Art & Design

Whether you’re up for the weekend or leaning into an extended stay, here are seven local makers and creators to check out next…

From cocktail shaking to perfume making, these Sydney workshops guarantee learning and creativity.

Just shy of a year ago, Melbourne's RISING took the city by a cross-cultural storm with around two weeks of electric events,…

We’ve teamed up with IKEA to bring you easy and affordable ways to transform the look and feel of your kitchen and dining…

Running since 1921, the Archibald Prize exhibition displays portraits of exceptional Aussies by Australian artists. Here are the…

Flexing your creative muscles is a surefire way to get out of your comfort zone—and have fun while doing it. Creativity looks…

Experience HOTA's world-exclusive exhibition, Pop Masters: Art from Mugrabi Collection, New York in a whole new light on two…

If you're in need of a little creative inspiration, or the weather is too cold, too hot or too wet—Sydney has a broad…

If you’re keen to make your own teapots, platters, bowls and ceramic keep cups then you’ll want to pay attention.

The smash-hit immersive exhibition is coming back to Sydney.

From food and fashion to beauty and beats, here's the design inpso you need to help you make space for the things that matter most.

We’re a tiny bit (read: a lot) obsessed with the work of Tom Gould. Born in Aotearoa and based in New York, the…

This month, Sydney’s Western Harbour will become home to a brand spanking new open-air arts trail, Waterfront Whale Tales. 

Bring your wildest interior design fantasies to life at the mammoth IKEA Festival.

Find your new favourite artwork at Revealed, an online art market housing original, ethical artworks from more than 29 regional…

Welcome to 30 Faces, a celebration of 30 individuals changing the world by 2030. A destination to unearth how they got here, what fuels…

We sat down with Western Sydney artist Bianca Beers to chat about growing up in a Paris Hilton-inspired style era (we’re talking…

“Eclectic, colourful and over-accessorised” is how Sydney creator and digital artist Tara Chandra describes her…

We’re shining the spotlight on climate activists, First Nations rights advocates, eco innovators, sustainable fashion designers,…

Fact: The perfect evening is one filled with friends, wine and blissful sunsets. Sydney and Melbourne locals, you’re in luck; a new…

Skincare is getting a sustainable glow up. There’s new energy bubbling in 2022 with customers making conscious choices and brands who…

The immersive pop-up has everything from an outdoor art exhibition with a gigantic inflatable Hello Kitty to food specials like a…

Summer has arrived and brought with it an abundance of sunshine, good times and sweet memories. We’re back to those iconic moments of…

Here at Urban List, we often talk about how your fashion thirst shouldn’t cost the earth—and the same goes for your home. …

As we edge our way closer to the final chapters of 2021, a year dominated by snap lockdowns and subsequent digital connectivity, we sat down…

From growing burgers in labs to paying for our groceries with cryptocurrency, technology continues to push its way into new realms of our…

Opening today and running until June, UTS Gallery is presenting a survey exhibition of works from celebrated Gunditjmara artist Hayley…

Spruce up your digs, thanks to The Revealed Market, a digital art emporium housing original, ethical artworks from more than 25…

The coastal cool artworks by Mitch Revs are, in a word, gorgeous. Best known for his kaleidoscopic, cartoon-style depicting surfers doing…

Running in conjunction with IWD and Art Month, the exhibition displays the works of Indigenous Australian women from across the country.

We sat down with stylist Steve Cordony to chat all things interior design, how he feels about Gigi Hadid’s chaotic pasta cabinets,…

We sat down with Bondi photographer Rob Mulally to get his top phone photography tips and celebrating the launch of the new Samsung…

Your go-to guide to what’s on the rise, and on the slide in culture right now. 

Sydney Contemporary has been working hard on a digital edition. Revealed today, “Sydney Contemporary Presents 2020” is the…

Last week, Holly Ryan polished off the slick brass signage for her new Sydney HQ in leafy Surry Hills. True to form for the artist, the…

It’s been dubbed the world’s most Instagrammable exhibition—selling out stints in Los Angeles, Chicago, Toronto, Boston,…

Sydney has been gifted with a huge new mural of legendary AFL player and all-around awesome human, Adam Goodes.

As one of Sydney’s biggest hot-spots for all things clay-related, Clay Sydney is now a mecca of workshops, both in-studio and…

Carriageworks, Sydney’s sprawling industrial-style arts precinct, last night announced it will go into voluntary administration. 

Within the layers of Holly Ryan’s eponymous jewellery label is fashion and art—but also a strong sense of respect for the planet…

One of the many ways we’re surviving and thriving in the depths of self-isolation is with a little retail therapy to support Aussie…

From vegan leather accessories to delicious crepes for homelessness, we round up the best of this year's ING Dreamstarters. 

Clay Sydney has decided to continue all of their epic ceramics classes and courses—but instead of hosting them on-site as per usual,…

Crockd is all about getting out of your head and into your hands. It’s a DIY pottery kit that can be delivered right to your front…

To inspire you to live an eco-conscious life, we’re bringing you a slew of bite-size tips to reduce your eco-footprint at home. 

There’s no shortage of exhibitions and creative workshops happening around Melbourne. But this month, Can’t Do…

Can’t Do Tomorrow is making things easy for us this month when it comes to keeping you up to speed on what’s cool, new and…

Forget about cherry-picking your gigs this month, because Melbourne’s hottest new festival—Can’t Do Tomorrow—is…

You’ve probably already heard about Can’t Do Tomorrow, Melbourne’s new underground festival. And if you…

Melbourne’s most anticipated underground festival—Can't Do Tomorrow—is kicking off next week and you won’t want…

We're just days away from street art festival Can't Do Tomorrow kicking off at The Facility in Kensington. And with the…

For the second year running, we’re unpacking Chinese New Year with the next-gen living in Sydney—a new band of creatives whose…

In December we announced that a new street art festival would be hitting Melbourne in 2020, and now, just over a month later…

We give you a taste of all the arty sights, shows and exhibitions you should be seeing this month.

