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A man and a young boy exploring light in Science Time
3–15 Aug 2026

Questacon Science Time: Light

Questacon, Parkes
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Fireside Festival
24 Jul – 9 Aug 2026

Fireside Festival 2026

Various venues across the Canberra Region, Canberra
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Blue cyanotype of organic shapes
24 Jul – 16 Aug 2026

'Distant blues, from a little closer' by Olivia Gates

Platform, Forrest
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Image: Susan Chancellor ‘Estuaryoming’, 2025. Image courtesy David Patterson.
30 Jul – 23 Aug 2026

Glad Tidings | Susan Chancellor

M16 Artspace, Griffith
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Image: Anne Pyne Irving, Teathered Spring, 2024. Image courtesy the artist.
30 Jul – 23 Aug 2026

Position/Trajectory | Matthew Freeman, Anne Pyne Irving, Tristan Ouweleen

M16 Artspace, Griffith
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Image: David Helmers, 'Collapse to Emerge 2', 2026. Image courtesy of the artist.
30 Jul – 23 Aug 2026

UNRuly | Catherine Anselmi, David Helmers, Ro Murray, Mandy Burgess

M16 Artspace, Griffith
Next on today from 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Elisa Crossing Where there’s fact, there’s friction 2026 oil on linen 140 x 120 cm
1–31 Aug 2026

Elisa Crossing: Move me!

Civic Art Bureau, Canberra
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A platypus floating in the water
25 Jul – 31 Aug 2026

Platypus Month

Various venues and locations in Canberra and the Capital Region, Canberra
Next on today from 9:00am to 10:00am
Warm Trees 1
27 Jun – 9 Aug 2026

Warm Trees - Winter in the Woods

National Arboretum Canberra, Molonglo Valley
Next on today from 9:00am to 4:00pm
A forest of tree trunks, each wrapped with several brightly coloured scarves
26 Jun – 9 Aug 2026

Winter in the Woods

National Arboretum Canberra, Molonglo
Next on today from 9:00am to 4:00pm
colourful glass greenhouse surrounded by other glass objects and artworks
11 Jul – 29 Aug 2026

'The Gardener's Bar' by Tamara Henderson

Canberra Contemporary, Parkes
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Winter Weekend Buffet at the Yacht Club edit
4 Jul – 30 Aug 2026

Winter Weekend Buffet at the Yacht Club

Canberra Southern Cross Club Yacht Club, Yarralumla
Next on today from 11:00am to 9:00pm
Cheese
28 Jun – 30 Aug 2026

Bourbon Street - Sunday Night Jazz

Molly, Canberra
Next on today from 7:30pm to 10:00pm
A leather case displaying Grey Kangaroo fur beside a greyscale photograph of a family.
4 Jul – 13 Sep 2026

Thread: Connecting Stories and Community

National Portrait Gallery, Parkes
Next on today from 10:00am to 5:00pm
A man observing artworks in Maria Fernanda Cardoso's Spiders of Paradise exhibition
29 May – 23 Aug 2026

Maria Fernanda Cardoso: Spiders of Paradise

Canberra Museum and Gallery, Canberra
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
A mock 2XX radio studio on display 2XX People-Powered Radio - Celebrating 50 years at CMAG
9 Jun – 6 Sep 2026

2XX People Powered Radio: Celebrating 50 Years

Canberra Museum + Gallery, Canberra
Next on today from 12:00pm to 4:00pm
Man wearing a space suit in snow surroundings
1 Jun – 31 Aug 2026

Winter Film Series at the National Film and Sound Archive

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, Acton
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A view of Sidey Nolan Public Impressions wall decal in exhibition with Pix Magazine in front
6 Jun – 13 Sep 2026

Public Impressions: Sidney Nolan in Popular Media

Canberra Museum + Gallery, Canberra
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Three people in a small inflatable boat looking at the large ice formation in front of them.
1 Jul – 11 Oct 2026

Antarctica

National Museum of Australia, Acton
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A sea turtle swimming in blue water with brightly coloured coral
17 Jun – 12 Oct 2026

Life in the Great Barrier Reef

National Museum of Australia, Acton
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A close-up image of red and blue yarn on weaving bobbins
20 Jun – 18 Oct 2026

The Weavers’ Studio

National Gallery of Australia, Parkes
Next on today from 10:00am to 5:00pm
Vibrant large-scale tapestries
20 Jun – 18 Oct 2026

Arthur Boyd: tapestries

National Gallery of Australia, Parkes
Next on today from 10:00am to 5:00pm
Rear vision exhibition banner
12 Jun – 11 Oct 2026

Rear vision: the Holden collection

National Archives of Australia, Parkes
Next on today from 9:00am to 5:00pm
Installation view of large and colourful first nation's works
11 Apr – 23 Aug 2026

Ngura Puḻka – Epic Country

National Gallery of Australia, Parkes
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