'AUSTRALIA'S BANKSY' ANTHONY LISTER ART EXHIBITION IN SYDNEY NOW OPEN UNTIL 21 MAY 2026
Announcement posted by Markson Sparks! 19 May 2026
# VISITORS WELCOME DAILY FROM 10AM AT 165 OXFORD STREET, DARLINGHURST
Modern art disruptor, street and adventure artist Anthony Lister, has made his long-awaited return to exhibiting a new collection of work entitled 'Circle of Life' after a launch event on Wednesday 13 May officially opened by KC Margaret Cunneen. The exhibition will open daily until Thursday 21 May 2026 at 165 Oxford Street, Darlinghurst.
One of Australia's most heralded inner city street artists, Lister has made a mark globally, exhibiting in the artistic Mecca's of the world: New York, Japan, London.
Says Lister, "This isn't just an art exhibition - it's a return from exile. After watching the physical world get swallowed by screens, exhibiting again feels like reclaiming territory."
"It's about putting something real, tactile, and undeniable back into a culture that's become increasingly intangible. This show is less a comeback and more a correction."
The theme of the exhibition is media, vanity, and collapse.
"I've placed myself on the covers of magazines - not as a celebration, but as a disruption. It's me inserting myself into a system that manufactures identity and calling out its absurdity from within," he said.
"Where I am now as an artist is somewhere between reflection and resistance. I'm not chasing relevance - I'm interrogating it. This work sits in that tension: between ego and critique, visibility and distortion, beauty, and something far less comfortable."
For Lister, each piece that will feature in 'Circus of Life' had to hold tension.
"If it was too comfortable, it didn't make the cut. If it didn't challenge the viewer - or me - it wasn't strong enough," he said.
"Together, the works operate like a magazine that's slightly unhinged - familiar on the surface, but fractured underneath."
The exhibition will offer collectors a rare opportunity to acquire a limited selection of some of Lister's works.
To interview Anthony Lister, contact Max Markson on 0412 501 601 or max@marksonsparks.com, or Marta Wiacek on 0409 291 785 or marta@marksonsparks.com.