What's On

Tony Albert

Not a Souvenir

Museum of Contemporary Art

21 May–19 Oct 2026

The Rocks

Group Exhibition

Black Myth

White Rabbit Gallery

25 June–8 Nov 2026

Chippendale

Billy Bain

By the River

Art Gallery of New South Wales

4 July–22 Nov 2026

Sydney

Margaret Olley

Australian Intimiste

National Art School

30 July–24 Oct 2026

Darlinghurst

Group Exhibitions

Mosman Art Gallery

20 Aug–26 Oct 2026

Mosman

Nell

Loti Smorgon Sculpture Terrace Commission 2026

Museum of Contemporary Art

26 Aug 2026–23 Aug 2027

The Rocks

Group Exhibition

Heirloom

PARI

30 Aug–25 Oct 2026

Parramatta

Group Exhibition

Artbank Prize 2026

Artbank Sydney

3 Sept–30 Oct 2026

Waterloo

Heather B. Swann | Remy Faint | Jordan Gower

UNSW Galleries

5 Sept–22 Nov 2026

Paddington

Freddie Timms | Timmy Timms

Major, the East Kimberley Bushranger

Art Gallery of New South Wales

5 Sept 2026–4 Apr 2027

Sydney

Jonathan Jones | Peter Robinson

The Renshaws

5 Sept–17 Oct 2026

Alexandria

Alana Hunt

To the Owner

UTS Gallery

10 Sept–18 Dec 2026

Ultimo

Group Exhibition

Near at Hand: Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial 2026

Art Gallery of New South Wales

12 Sept 2026–7 Mar 2027

Sydney

Group Exhibition

Portia Geach Memorial Award 2026

S. H. Ervin Gallery

18 Sept–1 Nov 2026

Millers Point

Group Exhibition

Elsewhere Held and Lingered

Ames Yavuz

19 Sept–24 Oct 2026

Surry Hills

Kathryn Dolby | Amber Wallis

Nasha

19 Sept–18 Oct 2026

Haymarket

Angus Nivison

Orbit

Utopia Art Sydney

19 Sept–24 Oct 2026

Waterloo

Group Exhibition

By The Grace of God

Sullivan + Strumpf

19 Sept–17 Oct 2026

Zetland

Oliver Abbott

Guide

Dominik Mersch

19 Sept–17 Oct 2026

Rushcutters Bay

Tony Albert

Reverb

Sullivan + Strumpf

19 Sept–17 Oct 2026

Zetland

Group Exhibition

Spring Introductions 2026

Artsite Contemporary

20 Sept–29 Nov 2026

Camperdown

Stephen Ormandy

Listening

Olsen Gallery

23 Sept–17 Oct 2026

Woollahra

Zi Xin

Words of Wisdom

CBD Gallery

24 Sept–22 Oct 2026

Sydney

Group Exhibition

CBD Stockroom Group Show

CBD Gallery

24 Sept–22 Oct 2026

Sydney

Anna Johnson

Barometric

Cato Gallery

24 Sept–17 Oct 2026

Surry Hills

David Collins | Kyle Murrell

Defiance Gallery

24 Sept–17 Oct 2026

Paddington

Group Exhibitions

Goulburn Regional Art Gallery

25 Sept–21 Nov 2026

Goulburn

Jacob Davidson

Transmission

Gallery 144

25 Sept–24 Oct 2026

Surry Hills

Clarice Beckett

Paintings from the National Collection

Goulburn Regional Art Gallery

25 Sept–21 Nov 2026

Goulburn

Bill Henson

Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery

25 Sept–17 Oct 2026

Paddington

Group Exhibition

2026 Fisher’s Ghost Art Award

Campbelltown Arts Centre

26 Sept–4 Dec 2026

Campbelltown

Agneta Ekholm | Malcolm Greenwood

.M Contemporary

26 Sept–24 Oct 2026

Darlinghurst

Ben Reid | Luke Parker

SYRUP

26 Sept–17 Oct 2026

Marrickville

Natasha Walsh | Savannah Jarvis

N. Smith

26 Sept–17 Oct 2026

Surry Hills

Ron Robertson-Swann | Greg Weight

Australian Galleries

29 Sept–17 Oct 2026

Paddington

Peter Wegner

Reminisce: Paintings from life

King Street Gallery

30 Sept–24 Oct 2026

Darlinghurst

Kate Banazi

