Hear centrepiece talks from change-making heads of government, justice-seeking journalists and razor-sharp authors as part of this powerhouse lineup.
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EventFelons Barrel Room Launch Weekend
Fri, 5 Dec - Sun, 7 Dec 2025
Felons Brewing Co. Manly, Manly
Experience this fully realised wharfside brewery, featuring three days of top-notch live music, Vietnamese cuisine and barrel-aged beers.
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EventOperation Sickie at The Bob Hawke Beer & Leisure Centre
Multiple single dates
The Bob Hawke Beer & Leisure Centre, Marrickville
It's every Australians right to chuck a sickie, so let this Marrickville boozer reward you with big discounts on six occasions this summer.
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EventCharlotte de Witte at The Hordern Pavilion
Fri, 6 Mar, 2026
Hordern Pavilion, Moore Park
Off the back of a headline festival appearance, this Belgian techno superstar is heading to Sydney for this tour's one and only sideshow.
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EventIggy's and PIÑA Takeover at Venroy
Sat, 6 Dec - Sun, 7 Dec 2025
VENROY, Bondi Beach
Some of Sydney's best matcha and pastries are coming together this December only.
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EventChristmas at Darling Harbour 2025
Mon, 17 Nov - Thu, 25 Dec 2025
Darling Harbour, Sydney
With a stacked lineup of free festive fun, Darling Harbour 2025 is ready to melt the heart of even the grinchiest among us.
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EventTHE WORKS at Carriageworks
Mon, 29 Dec 2025 - Fri, 16 Jan 2026
Carriageworks, Eveleigh
Get immersed in the inaugural season of this cutting-edge warehouse event, featuring groundbreaking electronic stars from around the globe.
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EventMov'In Bed Barangaroo Beach Cinema
Fri, 28 Nov 2025 - Thu, 30 Apr 2026
Barangaroo, Barangaroo
Catch up on classics and 2025's biggest movies on mattresses on the sand at Barangaroo.
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EventWaterworld Central Sydney 2026
Fri, 9 Jan - Sun, 1 Feb 2026
Entertainment Quarter, Moore Park
Get ready to cool off and make memories as you slip, slide, and splash your way through the holidays.
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EventThe Morning Circuit
Sat, 6 Dec, 2025
Circular Quay, Sydney
The first Saturday of summer is host to a delicious new run club and sandwich collab.
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News
From the 'Mona Lisa' to 'Codex Atlanticus': A Look Inside The Lume's Multi-Sensory Leonardo da Vinci Exhibition
The only 360-degree exact replica of the world's most-famous enigmatic portrait, da Vinci's notebook pages, 40 of his machine inventions brought to life: they're all on display.
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NewsDazzling After-Dark Festival Lightscape Is Returning to the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney for Vivid 2024
Wander through a new 1.8-kilometre trail filled with light and colour, all while walking through nature, when this luminous event makes a winter comeback.
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NewsACMI's World-Premiere 'Beings' Exhibition Will Feature Installations That Respond Differently to Every Visitor
The playful winter 2024 showcase explores the work of art and design collective Universal Everything, featuring 13 pieces from its 20-year career.
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NewsOriginal Pages From Leonardo da Vinci's 'Codex Atlanticus' Are Set to Display in Australia for the First Time
Penned by the artist and inventor, the priceless sheets will be on display at The Lume in Melbourne as part of its immersive da Vinci exhibition.
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NewsA Big Art and Fashion Exhibition Dedicated to Paris in the Belle Époque Period Is Coming to Australia
We've found your next reason to plan a trip to Bendigo Art Gallery: 'Paris: Impressions of Life 1880–1925'.
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NewsThe Art Gallery of New South Wales Is Bringing a Huge Alphonse Mucha Exhibition to Australia
AGNSW's exclusive winter showcase will focus on the Czech-born artist — and it has unveiled the rest of its 2024 lineup, too.
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NewsA Heap of Huge Australian Art Events Have Teamed Up to Create the Country's First Art Grand Tour
The Biennale of Sydney, Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art and more want you to make stunning exhibitions your next reason for a getaway — or to play tourist in your own town.