Melbourne is home to some of the finest street art produced in Australia. So, what better place to launch a celebration of art and culture…

There’s no denying Aussies are downright obsessed with Scandi culture—and rightly so. 

We’ll be honest, they had us at rooftop market.

Whether you’re shopping for yourself or someone else, let this be your guide to a more sustainable Christmas.

They’re here just in time for Christmas and completely free.

Headed by animation legend Hayao Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli has created renowned works inspired by the traditions of folklore and fantasy in…

We caught up with the art superstar at the opening of Japan Supernatural, and the big reveal of his explosive new artwork for the Art…

And this time, it’s adding a laneway party into the mix.

And it’s packed to the rafters with 130 emerging and independent artists.

This week, 96 artists from more than 25 countries were announced as part of the 22nd Biennale of Sydney, which is set to take over…

Here's what to expect at Sydney Contemporary art fair this year. Grab a ticket a set aside your brunch plans, because there’s…

It’s your last chance to see these artefacts outside of Egypt.

We’ve curated the best design events to add to your weekend hit list, but be sure to mark them in your iCal as they’re certainly…

Full of laser projectors, Asian club music and kick drums.

Firstdraft gallery's iconic art auction is entering its tenth year. Grab $5 raffle tickets to win a mystery artwork.

A one-of-a-kind-exhibition.

Artist slash skater boy Shaun Gladwell has revealed a major survey exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, featuring his most famous…

Hosted at the Marrickville Bowlo, Hiccup Sustainable Art Party will feature climate change-inspired installations from 11 artists and a…

From an exploration on the sensitivities and complexities of love in a former cop station to the 50th anniversary of the moon landing,…

Picture yourself in the middle of a 100-square metre field of continuous rainfall, except whenever you move, the droplets avoid you like…

From 1-30 June, revered Australian contemporary artist, Elliott Routledge—aka FUNSKULL—will take over The Galeries…

It’s the first portrait of a Chinese Australian to win the major art prize.

Hands down, these are the most extra outfits from the Met Gala 2019 red carpet. 

Creator of covetable minimalist jewellery, Holly Ryan, is hosting her first ever pop-up in Sydney. 

A huge survey of infamous French-American artist Marcel Duchamp's work has arrived in Sydney. In the exhibition, called The…

 The Houses Awards champion the country’s most jaw-droppingly beautiful architecturally designed digs. Peep a few of the Sydney…

Whether you'd define yourself as a space-geek or not, call it wild fascination or complete lunacy, we've all dreamed of flying…

The massive exhibition that ties together three major galleries and 70 of our coolest artists, is on right now. 

Famed Sydney tattoo artist, Lauren Winzer is taking over a cocktail bar in the QT Hotel for Sydney’s first ever Gilty Ink party.

Prolific Sydney artist Jason Phu talks to us about poetry, inspiration, the emerging arts precinct in Kings Cross and what it's like to…

Vivid is entering a new decade with a seriously punchy line-up for 2019.

Keep Sydney Open believe Sydney’s best days are ahead of us, and you should too.

Record Affair is happening at The Lansdowne. 

Featuring the likes of Yasmin Suteja, Daniela Federici and Elise Hassey, Agender is a powerful display of female talent in…

Heads up team, this is your culture bucket list the next time you’re in town for tea with the queen.

COMA Gallery's first show in it's new Darlinghurst space features six artists and a set of intriguing, thoughtful…

Have you ever wanted to jump into The Little Mermaid and witness the underwater world full of magic for yourself? Well, now you can stop…

It’s time to get drenched in glitter and paint Sydney in big bold stripes of red, orange, yellow, green, blue and indigo.

Sydney’s creative collective showed up in the tens of thousands on a rainy Thursday night in February to voice their support of a…

We talk to multi-disciplinary and sustainable Sydney artist Jeff McCann about cash flow, creativity and career highlights. 

Photographer George Byrne says he owes LA a lot; the city’s chalky urban sprawl is the inspiration for most of his work to date. We…

Escape the summer heatwave and ease back into the swing of the year with a few art shows to get you thinking and get you 'gramming.

In what will be one of the biggest Supreme auctions to date, Fuller is selling his collection of Supreme decks – did we mention…

Your guide to the best big blockbuster art shows and experiences due to hit Sydney this year. 

In a heavily digital world, we're increasingly looking to physical outlets to help us blow off steam. And one trend that's been on…

The first 100 visitors get a free vegan Christmas hamper, so—hurry on down. 

See some art, let your hair down and get some Christmas shopping done too. This is what your December dreams are made of. 

Colour for days and an epic 16-metre long, five-tonne crystal chandelier. Oh, and a bit of Salvador Dali too. 

It’s common knowledge that Japan is the coolest place on the earth—think robot restaurants, cherry blossoms, Harajuku and the…

Giant trampolines, drumkits in supermarkets, and a Persian, Ethiopian and Afghan feast. Take an art excursion out to Blacktown for RIGHT…

Sydney painter Jamie Preisz's latest exhibition features hands obscured by streams of brightly coloured paint. 

Including one of our annual faves—the Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year exhibition. 

While I could say this collab is ‘highly anticipated’ or ‘the best of the year’, frankly I’d be lying. Why?…

Performance art is weird and wonderful and TBH we’re here for it. 

Prepare your eyes and your Instagram feed. 

Sorry, mum. 

Sculptures in a cemetery, pup paintings, and Sydney's gigantic art fair. 

Think opera is super stuffy and boring? Think again, guys.