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Stanton Cornish-Ward and Trent Crawford, Synchresis (Part I), 2026, installation view, Primavera 2026: Young Australian Artists, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, photograph: Jessica Maurer.

At Primavera 2026, artists do not exhibit the archive – they remake it

At the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia annual showcase of leading Australian artists under 35, eight artists turn loss into the labour of making.
Installation view of the Avatar: Forms of Vishnu exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, featuring works by Desmond Lazaro and Cambodian Vishnu statue from the early 800s, photo © Art Gallery of New South Wales, Jenni Carter.

In an exhibition tracing 1,500 years of art, Vishnu’s avatars offer tonic for our times

Avatar: Forms of Vishnu at the Art Gallery of New South Wales presents 200 artworks spanning 1,500 years, from international and Australian collections.
Installation view, New Asian Art, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, 2025 featuring: Yang Fudong, Forest diary, 2000, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by Dr Dick Quan.

Perspectives on a collection: why you should explore New Asian Art at the National Gallery of Australia

New Asian Art displays art from the National Gallery of Australia’s permanent collection. It is a welcome treat.
Installation view of the 25th Biennale of Sydney, Rememory, at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 14 March – 14 June 2026, featuring art by Ngurrara Artists. Artwork © the artists, photo © Art Gallery of New South Wales, Felicity Jenkins

Stories open to interpretation: the 2026 Biennale of Sydney embraces narratives with multiple meanings

Under curator Hoor Al Qasimi, we see artistic narratives – like memories – are both personal and collective, enduring yet subject to change over time
Ron Mueck Woman with Sticks 2009 (detail), mixed media, 170 × 183 × 120 cm, Collection Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, acquired 2013 © Ron Mueck, photo: museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar, the Netherlands, Antoine van Kaam

Uncanny, curious and awesome: an expert in psychology breaks down what we feel in the face of Ron Mueck’s sculptures

Ron Mueck’s sculptures are known for being psychologically evocative. His work is now on display at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Christopher Kulendran Thomas, The Finesse, 2022, in collaboration with Annika Kuhlmann, installation view, Data Dreams: Art and AI, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 2025, multi-channel video (37:03 minutes, looped) on LED screens with HD projection, featuring sculptures by Aṇaṅkuperuntinaivarkal Inkaaleneraam and architectural drawings from the Earth Net Archives. Image courtesy the artist and Museum of Contemporary Art Australia © the artist, photograph: Hamish McIntosh.

AI ‘dreams’ up new realities. How does this impact the way we understand our own dreaming?

Data Dreams: Art and AI is at the Museum of Contemporary Art brings together artists who make visible the tensions of ever-present AI.

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