The winners of the 2026 Great Barrier Reef Festival Art Exhibition were announced last night at the exhibition's official opening, celebrating the outstanding creativity of artists from across the Whitsundays and beyond. Now in its third year, the exhibition has become one of the cultural highlights of the Great Barrier Reef Festival, showcasing 85 finalist artworks by 66 artists responding to this year's theme, Beyond Beauty. Through painting, photography, sculpture and mixe