Fri 13 Dec
Sun 16 Feb
Angela Tiatia. Still from Narcissus

The Water Understands

13 December 2024 - 16 February 2025. This exhibition takes Ralph Waldo Emerson’s poem Water as a starting point to interrogate water as a life-giving element.
Manly Art Gallery & Museum, 1a West Esplanade Manly
Art and Culture, Collective for Environmental Art & Design, Council Events, MAG&M future exhibition
Fri 13 Dec
Sun 16 Feb
Penny Smith, 2007, Great Pacific Gyre Patch

Water: Collection Stories

13 December 2024 – 16 February 2025. In this exhibition, ceramics, paintings, prints and photographs from MAG&M’s varied Collection coalesce to focus our attention on water.
Manly Art Gallery & Museum, 1a West Esplanade Manly
Art and Culture, MAG&M future exhibition
Fri 21 Feb
Sun 6 Apr
Artwork by Jacqueline Pingol Waton

Out Front 2025: HSC Visual Arts

21 February – 6 April 2025. A curated selection of artworks by HSC Visual Arts students from secondary schools across the Northern Beaches
Manly Art Gallery & Museum, 1a West Esplanade Manly
Art and Culture, Council Events, MAG&M future exhibition
Fri 21 Feb
Sun 6 Apr
Artwork by Maggie Hensel-Brown

Residue + Response

21 February – 6 April 2025. Residue + Response: 5th Tamworth Textile Triennial is a celebration of 50 years of the National Textile Collection
Manly Art Gallery & Museum, 1a West Esplanade Manly
Art and Culture, Council Events, MAG&M future exhibition
Fri 11 Apr
Sun 1 Jun
Megan Hales Jackpot 2023

TEN‐FOLD: A Decade of Emerging Art Incubator Artists

11 April 2025 – 1 June 2025. Over the past decade, Art Incubator has supported innovative art practices and assisted in launching the careers of some of Sydney’s top emerging artists.
Manly Art Gallery & Museum, 1a West Esplanade Manly
Art and Culture, MAG&M future exhibition
Fri 6 Jun
Sun 27 Jul
Shan Turner-Carroll, Sun Moon Walk, 2015

Welcome to Wherever You Are

6 June – 27 July 2025. This exhibition foregrounds the work of artists who enfold time and space, positioning us in relationship to an “environment” that is shaped by cultural, spiritual, political, social, and intellectual forces.
Manly Art Gallery & Museum, 1a West Esplanade Manly
Art and Culture, MAG&M future exhibition
Fri 1 Aug
Sun 14 Sep
Artwork by Donna Davis & Luke Lickfold

2025 Environmental Art & Design Prize

1 Aug - 14 Sept 2025. The annual Environmental Art & Design Prize showcases innovative and thought-provoking works that explore the theme of the environment.
Manly Art Gallery & Museum, 1a West Esplanade Manly
Art and Culture, Collective for Environmental Art & Design, Council Events, MAG&M future exhibition
Fri 19 Sep
Sun 30 Nov
Patrizia Biondi, Political Chaos (detail)

Beyond the Box

19 September 2025 – 30 November 2025. Corrugated cardboard, as an art-making material, only began appearing around the time of Pablo Picasso’s influential sculpture Still Life with Guitar (1913).
Manly Art Gallery & Museum, 1a West Esplanade Manly
Art and Culture, Collective for Environmental Art & Design, MAG&M future exhibition