Arts

solo exhibition

An exhibition exploring the darker side of myth in the modern world

Household names, comedy cult favourites, and the best new talent

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

Teens drawing workshop: Mythical Creatures in Pastels

A rare opportunity to view precious objects collected over 200 years.

Exhibiting now in the You're Okay front window at the City of Sydney Creative Studios.

4A's 30th Anniversary Exhibition

An exhibition by one of Australia's greatest realist painters

A four-day intensive workshop to build watercolour skills for botanical painting on paper

Emerge from everyday life and their encounters with the landscape surrounding their Blackheath studio.

Tell your story through art and meet new people

Explore the world of fantasy and horror creature design in this anime and manga drawing workshop led by Mattew Lin

Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery is delighted to present an exhibition by Paris-based collective, A Constructed World.

2-for-1 entry to Bloodsuckers, plus workshops, family films, after-hours fun and hands-on science at AM.

Exhibiting now in the 'you're okay' foyer at City of Sydney Creative Studios is 'Gleaning for Plastics' by Rox de Luca

Moogahlin Performing Arts, in association with Carriageworks, presents a powerful premiere season. July 15-18

World premiere of a new Australian play

Reconnect with your creativity, boost confidence and make your life more spontaneous

Jack Ball’s latest solo exhibition, MYSTERY SOLVED, is now open at Passage and on view 24/7 until 17 July 2026.

Grand Illusions, Mind Reading & Card Magic! "He's awesome! I love him!" - David Blaine - Magic Show Sydney

Learn magic, confidence and performance skills at Jackson Aces’ 3-Day Sydney School Holiday Magic Camp.

A luminous body of paintings shaped by repetition and the subtle interplay of colour, tone, and texture.

Kids invent characters and draw their own comic book with visual artist Kieran Clancy-Lowe. Ages 8-12.

A dynamic display that illuminates histories, trajectories and highlights of the MCA’s Collection.

A rare glimpse behind the lens of one of Australia’s most important photographers.

Life drawing with professional models and a unique creative atmosphere

Learn the most popular latin dance in the world! Meet new people, make new friends and learn how to dance Salsa

Step inside a world-first immersive journey through Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel masterpieces.

Teens Drawing Workshop

Step into the whimsical world of beloved author and illustrator Pamela Allen.

More than 300 original artworks of landscape and portrait paintings on permanent display at the State Library of NSW.

Art meets quantum science.

Travel back in time to early medieval Scotland and discover unique and mysterious Viking-age treasures.

Step into the powerful story of Tự do (Freedom), the boat that carried Vietnamese refugees to Australia in 1977.

Celebrating 40 years of Waverley Art Prize

This course from bestselling author Ashley Kalagian Blunt will make 2026 the year you finally write that book.

Step into art at the MCA on Wednesday 15 July 2026 as part of Telstra Free Day.

Immerse yourself in light, colour & sound this winter.

Spark your child's imagination

Clay Hand Building Class for Kids and their parents too

Artist and wharfie Sam Wallman’s provides a fresh, first-hand take on contemporary dock life.

Learn to throw clay on a pottery wheel

Get a head start in the competitive world of screen acting.

The largest major exhibition of one of the most fearless and influential voices in Australian contemporary art.

Sydney’s iconic French festival returns from 16–19 July 2026, offering four unforgettable days of food, wine, and art.

Admire the beauty and history of Sydney Harbour through the lens of the Gadigal people

Discover the joy of singing

Immerse yourself in the intricate botanical artworks of artist Anna Voytsekhovich

Bachata is a popular Latin dance focusing on smooth footwork, body movement, and strong partner connection worldwide.

Caring for Country

Join our weekly crochet & knitting circle. Stitch, sip coffee, connect.

A curator-led exhibition tour of Primavera 2026: Young Australian Artists

Join us at The Final Ritual of C.U.L.T' a celebration of UTS Library's 2025 Creative in Resident, artist Deborah Kelly.

Learn how to draw characters inspired by the world of One Piece in this anime and manga workshop led by Matthew Lin

Sketch in the galleries after hours.