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FeatureA Guide to Parramatta
The neighbourhood of Parramatta is a land of heritage-listed sandstone architecture, beautiful parks and cosmopolitan restaurants, all built around the centuries-old Parramatta River.
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Guide
Eight of the Best Sydney Festival 2024 Events You Can Hit Up for Under $50
Discover waterfront gigs, much-hyped art exhibitions, free fashion installations and overwater sculptures.
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NewsA Huge Banksy Exhibition Filled with 150-Plus Artworks Is Coming to Sydney This Summer
Sydney Town Hall is getting a temporary Banksy makeover, complete with original art, sculptures, an infinity room and a Dismaland Bemusement Park simulation.
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Hello 'Mona Lisa': The Lume's Next Massive Multi-Sensory Exhibition Is Dedicated to Leonardo da Vinci
From March, Australia's permanent digital-only art gallery will showcase the artist and inventor's works in its immersive style.
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News'Italian Renaissance Alive' Is the Next Multi-Sensory Exhibition That'll Give You an Immersive Art Experience
You've walked through van Gogh's work, then art by Monet and his impressionist contemporaries — now it's time to wander through pieces by Michelangelo, da Vinci, Botticelli and Caravaggio.
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NewsLouise Bourgeois' World-Famous Spider Sculpture 'Maman' Has Arrived in Australia for the First Time
The iconic nine-metre-high piece is on display on the Art Gallery of NSW forecourt as part of Australia's largest-ever Louise Bourgeois exhibition.
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NewsOne of Yayoi Kusama's Giant Pumpkins Is Taking Up Permanent Residence in an Australian Sculpture Park
Victoria's Pt Leo Estate is adding one of the Japanese artist's three-metre-wide gourds to a collection that already includes Jaume Plensa, KAWS, Inge King and Reko Rennie.
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NewsCute Shit: Japan's Pastel-Hued Kawaii Poop Museum Experience Is Coming to Australia This Summer
Melbourne is about to be filled with "max unko kawaii" — the maximum cuteness of poop.
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NewsSpencer Tunick Will Close Brisbane's Story Bridge to Fill It with Nudes for a New Photography Work in 2024
The New York-based artist is staging one shoot in the River City in November 2023, and will return again for a larger-scale piece in October 2024.
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NewsThe Biennale of Sydney Has Revealed Its Artists, Venues and First Events for 2024's 'Ten Thousand Suns' Edition
Here's what you'll be seeing, and where, at next year's three-month-long art celebration across Sydney.
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NewsFrom Fairy Tales to Iris van Herpen and APT11: GOMA and Queensland Art Gallery's 2024 Program Is Here
Works by Judy Watson will also display in South Brisbane next year, while GOMA's Australian Cinémathèque will run a season on mad science films.
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NewsThe King of All Titanic Exhibitions Is Dropping Anchor in Australia with 200-Plus Artefacts
Coming to Melbourne Museum after selling out its Paris season, the extensive exhibition features items recovered from the ship's wreck site.
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NewsSydney's Huge 'Ramses & the Gold of the Pharaohs' Exhibition Will Feature the Sarcophagus of Ramses II
The royal coffin rarely leaves Egypt, but it has been given permission to travel Down Under to display at the Australian Museum.
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NewsMarvel's Huge New Exhibition Celebrates the Company's 85-Year History — and It's World-Premiering in NZ
If you want to check out 'Marvel: Earth's Mightiest Exhibition', you'll need to head to Wellington.
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NewsWhite Bay Power Station Will Open to the Public for the First Time in Over 100 Years as Part of the Biennale of Sydney
The historic power station has been transformed into an artistic, cultural and community hub which will reopen as part of the Biennale in March next year.
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NewsGOMA's Enchanting Summer 'Fairy Tales' Exhibition Will Let You Wander Around a Twisted Indoor Forest
The stunning showcase will also feature one of David Bowie's 'Labyrinth' costumes, 3000 genetically modified blooms by Patricia Piccinini and a heap of fairy tale movies.
