Arts

Enjoy an immersive installation by artist Bradley Eastman, aka Beastman

Street flag artworks at Sydney Lunar Festival

Immerse yourself in a 180-degree visual experience depicting Australia’s unique flora and fauna

The artists in XSWL warn us that it’s all fun and games…until someone loses an eye.

Catch a glimpse of our 12 beautiful lanterns as they lead you down George Street and into Haymarket

Take a ride into the Year of the Snake!

A tribute to the unique creative talent of Sydney artist Peter Kingston.

Wally debut at KXT on Broadway

Street flag artworks at Sydney Lunar Festival

Street flag artworks at Sydney Lunar Festival

Street flag artworks at Sydney Lunar Festival

A tribute to Chinese, Korean, Thai and Vietnamese architecture

Australia’s first retrospective of the celebrated surrealist

Street flag artworks at Sydney Lunar Festival

A free exhibition on show at the State Library of NSW.

Street flag artworks at Sydney Lunar Festival

Street flag artworks at Sydney Lunar Festival

Street flag artworks at Sydney Lunar Festival

A major new commission in the Tank by one of Australia’s most acclaimed contemporary artists

A ceramic sculpture workshop for creating flowers.

'Balgo Horizons' offers a glimpse into the history and evolution of one of Australia’s most vibrant artist communities.

Artist Barbara Licha will present her oeuvre at the Polish Club Ashfield’s newest gallery space

A fantastical celebration of scraps and discards across costume, performance, film, illustration and music.

An exhibition of new ceramics

Experience the surreal humour and cyber futurism of Cao Fei’s art

Art exhibition of rice paper paintings by members of the Australian Chinese Painting Society

Get ready to chase the unexpected.

Featuring the Waverley Studio Artists

Consuelo Cavaniglia develops a contemporary art project to engage with the Chau Chak Wing Museum’s collections.

From headscarves to stadium seats. Celebrating Iranian Women's resilience in the pursuit of gender equality.

See the extraordinary story of the Dunera told through moving artworks and objects

See the work of Archibald-Prize winning Aboriginal artist Blak Douglas in a free exhibition at NSW Parliament

Learn how to play Mahjong only in 45 min at THE ARTISTRY 2025

An exhibition that explores the five elements from a cross-cultural perspective

Loti Smorgon Sculpture Terrace Commission

An exhibition of one of Britain’s most influential and critically acclaimed artists.

A free exhibition examining representations of the body in art and popular culture over time.

This exhibition offers new ways of understanding Australia's oldest collections, pushing the boundaries of ceramics.

Come and practice life drawing in an informal setting with fellow art lovers, at Peach Black Gallery

Stunning contemporary artist and sculptor Lina Kay releases her newest collection Naked at her second solo exhibition

Sian Kelly is an emerging artist working in core disciplines of installation, sculpture, performance and drawing.

Micro:Macro explores the role of models in understanding and exploring our world.

Let award winning portraitist and contemporary artist Mathew Lynn be your personal guide in a 4 week open studio!

Paint and Sip classes offer a unique experience that blends the joy of painting with the pleasure of sipping your wine.

Get creative in this resin art and sip class in Sydney!

Upcoming Exhibition Feathered friends and treasured things at Art2Muse Gallery 25 February – 10 March 2025

Come discover the magic of sculpture with a term workshop class at TBSSS

Ukrainian organ music concert

This exhibition introduces Dupain’s modernist approach to photography in a series of candid shots.

A captivating free exhibition by Sydney artist Zeina Saadie at NSW Parliament

Join us at THE ARTISTRY 2025 on 7-9 FEB for a celebration of culture, food, live music, arts & entertainment

Calling all future filmmakers and animators

5 Australian artists from Chinese diasporic communities embrace their histories to celebrate the process of becoming.

Trolley Herder intends to lighten trolley herders' burdens and assist in maintaining order in our society.

This dazzling exhibition showcases rare European works, contemporary Indigenous art and Australian modernism.

Discover the work of the Anzac Memorial's 2024 Veteran Artist in Residence

Sydney's largest antiques and collectables fair

The 11th annual Joy House Film Festival & the premiere of It's Our Time will screen at Randwick Ritz

Discover ceramics in this 8-week courses for beginner students

Knit, crochet, paint or draw with like-minded people

This brief course will help students undertake the basic techniques of carving

This wax modelling for casting course introduces students to a variety of wax working for jewellery techniques.

Learn how to play the ukulele in this fun class for Mandarin and Cantonese speakers

What does it mean to be welcome in 'Australia'?

Come and knit squares to create blankets for Wrap for a lovely cause.

If you love art and a chat, then pop down to the Juanita Nielsen Community Centre

Join and discover this ancient oriental arts for relaxation, flexibility, body co-ordination and healthy living

Step into the world of Joyce Maynge like never before!