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

An international cirque-cabaret from the creators of Blanc de Blanc

Kids Painting & Fabric Workshop

Design and sew your own one of a kind softie

Think you know your way around the MCU?

Teens Clothes Customisation

Teens Zine-making Workshop

With Art of the Score & the Sydney Symphony

Champion members exclusive tour of the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 2026

Treasure Hunt: Unearthing and Documenting Treasures

An exploration of the intimate and domestic

Learn the fundamentals of portraiture painting.

Learn to paint using acrylics

Welcome to Art Café, where creativity is always on the menu

Come work on your stitching skills in a relaxed, social environment!

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

Body positive, inclusive and utterly uncompetitive, Gladdy Drawing Club combines life drawing and performance.

An unscripted, comedic 4-week soap opera set in the sleepy village of Algernon, UK, on the cusp of the 1800s.

Join a buggy tour around Australia's oldest botanic garden and a 30-hectare paradise adjoining Sydney Harbour

Six filmmakers race across 10 countries in 100 days, crafting bold films – only one will rise above the rest.

House teams improvise an hour-long comedy show 'Big House' based off your suggestions.

Starting at Customs House, you will discover some of Sydney’s CBD architectural masterpieces with a trained AAA guide

Enjoy in a series of open art sessions with your neighbours

This workshop introduces participants to ‘Time Design’, a creative methodology developed by Emele Ugavule.

A group exhibition featuring three artists

Sink your teeth into this cinematic celebration of vampires - from family favourites to cult classics.

Based on your suggestions, the LGBTQ+ icons of history come alive in an unscripted comedy show!

Get warm dyeing your own winter scarf with plants from the garden.

An online gathering to read poetry for enchantment

Let it go at Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace

Explore your voice on the page in this fortnightly creative writing workshop. No experience required.

Learn techniques in watercolour, pen and pencil to capture the sights and experiences of your adventures

14 artist-led projects, from foghorn orchestras and oyster shucking to printmaking, dance and hands-on workshops

Discover ceramics in this 8-week courses for beginner students

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

All levels and abilities welcome. Explore your medium. Develop your style.

A cut and paste session for collage artists, the collage curious, or a great idea for a relaxed, low-key date night.

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

Learn this empowering style focused on confidence, posture, strong lines and fluid movement in heels.

Free weekly music production sessions for young people (15-26). Professional studio, mentorship & safe creative space.

Let us ignite and nurture your passion for writing

Visual artist Matteo Bernasconi shares his extensive knowledge of painting

Join us every Monday for an inspiring Poetry Open Mic night! Read your original poetry and sell your work here

Get creative with developing and critiquing sketches, pulling them apart and writing your own!

In this workshop children will learn about epic cycles and myth-telling and will compare ancient Greek epics with songs.

A father’s curse, a daughter’s fate. As innocence is shattered, revenge becomes the only prayer.

This welcoming group explores a wide range of art forms together, from drawing and painting to mixed media and beyond.

A cut and paste session for collage artists, the collage curious, or a great idea for a relaxed, low-key date night.

No obligation free introductory class to tango No partner or dance experience required

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

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

Get creative at this super casual art group – just good company, creativity and a cuppa.

Your child will learn the fundamentals of ballet technique in a fun, relaxed atmosphere where learning best takes place

Join us at Create and Make Workshop for our creative art and crafting workshops

A great way for your dancer to develop their movement skills and have fun dancing

Hans Christian Andersen has a very, very, very dark secret. McDonagh's twisted masterpiece.

Chamber music meets the art of storytelling

Join us for a special event celebrating plants and opera, featuring a guided Garden tour and a live performance.

Caring for Country

Learn to work with oil paints with us

A cosy open mic for poets and writers in a brewery

Intimate recital/talk series in the historic Friends Room of the State Library of NSW

A cut and paste session for collage artists and the collage curious.

Encouraging early art and fostering creativity, one craft at a time.

Mary Benvenuto | Lei Feng | Fergus Berney-Gibson | India Jablonski | Fiona Verity | Daniel He Wang

A night of non-stop laughs in support of a truly worthy cause!

