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Portrait of photographers under the Milky Way
3 May – 25 Oct 2025

Milky Way Workshop Canberra By Ari Rex

Wildbark, Throsby
Next on
Australian Parliament House at dusk with an orange illumination
25 Nov 2025

16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Illumination

Australian Parliament House, Capital Hill
Next on today from 8:00pm to 11:59pm
Benedicte Maurseth
25 Nov 2025

Benedicte Maurseth in Concert at Tuggeranong Arts Centre: Polar Night and Midnight Sun

Tuggeranong Arts Centre, Greenway
Next on today from 6:00pm to 7:00pm
painting of a hand pressing the button at pedestrian crossing
7–30 Nov 2025

Is this us? by Jackson Taylor

Platform, Forrest
Next on today from 11:00am to 5:00pm
Drag King with tophat
1–30 Nov 2025

Canberra SpringOUT Pride Festival

Canberra SpringOUT PRIDE Festival Canberra, Braddon
Next on today
Workshop participants showing off their finished works of art!
5 Nov – 10 Dec 2025

Paint and Chat course

Gungahlin Community Centre, Gungahlin
Next on today from 6:00pm to 8:00pm
An abstract expressionism painting on canvas portraying colours of vibrant yellow, blue and pink.
17 Oct – 30 Nov 2025

Behind the View

West Gallery, Belconnen Arts Centre, Belconnen
Next on today
Textile artwork depicting a collection of transgender symbols.
17 Oct – 30 Nov 2025

Kaleidoscope IV

Pivot Gallery, Belconnen Arts Centre, Belconnen
Next on today
The photograph depicts a model wearing a unique pink headwear piece similar to a flower blooming.
17 Oct – 30 Nov 2025

Millinery - A Fine Art

Window Gallery, Belconnen Arts Centre, Belconnen
Next on today
A lamp made from a thin sheet of folded burnished metal in an abstract shape.
17 Oct – 30 Nov 2025

Capital Arts Patrons Organisation Art Auction and Exhibition

Generator Gallery, Belconnen Arts Centre, Belconnen
Next on today
Elizabeth Newman, Jazzy One, 2009. Fabric on linen, 108 × 85 × 3.5 cm. Acquired 2021, Australian Nat
24 Oct – 21 Dec 2025

ANU Art Collection: Conjunction

Drill Hall Gallery, Acton
Next on today from 10:00am to 5:00pm
Black and white image of camera people all participating in shooting
6 Sep – 30 Nov 2025

Free weekend screenings of Australian documentaries at the NFSA

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, Acton
Next on today from 11:00am to 3:30pm
Nathan Nhan, Trophy #56 Chef Gibson, 2024, clay & glaze.
9 Sep – 14 Dec 2025

A place and time

SLA Display Village and Innovation Precinct, Whitlam
Next on today
Contemporary art exhibition consist of sculptural objects which look like tables
18 Oct 2025 – 24 Jan 2026

Inheritance by Phuong Ngo

Canberra Contemporary, Parkes
Next on today from 11:00am to 5:00pm
A wide shot of the Dismissal exhibition in King's Hall at Old Parliament House.
8 Nov 2025 – 28 Feb 2026

The Dismissal: Words that made history

Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House, Parkes
Next on today from 9:00am to 5:00pm
A vibrant acrylic artwork depicting artist Kaylene Whiskey soaring surrounded by colourful elements.
15 Nov 2025 – 9 Mar 2026

Super Kaylene Whiskey

National Portrait Gallery, Parkes
Next on today from 10:00am to 5:00pm
Brown African drum with white feathers which have been attached with wire
18 Oct 2025 – 24 Feb 2026

Masked Memory by Rosalind Lemoh

Canberra Contemporary, Parkes
Next on today from 11:00am to 5:00pm
Objects including gas mask, replica ambulance, documents, map and binoculars
9 Aug 2025 – 1 Feb 2026

Australia’s Home Front: 1939-1945

Canberra Museum + Gallery, Canberra
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Photo of Australian Parliament House in the evening.
4 Sep 2025 – 28 Feb 2026

The New Parliamentary Handbook Website - Display

Level 1, Parliament House, Capital Hill
Next on today from 3:00pm to 5:00pm
A man teaches women how to throw a boomerang in 1957.
21 Nov 2025 – 17 May 2026

In real life: inventors, innovators and opportunists

National Archives of Australia, Parkes
Next on today from 9:00am to 5:00pm
Constable Kenny Koala
19 Sep 2025 – 18 Mar 2026

50 Years on the Beat: The Legacy of Constable Kenny Koala

National Capital Exhibition, Parkes
Next on today
Gears exhibit in Questacon Presents: ZAP! CLANK! POW!
31 May 2025 – 1 Feb 2026

Questacon Presents: ZAP! CLANK! POW!

Questacon – The National Science and Technology Centre, Parkes
Next on today from 9:00am to 5:00pm
Australian honours and awards medals on display at the exhibition
26 May 2025 – 15 Feb 2026

Australian Honours System Exhibition at the Mint

Royal Australian Mint, Deakin
Next on today from 8:30am to 5:00pm
Pandanus mat
17 Apr 2025 – 27 Jan 2026

Our Story: Aboriginal–Chinese People in Australia

National Museum of Australia, Acton
Next on today from 9:00am to 5:00pm
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