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"I applaud the appointment of Hoor Al Qasimi as the Biennale artistic director. Her curatorial practice and expansive vi...
16/10/2026

"I applaud the appointment of Hoor Al Qasimi as the Biennale artistic director. Her curatorial practice and expansive vision of the world makes the 25th Biennale one that actually gives every single one of us a space to be in awe of beautiful art that speaks a thousand and one languages. The theme of 'rememory' is so resonant and meaningful in a world that wants to forget and invisibilise so many of us." 25th Biennale of Sydney audience member.

The 25th Biennale of Sydney reflected the expansive curatorial vision of Artistic Director Hoor Al Qasimi, who brought together local histories and global narratives while creating space for Indigenous and diverse voices from around the world.

Through multidisciplinary practices spanning film, music, performance, dance and visual art, Rememory invited audiences to encounter contemporary art in all its complexity — and to consider the stories we remember, the stories we inherit and those that risk being forgotten or made invisible.

Thank you to everyone who visited Rememory, shared your thoughts and took part in the conversations around the Biennale. Your reflections are an important part of the story of this 25th edition, and of the many ways Hoor’s curatorial vision resonated with audiences.

What if we took care of everything for your next holiday? We’ve partnered with Club Med to give you the chance to win a ...
16/10/2026

What if we took care of everything for your next holiday?

We’ve partnered with Club Med to give you the chance to win a seven-night escape for two at Club Med Kani in the Maldives’ North Malé Atoll, valued at $10,000.

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Entries close Tuesday 16 March 2027 at 5pm.

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Four days, dawn to dark, across Penrith and the Blue Mountains.Superposition is a new arts and culture festival on Dharu...
14/10/2026

Four days, dawn to dark, across Penrith and the Blue Mountains.

Superposition is a new arts and culture festival on Dharug and Gundungurra Country, 26-29 November. Biennale members get 20% off with code biennale20.

Apply biennale20 at checkout.

https://superpositionfestival.ferve.tickets/Events

*Please note this discount does not cover externally managed events.

From plant matter to memory, tannins leave traces that can stain, colour and endure.Tannic Bonds at Wangaratta Art Galle...
14/10/2026

From plant matter to memory, tannins leave traces that can stain, colour and endure.

Tannic Bonds at Wangaratta Art Gallery brings together eight artists whose practices explore environmental and cultural connections through the material qualities of tannins — organic compounds found in leaves, roots, bark, fruits and seeds.

Among the artists featured are Kirtika Kain, who participated in the 24th Biennale of Sydney, and Monica Rani Rudhar, who participated in the 25th Biennale of Sydney.

Curated by Megan R. Fizell and Olivia Welch, the exhibition draws connections between the seeping stains of tannic substances and the enduring bonds of intergenerational rituals and traditions, exploring ideas of time, the body and memory.

Tannic Bonds is on view at Wangaratta Art Gallery until 29 November 2026.

Find out more: https://www.wangarattaartgallery.com.au/Exhibitions/Current-Exhibitions/Tannic-Bonds

Images: 1. Kirtika Kain. 24th Biennale of Sydney, Ten Thousand Suns, 2024. Museum of Contemporary Art Australia. Photograph: Daniel Boud. 2. Left to right: Kirtika Kain, The illusion of your history, 2023. Commissioned by the Biennale of Sydney with generous assistance from Create NSW and the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body. Courtesy the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney © the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney. Te Whā a Huna, PUNARUA, 2023–2024. Commissioned by the Biennale of Sydney with generous assistance from Creative New Zealand, Te Kapua Whakapipi Trust and assistance from the Chartwell Charitable Trust. Courtesy the artists © Te Whā a Huna. Freddy Mamani, Salon Gallo de Oro, 2024; Diablada, 2024. Commissioned by the Biennale of Sydney and the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain. Courtesy the artist and laplurinacional.com.bo © Freddy Mamani Silvestre. Installation view, 24th Biennale of Sydney, Ten Thousand Suns, 2024, Museum of Contemporary Art. Photograph: Hamish McIntosh. 3. Monica Rani Rudhar. 25th Biennale of Sydney, Rememory, 2026. Lewers: Penrith Regional Gallery. Photograph: Daniel Boud. 4. Video still from Monica Rani Rudhar We Were Connected in a More Complicated Way Than Either Of Us Could Even Begin To Understand, Commissioned by The Powerhouse Museum, 2023.

