Elizabeth Fortescue
The must-see exhibitions in 2025: from Leigh Bowery in London to Michaelina Wautier in Vienna
We round-up the biggest shows opening each month
Women-only art installation reopens at Mona, allowing some men to enter—and learn about housework
Kirsha Kaechele' Ladies Lounge will be reinstalled at the Hobart museum for a month after the supreme court overturned a ruling that the work was discriminatory
‘A message of love to the world’: Yayoi Kusama unveils new infinity room for sprawling Melbourne show
It will join a record-breaking nine other immersive rooms in the National Gallery of Victoria's retrospective on the Japanese artist, spanning eight decades
Artist being electrocuted to show the sinister implications of AI among highlights of the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art 11
The work by Kawita Vatanajyankur and Pat Pataranutaporn was acquired by the Queensland Art Gallery, where the sprawling exhibition is being held
Mysterious sightings of wild cats in suburban Sydney explored in new show
Penrith Regional Gallery focuses on sightings of the folkloric ‘Blue Mountains panther’ through works by 18 Australian artists
Australian museum under fire for acquiring object linked to protesters' attack on well-known painting
Politicians have slammed the museum for ‘glorifying’ the attack on Frederick McCubbin’s ‘Down on his luck’
New Zealand art museum reopens with anti-earthquake reinforcement and a new wing
Sarjeant Gallery in Whanganui closed in 2014 after a report found it vulnerable to earthquake damage
Director of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Michael Brand, to step down
The Asian art scholar spent much of his tenure overseeing the museum's redevelopment project, Sydney Modern, which doubled the institution’s exhibition capacity
A testament to the power of Pueblo ceramics and community-based curation
The exhibition “Grounded in Clay”, opening this month at the MFA Houston, was co-curated by the more than 60 members of the Pueblo Pottery Collective
Tasmania's supreme court overturns ruling that saw women-only art installation shut down
The controversial work, Ladies Lounge, at the Museum of Old and New Art made headlines when a visitor complained after being excluded from visiting the all-female space
Biggest-ever Indigenous art show to tour North America
Opening at the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, next year, The Stars We Do Not See will include highlights that are "globally recognised as undisputed masterpieces"
Australian artist commissioned to make work using pure gold worth $6.7m
Sculpture by Lindy Lee is part of a new arts programme developed by the precious metal services conglomerate Pallion Group
World debut for ancient stone sculpture from Papua New Guinea at Parcours des Mondes in Paris
Thought to be 3,500 years old, the squatting ritual figure has never before been exhibited
Art activists bill businesses for billions in environmental damages
Artists mount spoof invoice performance against Western Australia’s biggest carbon emitters
Australia's National Gallery acquires country's first Gauguin painting
The museum, which is hosting a major survey of the post-Impressionist artist's work, paid $6.5m for 'The blue roof' or 'Farm at Le Pouldu'
Picasso estate to take no further action over forged paintings at Mona
The Succession Picasso has made a statement after curator Kirsha Kaechele’s admitted she created the fake works, which she then hung in the women’s toilets at the Tasmanian museum as part of a protest
'King Dingo': After his portrait of Australia's richest woman stirred controversy, Vincent Namatjira turns his sights on British royalty
The aboriginal artist's portrait of Gina Rinehart made headlines after she called on the National Gallery of Australia to have it removed—now he has made a painting responding to British monarchs
Gauguin’s complex life and career probed in huge Canberra survey
Exhibition curated by a former Louvre director includes a deep-dive into the artist’s time in French Polynesia, where he painted many of his most famous works
Australian blockbuster Pharaoh show could inspire British Museum's revamped Ancient Egypt galleries
Curators from the London institution said they might adopt some of the innovative ways the objects were displayed at the National Gallery of Victoria
Hoor Al Qasimi named artistic director of the next Biennale of Sydney
Al Qasimi is the president and director of the Sharjah Art Foundation
Showing respect in the house of the dead: Australian museum removes mummified human remains
Only fully covered Ancient Egyptian mummified remains will remain on display in the Egyptian Gallery of Sydney University’s Chau Chak Wing Museum
Women-only art installation is 'discriminatory', Tasmanian court rules
Kirsha Kaechele's Ladies Lounge at the Museum of Old and New Art must admit men within 28 days
Fondation Cartier strengthens partnership with Sydney Biennale and appoints new First Nations curatorial fellow
The celebrated Australian Indigenous artist Tony Albert has been named as the inaugural recipient of the fellowship
Australian War Memorial seeks to offer ‘hope and healing’ at time of rising military suicides
Artist Alex Seton has created a series of marble “droplets” that will wear in places over time as they are touched
National Gallery of Australia finally unveils controversial £3.5m Jordan Wolfson commission
The provocative robotic piece was first announced more than five years ago
Vast ‘fish fence’ takes centre stage at Melbourne’s NGV Triennial
A team of Aboriginal women artists, working in Australia's far north, spent two years weaving the 100m-long work from local plant material
Superstar of Australian art Emily Kam Kngwarray to get Tate Modern show in 2025
The Indigenous painter, whose survey opens at the National Gallery of Australia this week, only started her artistic career in her mid-70s
Clothes swap among highlights as Sculpture by the Sea celebrates 25 years on Bondi Beach
A melting ice-cream truck that was a crowd-pleaser in 2006, is making a comeback this year
British Museum makes biggest-ever international loan for Ancient Egypt blockbuster in Melbourne
The National Gallery of Victoria’s Pharaoh exhibition will open next year with 500 pieces from the London institution's permanent collection
The Australian art world pays tribute to Tim Klingender, an expert on Aboriginal art, who has died aged 59
Klingender’s body was found in the sea after an apparent boating accident