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Arts, Culture and Music

If art, culture and music is your vibe, there is sure to be an event for you to immerse yourself in on the Northern Beaches.

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Tamara Dean, Follow me, 2022, from the series High jinks in the hydrangeas, pigment ink-jet print. Image courtesy Michael Reid Sydney + Berlin

Tamara Dean: Leave only footprints

This is the first survey exhibition of the critically acclaimed photomedia artist Tamara Dean. Dean’s career began as a photojournalist for the Sydney Morning Herald…

Date
12th June 2026 10:00am — 2nd August 2026 5:00pm
Address
Manly Art Gallery & Museum, West Esplanade, Manly NSW, Australia
Telephone
9976 1421
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Music at MAG&M: Midwinter with Pastance

Music at MAG&M: Midwinter with Pastance

Celebrate midwinter with Pastance. Experience medieval and early music through a contemporary lens. Celebrate the season with Pastance as they reinterpret medieval and early music…

Date
21st June 2026 4:00pm — 6:00pm
Address
Manly Art Gallery & Museum, West Esplanade, Manly NSW, Australia
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Fan Dongwang, Nine Gum Trees, 2025, acrylic and water colour on canvas paper

2026 Environmental Art & Design Prize

The Northern Beaches Environmental Art & Design Prize is one of Australia’s leading competitions for both art and design with an environmental focus. Every year, artists and…

Date
7th August 2026 10:00am — 20th September 2026 5:00pm
Address
Manly Art Gallery & Museum, West Esplanade, Manly NSW, Australia
Telephone
9976 1421
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Ebony Russell, Crying Crown - Rose Crown (Kitsch Tears), 2024, porcelain, stain, glaze and gold lustre

Girly in Manly

Girly in Manly explores the power and presence of the feminine, showing how femininity, often coded as delicate, decorative, or domestic, is a source of…

Date
25th September 2026 10:00am — 29th November 2026 5:00pm
Address
Manly Art Gallery & Museum, West Esplanade, Manly NSW, Australia
Telephone
9976 1421
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Michael Muir, Washed away, 2024, oil on linen, 122 x 107cm. Photo by Felicity Jenkins

Michael Muir: The Shape of Colour

Acclaimed for his vibrant, contemplative landscapes that dissolve the line between memory and reality, Michael Muir creates paintings that are felt as much as they…

Date
25th September 2026 10:00am — 29th November 2026 5:00pm
Address
Manly Art Gallery & Museum, West Esplanade, Manly NSW, Australia
Telephone
9976 1421
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Chromatic Luminosity

Chromatic Luminosity

Luminosity in painting captures the illusion of light glowing from within a work, a skill long celebrated as a pinnacle of artistic mastery. From Vermeer…

Date
4th December 2026 10:00am — 21st February 2027 5:00pm
Address
Manly Art Gallery & Museum, West Esplanade, Manly NSW, Australia
Telephone
9976 1421
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Jazz Nights at Boilerhouse

Spend your Thursdays* at Boilerhouse Kitchen & Bar for an evening filled with jazz music and delicious food! Savour their dinner menu or indulge in…

Address
Boilerhouse Kitchen & Bar, North Head Scenic Drive, Manly NSW, Australia
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