The Purple House
Until end February 2022In 2000 the AGNSW held Papunya Tula: Genesis and Genius, and at the same time the Western Desert Dialysis Appeal to raise funds for the The Purple House, an Aboriginal run community health scheme that provides a mobile dialysis clinic and community care. Includes Bobby West Tjupurrula and Patrick Tjungurrayi Image: Patrick Tjungurrayi Untitled 2016, 91 x 46cm
Matisse Alive
to April 3 2022Helen Eager's vibrant painting VIF is featured in Matisse Alive, an exhibition drawn from the AGNSW collection of artists who explore colour and energy in their work. Image: Helen Eager Hilltop 2013, oil on linen 91 x 137cm
Brown Pots
From November 20The Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) in Victoria has just opened its impressive new gallery. SAM has one of Australia's most important ceramic collections, and this exhibition is the first of a series commemorating their collection. Includes Marea Gazzard
Image: Delphi III 2005, clay 45 x 37 x 15cm
Tarnanthi 2021
from 15 October 2021Katarra Butler Napaltjarri is one of the artists included in this year's Tarnanthi exhibition at the AGSA in Adelaide. Until end January 2022.
Image: Untitled 2021, acrylic on linen, 61 x 55cm
Gorge Country
November 5 to January 30New England Regional Art Museum commissioned three artists to paint the dramatic Gorge country famous in the region.
Includes Angus Nivison
Image: Sun Showers & Kangaroo Grass - Gara Gorge
Clay Dynasty
From October 2021For the first time the Powerhouse Museum's comprehensive collection of Australian ceramics will be shown together in this groundbreaking exhibition. Including Marea Gazzard, Gwyn Hanssen Pigott and Donna Green.
Image: Donna Green White Queen 2019, stoneware, 86 x 50cm, MAAS Collection
Paddington Art Prize 2021
October 15 - 24 2021John R Walker and Mary Napangati are both finalists in this year's Paddington Art Prize
Exhibition is at Defiance Gallery, Mary Place, Sydney
Image: Mary Napangati Untitled 2020 acrylic on linen 183 x 153cm
Vivid Sydney 2021
October 2021New York Sunday is a work commissioned by Vivid Sydney for the facade of the MCA.
POSTPONED TO 2022
Image: still from New York Sunday
Round About or Inside
30 September to 20 November 2021Yukultji Napangati is included in this exhibition which explores how artists from multiple geographic and cultural contexts approach the spaces and sites that mark our lives.
At the Griffith University Art Museum, Brisbane
Image: Yukultji Napangati
Image: Image: Yukultji Napangati Untitled 2020, 183 x 153cm
Liz Coats major acquisition
September 2021Liz Coats' painting has been acquired by the ACT Legislature Art Collection in Canberra. Image: Blue-Green Aggregate 2019
Buxton Contemporary
July 7 to November 14, 2021Simryn Gill's "Maria's Garden" was commissioned for the exhibition 'This is a Poem' at Buxton Contemporary, Melbourne, shown alongside "Throwback - Remade Internal Systems From a Model 1313 Tata Truck c. 1985" 2007
Papunya Tula Artists 50 years
From June 28Irritija Kuwarri Tjungu (Past and Present Together) at the Kluge Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection at the University of Virginia, USA, celebrates this 50 year milestone.
In 2 parts, until February 2023
Image: Aubrey Tjangala Untitled 2021
A Year in Art: Australia 1992
From June 8The Tate Modern in London has opened a new exhibition of recent acquisitions by Australian Indigenous artists. Until Spring 2022. Image: Emily Kame Kngwarreye Untitled 1989
Salon des Refuses at the SH Ervin Gallery
June 5 to August 15 2021Mantua Nangala and John R Walker have been selected in this year's Salon. Image: Mantua Nangala Untitled 2020
Wynne Prize 2021
from June 5 2021Warlimpirringa Tjapaltjarri and Yukultji Napangati are both finalists in this year's Wynne Prize at the Art Gallery of NSW. Image: Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri Untitled 2020
Collection Conversion
to July 11, 2021Tamworth Regional Gallery invited artists from the area to create works in response to local museum collections.
Angus Nivison created works in response to the Herbarium collection at the University of New England
Image: Josephine's Voice (Sunshine) 2021
John R Walker at Burra Regional Art Gallery
May 20 to July 18 2021John R Walker is revisiting Burra and surrounding region in South Australia 5 years after he visited the area when painting for the Adelaide Biennial in 2018
Image: Oratunga 2017, gouache, 56 x 76cm
Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Art
May 6 to July 1 2021Kylie Stillman is a finalist in this year's award, in which artists responded to the theme 'Return'
At Montsalvat, Eltham, Victoria
Image: Verso B hand carved paperback books
Tree of Life
10 April to 30 May 2021Tree of Life: A Testament to Endurance is a powerful selection of leading Australian artists whose work is inspired by the deep spiritual and physical association with the natural world. Includes 4 major paintings by John R Walker.
SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney, until May 30, 2021
Image: Memorial Grove: All That Fall 2019
Christopher Hodges in Artist Profile
5 March 2021An informative article about Christopher Hodges practice and current work is in the current issue of Artist Profile magazine. Written by Tai Mitsuji, photography by Bryce Thomas Image: Hit 2018
Papunya Tula: 50 Years
February 27 - April 4, 2021SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney
To celebrate 50 years since painting began at Papunya, NT, this exhibition includes over 100 artists from 3 generations. The painters of the Western Desert have achieved recognition worldwide.
View the digital catalogue
https://issuu.com/utopiaartsydney/docs/papunya_tula_50_years_1971_2021
Image: Papunya school mural 1971
Peter Maloney wins prize
February 27 - March 26, 2021Peter Maloney is the winner of this year's Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, a prestigious acquisitive prize at the Adelaide Perry Gallery, PLC, Croydon, Sydney, NSW Image: Peter Maloney Equestrian Traveller 2020
MCA COLLECTION: Perspectives on Place
From February 26 ,2021Curated by Anneke Jaspers , this exhibition includes over 30 artists from the MCA collection with works that explore ideas related to place.
Includes Peter Maloney, Yukuljtji Napangati and Simryn Gill
Image: Simryn Gill, Untitled (Interior) 2008, unique bronze
The Past Is The Present Is The Future
February 19 - May 9, 20201This group exhibition explores the way time is woven throughout different cultures, people and places. Featuring Simryn Gill
Granville Centre Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Image: Sweet Chariot No. 6 2015
