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Tasmanian art galleries and their OCTOBER 2026 exhibition schedules are listed below, grouped by region. For listings in other Australian states please use the What’s On menu above.
Hobart, Sullivans Cove, Battery Point
Art Mob
29 Hunter Street, Hobart 7000.
Bett Gallery
Level 1, 65 Murray Street, Hobart 7000.
Colville Gallery
30 Collins Street, Hobart 7000.
Contemporary Art Tasmania
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27 Tasma Street, North Hobart 7000.
(03) 6231-0445.
info@contemporaryart.org.au
Wed–Sat 12.00 to 5.00. Closed Mon–Tues.
Oct 3 to 31 Summoning a Portal – an exhibition and series of events that imagines contemporary art as a tool to (re/de) build worlds.
Despard Gallery
Level 1, 15 Castray Esplanade, Hobart 7000.
Handmark Gallery
Unique Tasmanian Art & Design
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77 Salamanca Place, Hobart 7000.
Maritime Museum Tasmania
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16 Argyle Street, Hobart 7000.
Penny Contemporary
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187 Liverpool Street, Hobart 7000.
(03) 6231-5655.
info@pennycontemporary.com.au
Weds–Fri 11.00 to 4.00, Sat 10.00 to 1.00, or by appointment.
Oct 16 to Nov 9 (opening Fri Oct 16, 5pm) Gotta go forwards to go back by Rona Green. An exhibition of hand-coloured linocuts and small sculpture.
Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania
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37 Hunter Street, Hobart 7000.
Salamanca Arts Centre
65–77 Salamanca Place, Hobart 7000.
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
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Dunn Place, Hobart 7000.
Greater Hobart
Cygnet Gallery
9a Mary Street, Cygnet 7112.
Glenorchy Art and Sculpture Park (GASP)
Elwick Bay Foreshore, Brooker Highway, Glenorchy 7010.
Mona, Museum of Old and New Art
655 Main Road, Berriedale, Hobart 7011.
Launceston, North East
Design Tasmania
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Cnr Brisbane and Tamar streets, Launceston 7250.
Jim Mooney Gallery
84–86 Macquarie Street, George Town 7253.
Madeline Gordon Gallery
57 George Street, Launceston 7250.
Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery
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Museum at 2 Invermay Road, Launceston 7250.
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Art Gallery at 2 Wellington Street, Launceston 7250.
(03) 6323-3777.
Daily 10.00 to 4.00.
To Nov 22 Spiders of Paradise by Maria Fernanda Cardoso – presenting new works from Cardoso’s ‘Spiders of Paradise’ photographic series, alongside her acclaimed video work On the Origins of Art I-II, 2016.
Maria Fernanda Cardoso, Spiders of Paradise: Maratus karrie, 2024, pigment print on paper, framed / © the artist / Courtesy the artist and Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney
To Jan 11, 2027 Out of the Vault – this collection exhibition provides a unique opportunity to bring unexpected objects, hidden favourites, and overlooked curiosities back into public view.
To Apr 4, 2027 LOVING: Photographs of Men in Love 1850s–1950s. A unique portrait exhibition based on the archive collection and book of the same name. Researched and curated by Hugh Nini and Neal Treadwell.
Photomaton, United States, no date, 3.2 × 2.7cm / © Loving by 5 Continents Editions / Courtesy the Nini-Treadwell collection
Sawtooth ARI
58 Lindsay Street, Invermay 7248.
Watch House Gallery
84–86 Macquarie Street, George Town 7253.
North West Coast
Burnie Regional Art Gallery
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77–79 Wilmot Street, Burnie 7320.
Devonport Regional Gallery
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paranaple arts centre – Market Square, 145 Rooke Street, Devonport 7310.
(03) 6420-2900.
artgallery@devonport.tas.gov.au
Free entry.
Mon–Fri 9.00 to 5.00, Sat and public holidays 9.00 to 2.00. Closed Sun.
There are three galleries on-site, plus additional exhibition spaces.