Learn the skills to create vibrant watercolour paintings

Broadcaster and teacher Mary Sharp on what stories tell us about how we view our lives

Australian Women Artists Group Exhibition

a retrospective

Three improvised comedy sets. Two performers at a time. One big twist.

A wearable exhibition

Discover the art of transforming simple shapes into beautiful silver jewellery

Join artist Hany Armanious and MCA Senior Curator Jane Devery for an in-gallery discussion about the exhibition.

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

Be transported into an overgrown dreamscape where art objects become the garden’s flowers.

Annual Flash Mob Dance Tribute to Kate Bush

Learn to sketch urban street scenes!

Build skill, confidence and presence with The Actors Co.

What's better than spending your Sunday afternoon life drawing?

Unleash your creativity! Explore clay, carving, casting, and more as you bring your ideas to life

Carve. Slow Down Embrace the imperfect.

Youth Culture & Arts Exchange

Upskill your calligraphy

Dive into watercolours with this compact 6 week course

Explore art, express yourself and connect.

A Wednesday lunchtime escape concert of delightful music at St James

A one-night celebration of Latin American and Latin-Australian art, featuring 18 artists.

Emily's process-based practice explores stain as both material and metaphor

Abstract art exhibition showing works in acrylics of Hilary Hatfield, a Sydney artist.

A funny, fast-paced cross-examination of moral dilemmas, family dynamics, and the true cost of success.

A lineage of rhythm, labour, and resilience.

Join calligraphy instructor Xueyi Bai to progress your skills through these on going workshops.

Margaret Olley: Australian Intimiste celebrates the legacy and significant achievements of Margaret Olley AC

A Funny, Fast-paced cross-examination of moral dilemmas, family dynamics, and the true cost of success

Learn how to capture the energy of street scenes and our urban environment with us

New play inspired by the First Lady of the Philippines

Learn the mindful Japanese art of golden ceramic mending in this one-day workshop!

Craft your own candle creations!

50+ local makers in Sydney's Inner West – shopping, live music, kids activities, pets welcome

A series of spectacular Organ Recitals on the St James Dobson Organ

Unlock your imagintion, reflection, connection, way beyond journalling

Haydn, Richter, Mysliveček & Beethoven

A celebration of Jewish culture and the stories that shape us

Sex. Death. Life. And bodies... an outrageously black comic look at grief and love.

The landscape of Australian native flora and fauna by Mary T Nguyen.

A collection of original photographs and collages made predominately from original photographs.

A book club that celebrates great Australian writing, lively conversation and the joy of reading together.

Many jobs, one calling

A pop up exhibition/shop showcasing award-winning bird photographer Angela Robertson-Buchanan

Music to make you come alive

They will say a story ended, those who cannot understand, no-one’s story ends forever, our Dreaming is forever.

Learn the mindful art of crochet in this 4-week hands-on course!

Exhibition by Suzie Rix and Judy Denby

Based on your suggestions, your fears come to life in this improvised comedy!

“The Citizen Kane of Bad Movies” – Entertainment Weekly

Join Art Club at Empower Create Thrive for hands-on fun, creativity, and good friends!

Actors perform a rehearsed theatre scene with an unrehearsed improviser making up their dialogue!

Join us for a fun and relaxed walking tour through Sydney’s hidden laneways.

Cark It Café: Queer, creative & death-positive — let’s plan our endings with flair, not fear

An opening night for the exhibition of new paintings by Lisa McKimmie

Discover ceramics in this directed 4-week course for beginner students

Unleash your creativity in our fun and social portrait drawing workshop for beginners.

A journey through ambient textures, driving grooves and adventurous improvisation from two distinctive creative voices

Because in the corporate circus, everyone is performing something.

Being a parent is a full-time gig - and sometimes you just need a moment to breathe, to connect, and to create.

For analytical minds ready to think with greater flexibly. Solve problems creatively under pressure using applied improv

Discover some of the best new works publishing this season, featuring readings from established and emerging writers.

Australia's finest classical musicians from home and around the world return in August

Painting and sculpture by Pollyxenia Joannou and Nuha Saad

A star-studded tribute to the voice that stopped the world — celebrating the 100th birthday of Joan Sutherland

Six teens. One accident. A darkly hilarious musical about what makes life worth living.

