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Exhibitions

Saturday 28 February
2026

Group Show

THE HOOLIGANS

White Rabbit Gallery
Friday 19 December – Sunday 17 May

Group Show

Infinite Scroll

4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art
Saturday 27 September – Sunday 26 July

Tina Havelock Stevens

!!

Art Gallery of New South Wales
Saturday 8 November – Sunday 1 March

Kate Mitchell

In the Eye of the Giant

Art Gallery of New South Wales
Monday 17 November – Monday 1 June

Group Show

High Colour

Art Gallery of New South Wales
Saturday 31 May – Sunday 9 August

Group Show

Big Brother Movement

Fairfield City Museum & Gallery
Saturday 9 August – Saturday 21 March

Group Show

RELIC

Fairfield City Museum & Gallery
Saturday 29 November – Saturday 14 March

Columbiere Tipungwuti

Japarra (The Moonman)

Michael Reid Gallery
Thursday 26 February – Saturday 21 March

Yasmin Smith

Elemental Life

Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
Friday 3 October – Monday 8 June

Kate Mitchell

Set States

CHALK HORSE
Saturday 8 November – Sunday 22 March

Mary Tonkin

Among the Trees

S.H. Ervin Gallery
Saturday 3 January – Sunday 1 March

Group Show

Set / Scene

.M Contemporary
Thursday 15 January – Saturday 28 February

Group Show

SEARCHERS: Graffiti and Contemporary Art

National Art School Gallery
Saturday 17 January – Saturday 11 April

Group Show

All the World’s Memories

UNSW Galleries
Friday 13 February – Sunday 3 May

Group Show

Palpable: Works on Paper from the Mosman Art Collection

Mosman Art Gallery
Saturday 21 February – Sunday 22 March

art tart

Pat Larter

Utopia Arts Sydney
Saturday 7 February – Saturday 28 February

Caroline Walls

She Once Was

Olsen Gallery
Wednesday 11 February – Saturday 7 March

Rachelle Lawler

Call Me When We Land

Olsen Gallery
Wednesday 4 February – Saturday 28 February

Catherine Clayton-Smith

Breeding Beauty

Olsen Gallery
Wednesday 4 February – Saturday 28 February

Tisna Sanjaya

Cultural Amnesia

The Cross Arts Projects
Saturday 21 February – Saturday 28 March

Jon Cattapan

The War at Home: Drawings and paintings

Dominik Mersch Gallery
Saturday 28 February – Saturday 21 March

Group Show

Rewilding

Darren Knight Gallery
Saturday 7 February – Saturday 21 March

Ted Hillyer

Ted Hillyer

Robin Gibson Gallery
Saturday 21 February – Saturday 21 March

Group Show

SEARCHERS: Graffiti and Contemporary Art

National Art School Gallery
Saturday 17 January – Saturday 11 April

SEARCHERS: Graffiti and Contemporary Art brings together over thirty of Australia’s most dynamic artists – from underground graffiti writers to celebrated contemporary artists – united by one charged medium: spray paint.

Introduced as a commercial product in the mid-twentieth century, spray paint quickly caught the attention of artists who recognised its unique material potential. By the late 1960s, it had become the defining tool of graffiti writing, a global art movement born from marginalised subcultures. A sprayed mark is rarely neutral: it resonates with rebellion, speed, and urban resistance. It insists, in Norman Mailer’s words, ‘I am, I exist’.

For more than forty years, spray has fuelled acts of visibility and self-assertion. Subversive and expressive, it has given voice to those working outside the institution. Graffiti artists – known as writers – have validated themselves and their communities through vibrant, unapologetic gestures that challenge systems of exclusion while shaping visual culture worldwide.

Curated by artist and National Art School lecturer Fiona Lowry and National Art School Senior Curator and Gallery Manager Katrina Cashman, SEARCHERS traces spray paint’s passage between subculture and fine art – from Sidney Nolan’s late experiments and Howard Arkley’s suburban scenes to the work of graffiti artists such as TAVEN, SPICE and MACH.

Born on the street and reimagined in the gallery, spray remains a material of anonymity, immediacy, and defiance. SEARCHERS explores its restless movement between graffiti and contemporary art, celebrating the transformative power of spray.

Presented as part of Sydney Festival

Location

National Art School Gallery
156 Forbes St, Darlinghurst NSW 2010

Date

Saturday 17 January – Saturday 11 April

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Exhibitions

Saturday 28 February
2026

Group Show

THE HOOLIGANS

White Rabbit Gallery
Friday 19 December – Sunday 17 May

Group Show

Infinite Scroll

4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art
Saturday 27 September – Sunday 26 July

Tina Havelock Stevens

!!

