CIAF 2026 Art Fair Showcase Guided Tours & Exhibitor Floortalks

Connect with artists through intimate Exhibitor Talks held on the hour within booths across the Art Fair Showcase. Engage directly with the makers behind the work and gain insight into the cultural stories, multidisciplinary art forms and creative practices that continue to shape contemporary First Nations art today.

Art Fair Showcase Exhibitor Talks hosted by Darren Blackman

Friday 10 July
11am - 12noon– Tank 3
3pm & 4pm - Tank 4

Saturday 11 July
11am, 12noon & 1pm – Tank 3
2pm, 3pm & 4pm - Tank 4

Sunday 12 July
11am & 12noon & 1pm – Tank 3
2pm & 3pm - Tank 4

RSVPs are appreciated. Learn more about your Art Fair Showcase Exhibitor Flootalks Host below.

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Art Fair Curated Tours

Friday 10 July
3.00pm - Tank 3
Hosted by Tobias Corrie

Saturday 11 July
4.00pm - Tank 3
Hosted by Elverina Johnson

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DARREN BLACKMAN

Darren Blackman is a proud Gurang/Gangulu man from Queensland’s central coast with Kanak South Sea Islander heritage from Vanuatu. Darren grew up on the Sunshine Coast and is a multi-disciplinary artist/musician who’s critical commentary of post-colonial Australia has been acquired by several major institutions including the Queensland Museum, State Library of Queensland, Queensland Children’s Hospital, the Queensland Performing Arts Centre, the National War Memorial, as well as several international private collectors from New Zealand to Switzerland. Touching on oral history from his Elders and reworking those messages, Darren channels personal observations and his lived experience, to witness a wide range of Aboriginal perspectives and mainstream political and media inference.

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