Where to find Sydney’s best street art: Our top 10 picks
When you’re strolling the streets of Sydney, have you noticed all the epic artwork on show? Follow our guide to find the best street art in the city.
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First look: I went to Sculpture by the Sea 2025 and these are my favourites
I took the first peek at Sculpture by the Sea 2025. These are my favourite works of the exhibition so far, with most shifting position due to weather damage on the Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk.
Art Gallery of NSW launches world-first exhibit where you can shower and wash your clothes for free (yes, really!)
‘Mike Hewson’s Tank exhibition at the Art Gallery of NSW, The Keys Under The Mat is certainly unusual. His very first institutional exhibition takes over the entirety of The Nelson Packer Tank for a world-first. The Keys Under The Mat is a ferociously inclusive, surreal art and sculptural park that has turned this brutal 2,200-square-metre
6 Sydney Fringe Festival highlights you can still get tickets for
It’s the last week of Sydney Fringe Festival, with the brunt of the experimental event folding up the end of this month. And what a month it’s been, bringing in a tremendous amount of daring stage shows, saucy cabaret and immersive art with hundreds of events loading up the 2025 program. There’s been a lot
I previewed Sydney Contemporary 2025 – here’s why it’s worth going to this weekend
Carriageworks has turned into a carnival of art for the 9th annual Sydney Contemporary, set for four days of glorious gallery hopping spread all across the enormous Eveleigh institution. Photography, resin works, painting, sculpture, printmaking, drawing, steel sculptures. The variety of mediums standing across this industrial behemoth builds Australia’s leading art fair into a remarkable
How much longer can Sydney’s art galleries remain free to visit?
Sydney’s art institutions big and small are under threat, as the Art Gallery of NSW considers increasing the price of its ticketed exhibitions in the wake of the MCA’s introduced admission fees.
Art Gallery of NSW just opened its 21st free exhibition of the year, but many more can they afford?
It’s been a big week for the Art Gallery of NSW. First there was industrial action, then came the announcement that ticketed exhibitions might get a bit more expensive. This weekend, however, things look a little brighter as a major (and free) exhibition opens in the Naala Badu building. But, as the 21st free exhibition of the year, how many more can they afford?
Revealed: the world’s best ocean photos soon to make a splash in Darling Harbour
The Ocean Photographer of the Year 2025 finalists have been announced and 12 Australian photographers have made the cut, with striking seascapes and thought-provoking images of the underwater world. Find out how you can see the world premiere exhibition in Sydney.
Photography takes centre stage at Sydney Contemporary 2025
One of Sydney’s biggest, brightest and boldest yearly arts events is set to return as Sydney Contemporary 2025 stages a takeover at Carriageworks from Thursday, September 11 to Sunday, September 14. Four curated programs—Installation, Performance, Kid Contemporary and Talks—will once again glue together many different and disparate local art scenes to create a wide-reaching, exploratory
From stuffy to steamy: Is Opera Australia entering its raunchy new era?
Curious about the mysterious world of opera? Soprano Nicole Car makes the case for opera as the most intimate, immersive art form of all, ahead of her return to Sydney Opera House in Rusalka.
