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:

Hobart Current: Here

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

December 2024

EOIs are currently being reviewed.

Exhibition
opens

November 2025

The exhibition will open in Hobart.

Hobart Current Timeline

November 2024

Artist EOIs close

The Creative Directors reviewing artist applications

Artists will be notified early December. Thank you to all who have applied.

October 2024

Artist EOIs open

Artists sought to participate in Hobart Current: Here

Expressions of interest (EOIs) opened for artists to participate in the Hobart Current: Here exhibition program.

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.