Art Gallery of NSW launches world-first exhibit where you can shower and wash your clothes for free (yes, really!)

Mike Hewson presents Keys Under The Mat at AGNSW

‘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

Vicki Lee Gallery is a new multi-sensory art space for Potts Point

Vicki Lee Gallery in Sydney

Abstract expressionist Vicki Lee has finally opened the doors to what she calls her “private domain of experiment and upheaval” on Bayswater Road in Potts Point. The 260-square-metre Vicki Lee Gallery isn’t your typical white-walled exhibition space. It’s a multisensory playground where visitors are encouraged to lie down, confess their sins, and surrender to sound

6 Sydney Fringe Festival highlights you can still get tickets for

Sydney fringe

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

Sydney Contemporary

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

Art Gallery of NSW just opened its 21st free exhibition of the year, but many more can they afford?

Art Gallery of NSW

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 worldโ€™s best ocean photos soon to make a splash in Darling Harbour

Ocean Photographer of the Year 2025 Adventure Award finalist: Gergo Rugli, Australia.

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

Sydney Contemporary returns to Carriageworks in 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 programsโ€”Installation, Performance, Kid Contemporary and Talksโ€”will once again glue together many different and disparate local art scenes to create a wide-reaching, exploratory