Things to do in Sydney on New Year’s Day 2025

Watsons Bay Boutique Hotel in Sydney with the pier in the foreground.

Wondering what to do on New Years Day in Sydney? Not only are there several New Year’s Day events to get across but Sydney’s biggest attractions are also popping open to help you start 2025 right. It is, after all, the busiest season in Sydney for both locals and tourists so you’ve got plenty to … Read more

Sublime ocean photography on show at Australian Maritime Museum

Ocean photographer of the year winner

A critically endangered Cuban crocodile mouths the Shane Gross’s camera dome in Cuba, the detail on its teeth intensified by the glassy water. Over in the narrow watery stretch of Indonesia’s Lembeh Strait, photographer Ipah Uid Lynn catches an incredible, and slightly terrifying, portrait of a skeletal shrimp dancing with its prey. The beauty of … Read more

COMO to open new gallery space in Marrickville

COMA's new Marickville space

A new art gallery is coming to Marickville โ€“ the team at COMA will launch the new warehouse art venue on January 31, 2025 with a solo exhibition of new works by New Mexico-based Australian artist, Justin Williams. The space is inspired by the major warehouse-style galleries of Los Angeles. The 490-square-metre space is located … Read more

2025 Sydney Festival ticketing computer crashes as demand soars – here is all you need to know

Dark Noon Sydney Festival

It was billed as a way to give festival goers a cost-of-living break to ensure they didn’t make the January event part of their budget cuts. So when tickets for the 2025 Sydney Festival went on sale, some were priced at $49 until December 2, 2024. But organisers needn’t have worried. So many fans hit … Read more

Why Sculpture by the Sea will be different this year

Sculpture by the Sea has kicked off for another year

The 26th annual Sculpture by the Sea launched over the weekend, transforming the famous 2km coastal walk from Bondi to Tamarama with 100 visually engaging sculptures from artists across 16 countries. Around 450,000 people are expected to attend across the art trail’s 18-day run before it wraps up another year on November 4. And with … Read more

Get tickets to see the incredible Magritte exhibition now (because the lines will be surreal)

Golconda (French: Golconde) is an oil painting on canvas by Belgian surrealist Renรฉ Magritte

Art Gallery of New South Wales opens their exclusive Magritte exhibition this month. Donโ€™t miss the 2-for-1 ticket offer every Wednesday from 5โ€“10pm for an after-dark dose of mind-bending art. Renรฉ Magritte has landed at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in an exhibition thatโ€™s got everyone from art-dads to gallery newbies feeling delightfully … Read more

Sculpture by the Sea: Everything you need to know about Sydney’s art trail

An image from Sculpture by the Sea 2023

The annual Sculpture by the Sea is coming back to sandwich over 100 sculptures between Bondi and Tamarama from mid-October to early November. Details for one of the world’s most beautiful art walks have been announced ahead of the 18-day run, which should see over 450,000 visitors head to the iconic Bondi to Tamarama coastal … Read more

Indian creatives are taking over Sydney this month

Indian artists at Sculpture by the Sea

Two of Sydney’s major events for October, SXSW and Sculpture by the Sea, have both announced sizeable showcases for India’s creative scene. Indian musicians and artists are front and centre at Sydney’s lifestyle events this month. While SXSW Sydney has curated a dedicated (and free) one-day showcase with more than seven Indian musicians, the long-running … Read more

Romance Was Born is hosting an art prom and you’re invited

Romance Was Born x MCA

Visionary designers Anna Plunkett and Luke Sales bring their fashion storytelling to life, turning the MCAโ€™s Foundation Hall and Level 1 Galleries into a dreamscape of love, music, and art. The duo behind Romance Was Bornโ€”known for their blend of fashion and artโ€”are celebrating love in all its forms at the Museum of Contemporary Art … Read more