Cairns Art Gallery

Cairns Art Gallery is a public art gallery located in the heritage-listed former Cairns Public Offices building on Abbott Street in Cairns City, Queensland. Established in 1995, it is the region's leading gallery for contemporary and historical art with a strong focus on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art and artists of Far North Queensland. The gallery presents rotating exhibitions, a permanent collection, public programs and a gallery shop in central Cairns.

Visitors can expect a compact, two-storey gallery housed in a restored 1936 heritage building in central Cairns City. Inside are air-conditioned exhibition spaces presenting rotating temporary exhibitions and works from the permanent collection, with a strong emphasis on contemporary art and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art from Far North Queensland. Visitors can explore curated displays, attend guided tours and public programs, and browse the gallery shop. The setting is urban and walkable, close to the Cairns Esplanade and city shops.

Housed in the former Cairns Public Offices constructed in 1936, a heritage-listed interwar government building. The building served as state government offices for decades before being adapted and opened as Cairns Art Gallery in 1995 to provide a dedicated public art gallery for Far North Queensland.

The gallery is the principal public art institution for Far North Queensland, recognized for its collection and exhibition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art and for supporting contemporary artists of the region. It plays a central role in presenting the cultural diversity and artistic practice of tropical North Queensland.