[1] McIntyre's early inspiration as an artist was the popular Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio program Argonauts Club.
Many of his works were controversial for their sexual content, often utilizing collage elements sourced from pornographic magazines.
In 1987 the artist Jan Senbergs awarded McIntyre the acquisitive Gold Coast City Art Gallery Prize for one such painting/collage called "Flesh and Blood" (1987).
[3] In 1994 Ted Gott curated McIntyre into the groundbreaking group exhibition "Don't Leave Me This Way: Art in the Age of AIDS" at the National Gallery of Australia.
[5] In May 2010, Cunningham curated a two-part retrospective called "Arthur McIntyre: Bad Blood 1960–2000", which was held at Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre and Macquarie University Art Gallery simultaneously.