HOBART CURRENT
Returning 2025/26
About Hobart Current
Hobart Current is an innovative long-term partnership between the City of Hobart and the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG), nurturing and showcasing contemporary artists working across performance, music, film, design, visual art and literature.
We have held two iterations of this exhibition program so far:
Hobart Current: Liberty in 2021
Hobart Current: Epoch in 2023/24
The next exhibition program will be showcased in late 2025/26:
The exhibition is hosted in TMAG as well as various outdoor sites across the Hobart CBD.
Announcement of Creative Directors and Artist EOI
The City of Hobart and TMAG are excited to announce the creative team leading the third Hobart Current exhibition program, scheduled to run from November 2025 to April 2026.
Creative Director
announced
October 2024
Creative Directors and theme announced.
Artists
announced
November 2024
Artist EOI closes.
Exhibition
opens
November 2025
The exhibition will open in Hobart.
Hobart Current Timeline
October 2024
Artist EOIs open
Seeking artists to participate in Hobart Current: Here
Expressions of interest (EOIs) are now open for artists to participate in the third Hobart Current: Here exhibition program and will close at 10 am Monday 4 November 2024.
October 2024
Announcement of new Creative Directors and theme
Travis Tiddy and Denise Robinson to lead Hobart Current: Here
The City of Hobart and TMAG announced the creative team of Travis Tiddy and Denise Robinson will lead the third Hobart Current exhibition program, with the theme Here.
June 2024
Creative Director EOIs open
Commissioning a Creative Director for Hobart Current 2025
The City of Hobart and TMAG held expressions of interest (EOIs) for a Creative Director for the third Hobart Current.