You Get Me

Curatorial + Co

30 Sept–17 Oct 2026

Woolloomooloo

Aaron Aryadharma Matheson

A Flickering Lamp, a Phantom and a Dream

Liverpool Street Gallery

1 Oct–31 Oct 2026

Darlinghurst

Michael McHugh | Tiarnie Edwards

Martin Browne Contemporary

1 Oct–24 Oct 2026

Paddington

Group Exhibition

A repeated refrain of a repeated refrain

Puzzle Art Garage

1 Oct–18 Oct 2026

Chippendale

Nike Savvas

Walking Home: Road to Trachoni Kythreas

Mais Wright

2 Oct–31 Oct 2026

Darlinghurst

Group Exhibition

Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize 2026

Woollahra Gallery

2 Oct–29 Nov 2026

Woollahra

Group Exhibition

EDGE

Articulate Project Space

3 Oct–25 Oct 2026

Leichhardt

Marina Finlay

Plants, Trees and Animals

Flinders Street Gallery

3 Oct–24 Oct 2026

Surry Hills

Kate Tucker

Thinking with my hands

Darren Knight

3 Oct–31 Oct 2026

Waterloo

Sidney Nolan

Nolan Origins

Art Gallery of New South Wales

3 Oct 2026–7 Feb 2027

Sydney

Beth Mbitjana Inkamala

Arrkurlinya Urrkaapuntja Nuka – first show of my own

SABBIA

7 Oct–31 Oct 2026

Redfern

Clare Belfrage

The Surround

SABBIA

7 Oct–31 Oct 2026

Redfern

Aiya Dreaming

Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow

SABBIA

7 Oct–31 Oct 2026

Redfern

Group Exhibition

SCA Alumni Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Scholarships 2026

SCA Gallery

7 Oct–7 Nov 2026

Camperdown

Group Exhibition

Intertwined

Scratch Art Space

7 Oct–18 Oct 2026

Marrickville

Chun Yin Rainbow Chan

White Jade Orchids

Verge Gallery

8 Oct–13 Nov 2026

University of Sydney

Murray Fredericks

Michael Reid

8 Oct–7 Nov 2026

Chippendale

Jemima Lucas

To drink and drown in pools of ourselves

Passage

9 Oct–18 Dec 2026

Haymarket

Andy Ewing | Kirthana Selvaraj

4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art

9 Oct–13 Dec 2026

Haymarket

Renée Estée

One for Sorrow, Two for Joy

COMA

9 Oct–14 Nov 2026

Marrickville

Jelena Telecki

Kaput

1301SW

10 Oct–14 Nov 2026

Alexandria

Group Exhibition

West Papua is not an empty land

The Cross Art Projects

10 Oct–7 Nov 2026

Potts Point

Julien Playoust

Landscape: A Calligraphy of Rocks

Scieppan Gallery

10 Oct–10 Nov 2026

Darlinghurst

Fiona Barrett-Clark

Where the Light Rests

Saint Cloche

14 Oct–25 Oct 2026

Paddington

Sasha Zehra

EXHIBIT-B

M2 Gallery

15 Oct–20 Oct 2026

Surry Hills

Philjames | Yoshio Honjo

Nanda/Hobbs

15 Oct–31 Oct 2026

Chippendale

Robyn Kahukiwa

My Ancestors Are Always With Me

Museum of Contemporary Art

15 Oct 2026–7 Feb 2027

The Rocks

Group Exhibition

Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship 2026

Brett Whiteley Studio

15 Oct–22 Nov 2026

Surry Hills

Kevin White | Sergei Shatrov

Gallery LNL

16 Oct–14 Nov 2026

Newtown

Group Exhibition

The Shape We Take at Night

China Heights

16 Oct–7 Nov 2026

Surry Hills

Allie Jonscher

Touching Grass

1301SW

17 Oct–14 Nov 2026

Alexandria

Claudio Valenti

A Temporary Elsewhere

Artsite Contemporary

17 Oct–1 Nov 2026

Camperdown

John Davis

1970s & 1980s

SydneySydney

17 Oct–21 Nov 2026

Potts Point

Group Exhibition

Gibson, Kossy, Munro, Ryan, Young

The Shop Gallery

17 Oct–25 Oct 2026

Glebe