Regional New South Wales

$40,000 drawing prize with local history
Grafton Regional Gallery’s Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award is built on a 36-year history with cash prizes to champion drawing excellence.

Exhibition review: Ross & Rothwell: in the same boat, Ngununggula
Joan Ross and Caroline Rothwell make for a perfect pairing, in an edgy exhibition that rattles colonial history and legacies.

Exhibition review: Tales of Land and Sea, Bundanon
ayang-ayang, par-parā/phus-phusā and Sangkuriang are three interconnected exhibitions that hark back to Arthur Boyd's own interest in mythology.

Landscape work that encourages ‘concentrated looking’ wins 2024 National Photography Prize
Ellen Dahl takes home the $30,000 National Photography Prize with lens-based works that centres the Norwegian archipelago, Svalbard.

Flying Fruit Fly Circus announces NexGen partnership with Cirque du Soleil
Australia's national youth circus and the Canadian entertainment juggernaut are partnering to uncover and develop new circus talents.

Theatre review: Fast Cars, Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Theatre
A big-hearted drama that revolves around the Bathurst 1000 races.

Australia’s oldest craft gallery and studios facing closure
Sturt Gallery and Studios has closed doors as it undergoes a review for its future viability.

Exhibition review: Mai Nguyễn-Long, Kôgábịnô, Wollongong Art Gallery
Claiming agency over lost identity and language, Mai Nguyễn-Long delivers a cohesive and confident exhibition of ceramic sculptures.

Touring exhibition teaches kids that we can all be superheroes
First Nations artist Dennis Golding offers lessons in finding power and pride, with his exhibition offering a healing space where…

Exhibition review: New Dog Old Tricks, Ngununggula
This summer exhibition demonstrates the complex roles dogs play in society and taps into the human condition.