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CIAF secures $70,000 First Nations Commissioning Fund to deliver major artwork for 2026

Tarquin Singleton (Artist, Red Ochre Republic) & Teho Ropeyarn (Artistic Director, CIAF) at the launch of the 2026 Hero Artwork. Photograph: Catherine Curnow.

CIAF brings curatorial theme to life with hero artwork animation

Projection Art by Cathy Snow. CIAF 2025 After Dark Program. Photograph: Blueclick Photography.

Record-breaking Cairns Indigenous Art Fair 2025 sets stage for 2026

CIAF 2025.

Reclamation & Regeneration to headline CIAF’s 17th anniversary and return to Tanks Arts Centre, 9-12 July 2026

CIAF Fashion Performance Audiences. Photograph: Romy Photography.

Thousands converge at Tanks Arts Centre for record-breaking Cairns Indigenous Art Fair 2025

Premier’s Award for Excellence (Queensland Government, $25,000) Awarded to Bernard Singleton (Yakal Creatives), Offering (2025)

Queensland’s leading First Nations artists celebrated at CIAF 2025 Art Awards

Alick Tipoti, CIAF '25 Art Fair Showcase Booth. Photograph: Lewis James Media.

Torres Strait Islander artist Alick Tipoti to headline Cultural Art Demonstrations

KU’ AAK PAAMP 2024 (bigger sculpture); and KU’ PAAMP MANY 2024 (smaller sculpture) Milkwood (Alstonia achtinophylla w/w/ochre pigment & PVA fixative by Lex Namponan. Photo by Michael Marzik.

CIAF 2025 opens powerful new season of truth, talent, and transformation

Tania Major and Noleen Cecil, New Ghost, 2024, Acrylic on Canvas.

Final program unveiled ahead of 16th edition

Dylan Sarra, 2025. Photograph: Louis Lim.

Carved in cedar, scarred by fire: Dylan Sarra’s powerful homage to resistance and Country to debut at CIAF '25

Kelly Barclay, STAMPEDE.

From the Gulf Country cattle stations to CIAF '25: Kelly Barclay’s buffalo skulls carry stories of survival and strength

CIAF '25 Merchandise by Libby Harward. Models: Catherine Curnow & Wanda Weatherall. Photograph: Rikaela Rusch.

Artist Libby Harward revealed designer of official CIAF '25 merch