Broken Hill City Art Gallery

Opened in 1904 Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery is the oldest regional gallery in New South Wales. The beautifully restored emporium displays a selection of works from the City of Broken Hill’s art collection and a quality program of temporary exhibitions by local, state and national artists along with touring exhibitions. The exhibition program also includes the Gallery’s annual acquisitive award, the ‘Pro Hart Outback Art Prize’.

Broken Hill City Art Gallery

404-408 Argent Street Broken Hill NSW 2880

08 8080 3444

bhartgallery.com.au

Tue to Sun 10am–4pm.

Exhibitions

Blow Back Ins

Group Exhibition

16 Jan - 7 Jun

Outback Inspiration: Broken Hill

Potters Society

7 Feb - 27 Apr

Feature

How AI images are ‘flattening’ Indigenous cultures – creating a new form of tech colonialism

It feels like everything is slowly but surely being affected by the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). And like every other disruptive technology before it, AI is having both positive and negative outcomes for society. One of these negative outcomes is the very specific, yet very real cultural harm posed to Australia’s Indigenous populations.

The Conversation

Book Reviews

Book Preview: Thin Skin by Jennifer Higgie

There are many parallels between skin and painting. “Paint is a thin skin on a surface—a layer that transmits ideas into the world,” writes Jennifer Higgie in Thin Skin, the accompanying publication to a 2023 exhibition featuring paintings by thirty-six Australian and international artists.

Jackson McLaren

Feature

Mostafa Azimitabar paints for humanity

Buoyed by the power of love and the spirit of artistic invention, Mostafa Azimitabar’s new solo exhibition at Maitland Regional Gallery turns dehumanising narratives on their head.

Jasmeet Kaur Sahi

Preview

Another side of the story

A new exhibition at Bendigo Art Gallery takes us deeper into the life of the often-mythologised artist Frida Kahlo, through her personal photographs, clothing and objects, borrowed from Casa Azul, Kahlo’s house museum in Mexico.

Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen

News

Aisha Sherman-Noth wins the 2025 Glover Prize

Congratulations to Aisha Sherman-Noth, who has won the 2025 Glover Prize for Weeping birches on the avenue. The Tasmanian-based artist wins $80,000 for the painting, which depicts weeping birch and poplar trees along the Brooker Highway into Hobart.

Art Guide Australia

Feature

A reason for paws

Cats & Dogs, now showing at the National Gallery of Victoria, explores the ways that the relationships we share with our pets are a source of strangeness and intimacy. But for Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen, it’s also an exercise in the power of seeing and being seen.

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