Six Degrees Zair Ahmed, Sophia Gawan-Taylor and Chezqah Agnir. Curated by Angelina Allen. M16 Artspace 3 Oct—26 Oct
Preview Reframing a Collection Drawn from the Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art at the University of Western Australia (UWA), Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery’s show Place Makers, reframes the artists—who just happen to be female. Jo Higgins
Feature Object Lessons with Kyoko Hashimoto For contemporary jeweller Kyoko Hashimoto, an exhibition at the Art Gallery of South Australia marks a shift in her approach to materials and method, with a renewed focus on sustainability. Steve Dow
Preview Helen Wright: Enduring Transformations Tasmanian artist Helen Wright’s survey exhibition, Shapeshifting at Queen Victoria and Gallery: Art Gallery at Royal Park, chronicles decades of practice across mediums to reveal new meanings. Briony Downes
Preview Maggie Hensel-Brown’s Woven Threads Marking the Newcastle Art Galleries reopening with a large-scale commission for the windows on Derby Street, Maggie Hensel-Brown’s new commission is on display from 26 September. Jo Higgins
Preview Questions from the boulevard ‘North Terrace: worlds in relief’ showing at Samstag Museum of Art, invites viewers to reflect on the complicated legacies of the cultural institutions that line Adelaide’s North Terrace. Walter Marsh
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