Explore a vibrant tapestry of life! Step inside this immersive, sensory exhibition featuring spectacular rare and unusual tropical and subtropical rainforest plants. Read our review here!

Colour is transformative, magical and political. 

The first state art museum retrospective of one of Australia’s great artistic visionaries

A celebration of family and community across painting, video, photography and installation. Read our review here.

Discover rare and beautiful works by leading contemporary artists, from the Library’s little-known collection of artists’ books.

Key works from the Kaldor Collection feature in an exhibition space created by Thomas Demand. Read our review.

With timeless classics like Mr Archimedes’ Bath, Mr McGee and Alexander’s Outing, Pamela Allen has captured the hearts of readers for more than 40 years. 

Make yourself at home in an underground art park. Read our review here.

Check off Christmas in style at The Grounds!

Mervyn Bishop is one of Australias most important photographers. His extraordinary archive of more than 200,000 images makes a landmark addition to the State Library of NSW’s collection. 

See nature in a whole new light in The 2025 Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year, a South Australian Museum exhibition.

Experience an accessible 3D photography exhibition detailing personal stories from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples living with disabilities across Australia.

These works by Australian women artists are both a celebration and a challenge.

In the Eye of the Giant by Kate Mitchell takes the form of a slowly ascending digital scroll. The moving-image work, commissioned for the large screen in the Naala Badu atrium, visualises seven emotional states that shape the artist’s practice.

The tallest Christmas tree in NSW is decorated with more than 110,000 LED lights, a 3.4-metre colour-changing star and 330 specially created glossy baubles.

Opening in December 2025, Unearthed will display a fascinating selection of objects excavated from the site.

Dig It! will deliver a rich, multisensory, family-friendly experience that invites you to experience the excitement and challenges of archaeological excavation for yourself.

The whole family is invited to step into Creature by Box of Birds/Stalker Theatre – a free, interactive experience that brings the Australian bush to life.

A colourful, touchable, wearable play space created by artist HOSSEI

Held is a series of sculptural works designed by Yuwaalaraay Wirringgaa and Designer Lucy Simpson. Four forms designed to honour land, sky and sea Country from across each of the four pillars, in a grounded moment of convergence. 

Sculptor Julia Phillips creates work that examines relationships between individuals and the public, between people and institutions. Her participatory public artwork Observer, Observed invites you to think about public surveillance and what it really means to “look”.  

Get swept up in a thrilling ocean adventure in WAVERIDER, a new family-friendly, outdoor physical performance that will leave you breathless.   

In Sydney today, conversations across difference can feel fraught and polarised. It’s never been harder to sit across a table and truly listen. In this moment, Conflictorium offers a space to dignify contradictions, recognising conflict not as failure but as a vital part of life. 

Blacktown Garage Party invites the public to our backyard! Taking over the Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre for two days, artists Sione Monu and Salote Tawale create an installation inspired by the aesthetics of the garage and adorned by community. Think corrugated iron, lavalava, tarpaulins, Christmas decorations from 2003.  

Our free, fun-filled festival for kids and families returns to the Art Gallery of New South Wales on Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 January 2026.

SEARCHERS: Graffiti and Contemporary Art is a major exhibition that brings together more than 30 of Australia's most dynamic artists – from underground graffiti writers to celebrated contemporary painters – united by a single electrifying medium: spray paint. 

The 25th Biennale of Sydney will take place 14th March to 14th June 2026 - more info coming soon.