Walk around like you own the place.For Canberra Art Biennial 2026, Kamilaroi/Bigambul artist Archie Moore presents Walk ...
13/10/2026

Walk around like you own the place.

For Canberra Art Biennial 2026, Kamilaroi/Bigambul artist Archie Moore presents Walk Around Like You Own The Place, a new work that reframes a familiar phrase as an affirmation of Indigenous connection to Country.

Installed at Reconciliation Place, the work reflects on the relationship between people, land, animals and plants, and the cultural responsibilities that come with walking on Country. It also turns the phrase back towards the history of settler colonialism and the disregard for Indigenous laws, boundaries and connections to place.

Archie previously participated in the 20th Biennale of Sydney in 2016. His practice continues to explore identity, language, genealogy, home and the structures that shape our understanding of Australian history.

Canberra Art Biennial 2026 is on view across Canberra until 31 October 2026.

Images: 1. Archie Moore. Photograph by Rhett Hammerton, Brisbane, 2024. 2 - 3. Archie Moore, Walk Around Like You Own The Place, Installation view. Canberra Art Biennal.

Join Artspace Sydney on Thursday 15 October for the launch of Artspace Editions: Daniel Boyd, a new annual fundraising i...
12/10/2026

Join Artspace Sydney on Thursday 15 October for the launch of Artspace Editions: Daniel Boyd, a new annual fundraising initiative featuring limited-edition artworks, publications, apparel and more.

For the inaugural Editions, Daniel Boyd reinterprets imagery from The Australian Children’s Pictorial Social Studies across three works: a woodcut print, a silkscreen T-shirt and a colouring book. Together, they question how colonial narratives are represented, taught and understood as history.

The evening will offer the first opportunity to see and purchase the Editions in person, alongside live music from Rainbow Chan, a DJ set by Charlie Villas, drinks and more.

Every purchase helps support Artspace’s work with artists, from exhibitions and commissions to residencies and public programs.

📍 Artspace, Woolloomooloo
📅 Thursday 15 October, 6–9pm
🎟️ Free entry, bookings essential.

Find out more and register viahttps://artspace.org.au/public-program/artspace-editions-launch-daniel-boyd

Dreams Nursed in Darkness at Hazelhurst Arts Centre, Curated by Elizabeth Day and Claire Taylor, explores life within cr...
11/10/2026

Dreams Nursed in Darkness at Hazelhurst Arts Centre, Curated by Elizabeth Day and Claire Taylor, explores life within criminal justice, mental health and immigration detention systems, while examining the inequalities and structures that shape people’s experiences of them. It brings together artists with lived experience of incarceration, alongside works responding to Australia's prison and detention systems, past and present.

Among the artists featured are Vernon Ah Kee and Behrouz Boochani, both of whom participated in the 25th Biennale of Sydney.

Through creative acts of resistance and truth-telling, Dreams Nursed in Darkness asks audiences to consider the ongoing effects of these systems, and the ways art can affirm humanity, dignity and lived experience.

Dreams Nursed in Darkness is on view at Hazelhurst Arts Centre until 15 November 2026.

Images: 1. Hoda Afshar, Behrouz Boochani, Vernon Ah Kee. 25th Biennale of Sydney, Rememory, 2026, Campbelltown Arts Centre. Photograph: Daniel Boud. 2 - 4. Hazelhurst Arts Centre.