Art Gallery of New South Wales
Saturday 8 November – Sunday 1 March

Kate Mitchell

In the Eye of the Giant

Art Gallery of New South Wales
Monday 17 November – Monday 1 June

Group Show

High Colour

Art Gallery of New South Wales
Saturday 31 May – Sunday 9 August

Group Show

Big Brother Movement

Fairfield City Museum & Gallery
Saturday 9 August – Saturday 21 March

Group Show

RELIC

Fairfield City Museum & Gallery
Saturday 29 November – Saturday 14 March

Columbiere Tipungwuti

Japarra (The Moonman)

Michael Reid Gallery
Thursday 26 February – Saturday 21 March

Yasmin Smith

Elemental Life

Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
Friday 3 October – Monday 8 June

Kate Mitchell

Set States

CHALK HORSE
Saturday 8 November – Sunday 22 March

Mary Tonkin

Among the Trees

S.H. Ervin Gallery
Saturday 3 January – Sunday 1 March

Group Show

Set / Scene

.M Contemporary
Thursday 15 January – Saturday 28 February

Group Show

SEARCHERS: Graffiti and Contemporary Art

National Art School Gallery
Saturday 17 January – Saturday 11 April

Group Show

All the World’s Memories

UNSW Galleries
Friday 13 February – Sunday 3 May

Group Show

Palpable: Works on Paper from the Mosman Art Collection

Mosman Art Gallery
Saturday 21 February – Sunday 22 March

art tart

Pat Larter

Utopia Arts Sydney
Saturday 7 February – Saturday 28 February

Caroline Walls

She Once Was

Olsen Gallery
Wednesday 11 February – Saturday 7 March

Rachelle Lawler

Call Me When We Land

Olsen Gallery
Wednesday 4 February – Saturday 28 February

Catherine Clayton-Smith

Breeding Beauty

Olsen Gallery
Wednesday 4 February – Saturday 28 February

Tisna Sanjaya

Cultural Amnesia

The Cross Arts Projects
Saturday 21 February – Saturday 28 March

Jon Cattapan

The War at Home: Drawings and paintings

Dominik Mersch Gallery
Saturday 28 February – Saturday 21 March

Group Show

Rewilding

Darren Knight Gallery
Saturday 7 February – Saturday 21 March

Ted Hillyer

Ted Hillyer

Robin Gibson Gallery
Saturday 21 February – Saturday 21 March

Group Show

SEARCHERS: Graffiti and Contemporary Art

National Art School Gallery
Saturday 17 January – Saturday 11 April

SEARCHERS: Graffiti and Contemporary Art brings together over thirty of Australia’s most dynamic artists – from underground graffiti writers to celebrated contemporary artists – united by one charged medium: spray paint.

Introduced as a commercial product in the mid-twentieth century, spray paint quickly caught the attention of artists who recognised its unique material potential. By the late 1960s, it had become the defining tool of graffiti writing, a global art movement born from marginalised subcultures. A sprayed mark is rarely neutral: it resonates with rebellion, speed, and urban resistance. It insists, in Norman Mailer’s words, ‘I am, I exist’.

For more than forty years, spray has fuelled acts of visibility and self-assertion. Subversive and expressive, it has given voice to those working outside the institution. Graffiti artists – known as writers – have validated themselves and their communities through vibrant, unapologetic gestures that challenge systems of exclusion while shaping visual culture worldwide.

Curated by artist and National Art School lecturer Fiona Lowry and National Art School Senior Curator and Gallery Manager Katrina Cashman, SEARCHERS traces spray paint’s passage between subculture and fine art – from Sidney Nolan’s late experiments and Howard Arkley’s suburban scenes to the work of graffiti artists such as TAVEN, SPICE and MACH.

Born on the street and reimagined in the gallery, spray remains a material of anonymity, immediacy, and defiance. SEARCHERS explores its restless movement between graffiti and contemporary art, celebrating the transformative power of spray.

Presented as part of Sydney Festival

Location

National Art School Gallery
156 Forbes St, Darlinghurst NSW 2010

Date

Saturday 17 January – Saturday 11 April

Save to Calendar

Google

Website

https://nas.edu.au/searchers/

All exhibition content on this website has been sourced from the exhibiting gallery’s website or provided by other art enthusiasts. We do not own or seek to own any of this material. If you are concerned about any misuse of your content, please let us know here.

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