Exhibition of contemporary small works on wood blocks

Hear from representatives from the arts, politics, academia and media, as we explore power and politics in Shakespeare

Visual artist Matteo Bernasconi shares his extensive knowledge of painting

Develop vocal technique, care and preservation of the voice both in speech and in song singer Carmella Baynie

Join us for a special preview of Irma Calabrese's first Australian solo exhibition

Learn botanical art from Anna Voytsekhovich, scientist, illustrator and botanical artist.

Featuring works designed by leading glass artists including Katie-Ann Houghton, Jacqueline Knight and Aimee Frodsham

Discover ceramics in this 5-week course for beginner students

Expect to hear exciting original jazz by saxophonist Damon Poppleton and interpretations of the great jazz compositions!

Create your own one-off jewellery pieces in this Wednesday evening course

Your experienced tutor will guide you through different techniques, styles and design ideas

Uncover epic tales and masterworks in this year-long art lecture series. Enjoy a single lecture, or the whole year!

Ceramic exhibition re/JOY captures the diversity of migration stories and how people build different lives in Australia

Get a head start in the competitive world of screen acting

Strum your troubles away in this fun class for all ages and levels of experience

Discover the joy of singing

Experienced students can further develop their own projects with support from an expert ceramicist in this 6-week course

Join artist, Natalie Popovski, for a 5 week workshop to explore drawing and painting.

An exhibition of line and life

Learn the mindful Japanese art of golden ceramic mending to give new life to a damaged piece

This is life drawing in an intimate and quite beautiful space. It’s a gentler, more social approach.

Arts and craft program for 9 - 12 year olds after-school

Unforgettable ballet brings to life Shakespeare’s most iconic love story .

The chaotic cabaret cult!

Announcement of the 2025 winners

We draw a live performer/model on acrobatic apparatus

Three generations of queer artists make & break language across intersections of art, activism, poetry & performance.

Make this Valentine's Day unforgettable with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra's Romantic Classics concert

Design and make your own sterling silver earrings from sheet metal

Brush off the week with a fun drawing workshop hosted by The Fabulous Wonder Mama

Discover how LGBTIQA+ celebration and cultural milestones reflect transformation, identity, and creative expression.

Get hands-on with this fabulously fun erotic pottery workshop using air-dry clay!

Experienced students can further develop their own projects with support from an experienced tutor in this 6 week course

Indulge your creative sweet tooth with Vintage Cake

Illustrations, lino prints and screen prints

Join us for two hours of life drawing with artist Irma Calabrese

Studio access for experienced printmakers

Closing event for re/JOY at ADC - Drinks with Artist Vipoo Srivilasa

A relaxed concert experience open to all

Put your classical knowledge to the test at QuizMaestro, a unique event that is part concert, part pub trivia!

Carlton-based artist, Shai De Vletter-Sont, presents ‘A Colourful Life’, exhibition in Sydney, Australia.

Introduction to ceramic slab building

Discover ceramics in this directed 5-week course for beginner students

Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Derek Jarman: Delphinium Days on display at UNSW Galleries

Learn the basics of painting in this fun 2.5-hour Sunday afternoon workshop

Discover the fundamentals of printmaking in this 5-week introductory course

Advance your sewing skills by following a pattern to make your own shorts or pants

Sydney's newest choir is a fun, energetic and friendly group of people. It's easy to get to after work on a Monday.

Dive into watercolours with this compact 5 week course

Featuring ‘90s-‘00s hits, this cabaret-comedy dances you through queer milestones and parodies heteronormative culture.

Join The fabulous Wonder Mama for her 5-star rated drawing workshop

Join Dan as he navigates a hidden world of lust, friendship and unorthodox working relationships.

Celebrate the Year of the Snake and explore themes of transformation with stories from the museum’s collection.

A cosy open mic for poets and writers in a Newtown brewery

A practical online workshop that covers the basics of figuring out the price point for creative work

In celebration of the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras, Waverley Library welcomes you to attend a life drawing class

Dance and drawing come together for this masterclass with artist Irma Calabrese

After a sold out season in Melbourne, this acclaimed murder mystery cabaret takes Sydney Mardi Gras!

A joyous and illuminating adventure about coming to terms with mental illness

Celebrate the 100th anniversary of art deco in this four-part lecture series led by Claudia Chan Shaw.

Dive into Weill & Brecht's Seven Deadly Sins and Mahagonny-Songspiel: powerful works blending opera, theatre and satire

Access your authentic voice in words, make great connections

Spend two hours learning and crafting your very on candle in a Japanese ceramic.

