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A man and a young girl riding Canberra's historic merry-go-round
1–24 Dec 2025

Free Merry-Go-Round Rides in the City Centre

Merry-go-round, Petrie Plaza, City Centre, Canberra
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Two ceramic figures, a goat and a cow in a field of flowers
19 Nov – 14 Dec 2025

Elena Bozhko-Marshall | Ever, Forever, Never, Intangible Delights

Strathnairn Arts Homestead Galleries, Holt
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
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
The Weeping Centurion by Stephen Harrison
23 Nov 2025 – 4 Jan 2026

Of Land and Light by Amy Beggs-French and Penny Deacon

Capital Wines and Kyeema Art Gallery, Hall
Next on today
Outer Island bird ornaments
6 Nov – 21 Dec 2025

Deck the Smalls

Gallery of Small Things (GOST), Watson
Next on today from 11:00am to 4:00pm
Late Afternoon, Wanniassa (detail) by Andy Sumner
5 Dec 2025 – 1 Feb 2026

Dialogue with Dissonance

Pivot Gallery, Belconnen Arts Centre, Belconnen
Next on today
Migrant Women's Art Group, Natural Dye Bundles (work in progress), 2025
5 Dec 2025 – 1 Feb 2026

Disclosed Impressions

Window Gallery, Belconnen Arts Centre, Belconnen
Next on today
Fantasy Garden (detail) by Barbara Hodgson
5 Dec 2025 – 1 Feb 2026

The Art of Celebration: Reflecting 50 years plus of Canberra Art Workshop

Generator Gallery, Belconnen Arts Centre, Belconnen
Next on today
A painting of a smiling young person with long hair, jeans and t-shirt, crowd surfing on many hands
5 Dec 2025 – 1 Feb 2026

subcultures

West 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
Glass artworks
13 Nov 2025 – 25 Jan 2026

Skin Deep: Solo Exhibition by Gabriella Bisetto

Canberra Glassworks, Kingston
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Man walking down stairs pushing a pram wearing angel wings and a suit and bowtie
6 Dec 2025 – 28 Feb 2026

Free weekend screenings of Australian documentaries at the NFSA

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, Acton
Next on today from 11:00am to 2:00pm
MMM TF Image 1
26 Oct 2025 – 18 Jan 2026

Twilight Flow and Live Music

Wildbark Wildlife Centre, Throsby
Next on today from 6:30pm to 8:30pm
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
Mimosas
21 Sep – 28 Dec 2025

Tispy Sundaze

Amici Wine Bar + Deli, Canberra
Next on today from 1:00pm to 3:00pm
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
Two men holding a sign that reads 'NOT MARRIED BUT WILLING TO BE.'
6 Dec 2025 – 5 Apr 2026

LOVING: Photographs of Men in Love

Canberra Museum + Gallery, Canberra
Next on today from 12:00pm to 4:00pm
Two women standing happily under a tree with yellow leaves during Autumn in Canberra
6 Dec 2025 – 5 Apr 2026

A Loving City: Queerberra Revisited

Canberra Museum + Gallery, Canberra
Next on today from 12:00pm to 4:00pm
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
A man standing in a gallery space with indigenous poles
6 Dec 2025 – 26 Apr 2026

5th National Indigenous Art Triennial

National Gallery of Australia, Parkes
Next on today
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 12:00pm 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
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