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5th National Indigenous Art Triennial: After the Rain, installation view, National Gallery
6 Dec 2025 – 26 Apr 2026

5th National Indigenous Art Triennial:  After the Rain

National Gallery of Australia, Parkes
Next on today
Black and white photographs of demonstrations and protest
21 Apr – 10 Sep 2026

Skirt-suits and suffragists

National Archives of Australia, Parkes
Next on today from 10:00am to 11:00am
Exhibit with mannequins in red jumpsuits, surrounded by neon lights and displays.
12 Dec 2025 – 10 May 2026

Hallyu! The Korean Wave

National Museum of Australia, Acton
Next on today from 9:00am to 5:00pm
A girl jumps on Bunny Dearest by Beci Orpin. An interactive artwork.
18 Apr – 11 Oct 2026

Hop In! - An immersive world of play featuring Beci Orpin's Bunny Dearest

Canberra Museum + Gallery, Canberra
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
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
Yellow and black illustrations of families in the remote Aboriginal community of Papunya
4 Apr – 11 Oct 2026

Wangka Wakaṉutja: The Story of the Papunya Literature Production Centre Exhibition

National Library of Australia, Parkes
Next on today from 9:00am to 5:00pm
Kids Design Comp Previous Winners
20 Feb – 11 Sep 2026

Canberra Glassworks Kids’ Design Competition

Canberra Glassworks, Kingston
Next on today
Ethos
11 Dec 2025 – 31 Aug 2026

Canberra: A Monumental Vision

National Capital Exhibition, Parkes
Next on today
A group of people, some in wheelchairs, sit around a sculpture listening to a guide
17 Feb – 17 Nov 2026

Art for Carers: At the Gallery

National Gallery of Australia, Parkes
Next on today from 10:30am to 11:30am
Child enjoying the Illuminate exhibition
20 Feb – 22 Nov 2026

Illuminate: How Science Comes to Light

Questacon – The National Science and Technology Centre, Parkes
Next on today from 9:00am to 5:00pm
Smith's Jazz Jam
20 Jan – 15 Dec 2026

Smith's Jazz Jam

Smith's Alternative, Canberra
Next on today from 4:30pm to 9:00pm
Enrico Taglietti holding a pen at his desk in his studio, photo taken in 1985
7 Jun 2025 – 3 May 2026

Taglietti: Life in Design

Canberra Museum + Gallery, Canberra
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Colourful butterflies on a black background.
25 Oct 2025 – 1 Oct 2026

Animals in the Parliament House Art Collections exhibition

Australian Parliament House, Canberra
Next on today
Two women view artwork in gallery.
5 Dec 2025 – 30 Nov 2026

Behind the Lines

Museum of Australian Democracy, Parkes
Next on today from 9:00am to 5:00pm
Bottomless Pasta
23 Dec 2025 – 29 Dec 2026

Bottomless Pasta

Amici, Canberra
Next on today
BACKBAR
6 Feb 2025 – 6 Jun 2026

Blackbird Live Music

Blackbird Bar - Live Music - Cocktails - Nightclub - Underground Speakeasy, Canberra
Next on today from 7:30pm to 11:59pm
The Gurindji Freedom banners hung up in a gallery.
19 Aug 2025 – 31 Dec 2026

Gurindji Freedom Banners Exhibition

Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House, Parkes
Next on today from 9:00am to 5:00pm
3 young men perform a backsault.
18 Mar 2025 – 31 Dec 2026

Warehouse Circus Adult Circus Classes

Warehouse Circus, Chifley & Kaleen, Chifley
Next on today from 6:00pm to 8:30pm
A person wearing a white button up, black vest, a bee broach and a dark opal earring poses smiling.
22 Apr 2026

Andrew Sayers Memorial Lecture: Should Portraiture Be a Competition?

National Portrait Gallery, Parkes
Next on tomorrow from 6:00pm to 8:30pm
Daniel Sloss – Bitter
22 Apr 2026

Daniel Sloss – Bitter

Canberra Theatre Centre, Canberra
Next on tomorrow from 6:30pm to 7:45pm
Flowers growing in a flower bed.
22 Apr 2026

Free plant giveaway in the city centre

Glebe Park, Canberra
Next on tomorrow from 11:30am to 1:00pm
Folded paper material with writing and floral illustrations
22 Apr 2026

Concertina Book Workshop with Sharon Peoples

National Library of Australia, Parkes
Next on tomorrow from 10:00am to 12:30pm
a male and female look directly at the camera. a background of starry night sky
16–25 Apr 2026

Constellations

ACT Hub, Kingston
Next on tomorrow from 7:30pm to 9:30pm
An artwork showing a brown dog, maybe a greyhound, cuddled up in a blue blanket.
16 Apr – 10 May 2026

Sentient | Elliott Fox

M16 Artspace, Griffith
Next on tomorrow from 12:00pm to 5:00pm
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