Anonymous millionaire art philanthropist sponsors 1-day art pop-up

Creativity and good company, and delicious pizza, come together for an unforgettable evening

A thought-provoking musical tribute to the influential Lutheran theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

An evening of entertainment from three of Sydney’s finest opera singers - Adam Player, Jonathan Alley & Ruth Strutt

Practical time management strategies specifically designed for creative practitioners and businesses.

A new performance work about the politics of joy, power and gender.

Learn the art of travel sketching. Capture your journeys using water-based pens and watercolor techniques.

Explore movement, feeling and creativity

A stellar line up of queer and queer ally comedians.

World Premiere at KXT on Broadway

Exploring the bond between generations and showcasing the first artistic collaboration between uncle and nephew.

Presented by the Art Gallery of New South Wales with Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras

5,000 years of culture in one night. A beautiful, heavenly experience. This is what you have been waiting for.

This colourful midlife crisis promises to be camp cabaret gold with more than a touch of honesty.

This course from bestselling author Ashley Kalagian Blunt will make 2025 the year you finally write that book.

Many creatives hate the idea of selling, but what if marketing could be more than impersonal hustle?

Join iconic Sydney drag queen, The Fabulous Wonder Mama, for her fabulous neon drawing class!

Living Landscape

A Council curated exhibition of student artworks selected from the 2024 NSW HSC

Tim Freedman is getting his cabaret on at Bondi Pavilion

Bell Shakespeare presents one of the most famous war plays of all time.

Learn how to create your own stunning artworks at Reverse Garbage

Learn the basics of working with clay in this 6-week course

Make you own handcrafted textured jewellery in our 2.5-hour Sunday afternoon beginner workshop

Ever wanted to learn digital art but didn't know where to start? Then this is the course for you!

An online workshop that reframes and explains the business and strategic planning process.

The anthology-style show shares stories of connection, community, health, politics, bodily autonomy, and death.

A quarterly series of meaningful meetups combining networking with skills development for creative practitioners.

Francis Cai & Zinnia Lo – photography & installation

A fun online workshop on personal and professional branding with specific focus on the arts and creative industries

A modern love story

Expand your watercolour experience with a variety of guided exercises.

Make you own handcrafted textured bangle or cuff in our Sunday afternoon beginner workshop

Sacred Earth, Sustainable Futures: First Nations Climate Playhouse - Primary Schools

A workshop for Aboriginal Creatives reimagining marketing tactics focusing on building relationships and strategies.

Be enchanted by the magic of Sydney Town Hall's grand organ, at a free concert in the heart of the city

Creatives, arts organisations and small businesses all need a website, but where to begin?

Soulful singer-songwriter whose smart pop songs delve deep into the heart

Sydney largest Asian-Australian cultural arts festival

Beautiful string quartet concert at the Sydney Opera House

‘Cashflow for Creatives’ is an online workshop exploring practical ways managing the rollercoaster of finances.

Produced by Space Jump Theatre Company

Vienna Philharmonic’s Concertmaster, Yamen Saadi makes his Australian debut with star pianist Simon Tedeschi

An epic story of love, migration and identity unfolding across continents and decades.

A beginners online workshop for artists who are ready to sell their work online, and don’t know where to begin!

Barnardos Australia is excited to announce our annual fundraising art show, the Unbound Art Show.

The metaphysics of disappearance

A stroll through nature & art

Create your own unique domed silver jewellery piece in this fun 2.5-hour introductory jewellery workshop

Surviving and thriving financially as a creative practitioner usually means doing more than one thing to make a living

Annual commemoration service held for school students by school students

Bell Shakespeare’s lively script reading series celebrating rarely read classics

Iconic murals return home to Bondi

This daring and critically acclaimed play is a must-see for anyone who’s ever questioned the path not taken.

Bell Shakespeare's exclusive subscriber event with Professor Liam E. Semler

Comic wunderkind Starr takes us on a literary adventure through the world’s most iconic works of fiction

Bell Shakespeare presents one of Shakespeare's most exhilarating works.

Poetic and electric, Shore Break is a riveting piece of storytelling with a tour de force performance by Chris Pitman.

Drew Gasparini’s jaw-droppingly gorgeous music comes to life in this brand new theatrical song cycle

Immerse yourself in Sydney's tattoo culture at Sydney Town Hall : Top artists, live shows, and endless inspiration!

Don’t miss Bell Shakespeare's illustrious night of collaboration between actor and winemaker

Dance with the Brolgas of Anna-Wili Highfield

A story of Queer love, Pasifika identity and the struggle for family acceptance.

A new queer musical based on real female pirates of the 1700s.

A romantic (un)comedy about finding yourself falling in love, falling apart, and falling back together again.

Bell Shakespeare presents Shakespeare's greatest love story portrayed with elegance and clarity.

Sentimental moods and sweet musical delights

A love story about resilience, community, queerness and how choosing to love and love freely, can be the most important.