"An embodied commitment to representing a flourishing world of art created and produced by First Nations artists, Global...
09/10/2026

"An embodied commitment to representing a flourishing world of art created and produced by First Nations artists, Global South artists, artists engaged and responsive to the world we live in, artists who have something to say about our world, and art that nurtures us to be present, to be awake, to reflect, to act. Best Biennale ever." 25th Biennale of Sydney audience member.

Art can ask us to be present. To stay awake. To reflect. To act.

The 25th Biennale of Sydney was shaped by an expansive vision of contemporary art — one that made space for First Nations artists, Global South artists and artists responding to the world around us.

It was an invitation to encounter art that has something to say about our shared world, while creating space for reflection, connection and care.

Thank you to everyone who visited Rememory, shared your thoughts, joined conversations and took the time to reflect on what you encountered. Your experiences and perspectives became an important part of the Biennale, continuing the conversations that began with the artworks themselves.

Across diasporas, time and place, Inside the Mirage brings together artists whose work explores the stories, histories a...
07/10/2026

Across diasporas, time and place, Inside the Mirage brings together artists whose work explores the stories, histories and lived experiences that shape how we see the world.

Curated by James Lynch at TarraWarra Museum of Art, the exhibition brings works from the Museum’s collection into dialogue with contemporary practices, including work by William Yang, who participated in the 24th Biennale of Sydney.

Known for a photo-based practice spanning more than five decades, William’s work explores identity, community and belonging, including reflections on Sydney’s q***r scene, Chinese-Australian heritage, memory and place.

Inside the Mirage is on view at TarraWarra Museum of Art until 1 November 2026.

Images: 1. William Yang at White Bay Power Station for the 24th Biennale of Sydney (2024) Media Preview. Photograph: Dan Boud. 2. Left to right: Martin Wong, Mintaka, 1990; Ferocactus peninsulae v. viscainensi, 1997-98. Courtesy Sunpride Foundation, Hong Kong.; Untitled 1990. Courtesy William Lim c/o Living Limited.; Mi Vida Loca 1991. Courtesy Sunpride Foundation, Hong Kong.; A Near Miss 1983; Saturday Night 1992. Courtesy William Lim c/o Living Limited; Esmeralda: Songs for the Hearing Impaired 1982. Courtesy Alan Lau; LA2 – Malicious Mischief (collaboration with LA II) 1997. Courtesy William Lim c/o Living Limited © Estate of Martin Wong and P.P.O.W. Presentation at the 24th Biennale of Sydney was made possible with generous support from Terra Foundation for American Art and the assistance of William Lim, Living Limited; William Yang, Malcolm Cole. Circa 1976, Glebe, 1976 (reprinted 2024); On tour after hours, 1976 (series); Forward to the Dreamtime performance. Sydney Opera House, 1975 (series); Workshop by Erik Mariko, Arthur Keibsu and Peter Kikaki, Glebe Studios, 1976 (series). Presentation at the 24th Biennale of Sydney was made possible with generous assistance from Simon Chan AM, Art Atrium. Courtesy the artist and State Library New South Wales © William Yang. Installation view, 24th Biennale of Sydney, Ten Thousand Suns, 2024, Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney. Photograph: David James. 3. Left to right: William Yang, My Uncle’s Murder Series, 2008. Presentation at the 24th Biennale of Sydney was made possible with generous assistance from Simon Chan AM Art Atrium. Courtesy the artist © William Yang. Agnieszka Kurant, Post-Fordite 7, 2020. Collection Hartwig Art Foundation. Promised gift to the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Ergdoed / Rijkscollectie. Courtesy the artist © Agnieszka Kurant. Installation view, 24th Biennale of Sydney, Ten Thousand Suns, 2024, UNSW Galleries. Photograph: Jacquie Manning.

07/10/2026

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All you need to do is arrive, unwind and enjoy.

Entries close Tuesday 16 March 2027 at 5pm.

Head to https://pages.wordfly.com/biennalesydney/pages/Club-Med-competition/ and complete the form to enter. Good luck!

T&Cs apply.

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