Lismore Regional Gallery: Islands not to scale (Maru a’ o) – Act II Lismore Regional Gallery: Islands not to scale (Maru a’ o) – Act II Mark Maurangi Carrol Nasha Gallery 5 Sep—16 Nov
Sydney Contemporary: Islands not to scale (Maru a’ o) – Act II Sydney Contemporary: Islands not to scale (Maru a’ o) – Act II Mark Maurangi Carrol Nasha Gallery 11 Sep—14 Sep
Feature Life Cycles with Betty Kuntiwa Pumani The paintings of Betty Kuntiwa Pumani form a part of a larger, living archive on Antaṟa, her mother’s Country. More than maps, they speak to ancestral songlines, place and ceremony. Emma O'Neill
Feature Seeing Double A presentation of works by Robert Mapplethorpe curated by the British editor Edward Enninful, Enninful x Mapplethorpe, at the 2025 Ballarat International Foto Biennale, finds resonance in opposites while turning binary thinking on its head. Amelia Winata
Feature Looking Forward, Looking Back with Lisa Reihana Auckland-born and raised artist Lisa Reihana is ever the optimist, creating two new works signifying social cohesion to hang outside two Australian arts venues—Ngununggula, and Sydney Contemporary at Carriageworks —just as dark divisions seek to undermine the value of migration and Indigenous sovereignty. Steve Dow
Feature Piercing the veil A new exhibition at Buxton Contemporary finds a rich complexity in the shadowy terrain between life and death. Claire G. Coleman
Feature Cerith Wyn Evans, Electrical Conductor Language folds into form in the poetic yet monumental light sculptures of Welsh artist Cerith Wyn Evans, whose solo exhibition … in light of the visible is at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney. Emma O'Neill
Feature Grace Wood: Holding snails, snakes, and a grandmother’s legacy Grace Wood’s new exhibition for Heide Museum of Modern Art intertwines personal, familial, and artistic archives. Consisting of textile and digital collage, Wood traces lines of inheritance and influence to position the garden as a site of both personal and artistic cultivation. Amelia Wallin