Accompanying Justene Williams' survey exhibition Once We Were Mudskippers at Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, is a richly illustrated publication exploring the artist’s expansive multidisciplinary practice. The catalogue features an in-depth interview with Williams by curator Ellie Buttrose, alongside essays by art historians Victoria Perin, Susan Best and Stephen Zepke, offering new critical perspectives on Williams’ practice. Available for purchase from QAGOMA shop online.

Opening this week at Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, is Justene Williams: Once We Were Mudskippers, the largest presentation of Williams’ work to date. The exhibition includes sculpture, performance, video and installation from across three decades of practice, alongside ambitious new commissions. Justene Williams: Once We Were Mudskippers is curated by Ellie Buttrose, Curator, Contemporary Australian Art, QAGOMA, and is accompanied by a significant new publication. See details of opening weekend talks and performances on QAGOMA website.

As part of the festival to celebrate the opening of Powerhouse Parramatta, Justene Williams is presenting a new avant-garde opera, A Magical Hotstart, created in collaboration with Club Weld and the Australian Chamber Orchestra. In A Magical Hotstart, “Williams crafts a world of transformations, connections and emotions inspired by objects from the Powerhouse Collection and named in honour of the powerful act of hot starting a car (or a museum).” Presented in partnership with Arts & Cultural Exchange, Parramatta. Two one hour performances, 6.30pm Thursday 26 and Friday 27 November. Bookings via this link to Powerhouse website.

Justene Williams’ video installation Big city big hat (2011) is included in The Edge of Things at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. The exhibition features over 40 works from the AGNSW collection. Exhibition: 15.08.26 – 09.05.27

Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, has announced a major survey exhibition, Justene Williams: Once we were mudskippers, curated by Ellie Buttrose. Spanning three decades of sculpture, performance, video and installation, the exhibition will be the largest presentation of Williams' work to date, bringing together works from public collections alongside ambitious new commissions, tracing Williams’ exuberant, anarchic and deeply art-historical practice. Exhibition dates: 03.10.26 — 07.03.27

Justene Williams is exhibiting in Ladies to the Front – The Art of Noise curated by Margaret Hancock at Margaret Whitlam Galleries at Western Sydney University, Sydney. The exhibition foregrounds women across performance, sound and visual art, led by WSU alumnae. Exhibition: 08.04.26 — 16.07.26