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

Create a small finished soapstone sculpture in this one day workshop.

Classical lyricism meets spectral electro-acoustics

Unplug and rediscover the art of seeing in this 2.5-hour workshop.

Romeo and Juliet meets Happy Feet — the true story of Sydney’s iconic gay penguin couple.

A witty, intimate dive into modern dating, with a twist.

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

Hear from three members of our prestigious Artist in Residence program about their creative responses to the Library.

In-person workshop about crafting confessional poems with poet and agony aunt Hera Lindsay Bird.

Poetry’s night of nights

The Cult of Gloriana: Art, Music and Politics at the Court of the Virgin Queen

Boy meets fish. Fish eats boy.

Showstopping vocalist and musician Michael Paynter's 'Great Australian Songbook Tour

Celebrating the best of the next generation of artists

Create a beautiful still life botanical painting using acrylics in a relaxed 2.5-hour Sunday morning workshop

Develop your skill and technique

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

Australasia's premier art fair

Featuring iconic hits from the 1960s and inspired by the energy of the Swinging Sixties

Learn how to create your own stunning artworks at Reverse Garbage

At the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall

Bell Shakespeare’s lively script reading series celebrating rarely read classics continues in 2026.

Award-winning solo theatre exploring the neurodivergent mind through colour, movement and spoken word.

Curator-led tour of Tony Albert: Not a Souvenir, MCA's major winter exhibition

Playwright Eloise Snape delivers a whirlwind of laughs and truth bombs in this no-fluff office satire.

Sometimes the best place to find yourself…is up your a**. It’s time to finally feel w(hole) again.

California Legends performed by Wild Things Run – live!

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

Discover the rhythm of West Coast Swing this September!

The Great Age of the Shogun: Art and Culture in Edo Period Japan

Join Pamela on a Sunday morning adventure to paint watercolor animal portraits

Queens, kings, love, betrayal and power come alive in a thrilling afternoon of opera and music theatre

Immerse yourself in the world of still life painting over two inspiring days.

Learn various techniques to utilize the variable states of wax as a medium

THE 60 FOUR are turning back the clock with a brand new show that feels straight out of Las Vegas.

Attention artists and art lovers: the annual Glebe Art Show is back in October 2025!

Alexander Gavrylyuk and Richard Tognetti perform an electrifying evening of Szymanowski, Prokofiev and Brahms.

Popular Playhouse returns to Flight Path Theatre with another hilarious Bible spoof!

The relentless cycle of training, cyphers and battles in a breaker’s search for identity.

Free entry. Rare books, maps, prints & ephemera for sale. The Glasshouse, State Library NSW. 22–24 October 2026.

Experience the unforgettable jazz-meets-rock pianist Tigran Hamasyan, with his new work, Manifeste.

SIMA Sydney International Women's Jazz Festival presents the captivating surrealist beat poet direct from New York.

Explore the mindful craft and learn best practices

A relaxed music/talk series at the State Library of NSW

Lee Miller's son Antony Penrose presents: Hand Grenades Like Cartier Clips: Lee Miller’s Life and Work in Fashion

An ambitious all-Haydn all-period instruments program

An exhibition of landscape paintings with glimpses of birds and animals by artist Geoffrey Adams.

A gothic horror – an intimate unravelling of womanhood, control, and the violence disguised as love.

A man wakes in the woods with no memory. A genre-smashing horror meets Arthurian fairytale.

Experience a stunning explosion of colour, fun and music, in Justin Peck’s Copland dance episodes.

An exhibition of works by our 2026 Master of Fine Art (MFA) and Doctor of Fine Art (DFA) graduate students.

Experience an unforgettable evening with legendary cellist Mischa Maisky, joined by his daughter, pianist Lily Maisky.

Shakespeare’s most haunting thriller follows the story of Macbeth, a Scottish general, famed for his exploits.

Three sisters. One funeral. Grief, laughter, and the strange tides of memory.

An exhibition of ink painting by Biao Zhu