Sydney Contemporary
September 2022Sydney Contemporary returns this year, and we will be exhibiting works from Papunya Tula Artists to celebrate 50 years of painting.
Vivid Sydney 2022
27 May - 18 June 2022New York Sunday is a work commissioned by Vivid Sydney for the facade of the MCA.
Image: still from New York Sunday
Wynne Prize 2022
Fom May 14, 2022Angus Nivison's Beacon has been selected as a finalist in this year's Wynne Prize at the AGNSW. Image: Beacon 2021
Wynne Prize 2022
From May 14, 2022John R Walker's Eagle Spirit, Vathiwarta has been selected as a finalist in this year's Wynne Prize at the AGNSW Image: Eagle Spirit, Vathiwarta, 2021, 260 x 345cm
Salon des Refuses
From May 14, 2022Christopher Hodges has been selected for this year's Salon Des Refuses at the SH Ervin Gallery Image: Otto's Country 2022, 56 x 56cm
Wynne Prize 2022
From May 14, 2022Yukuljti Napangati has been selected as a finalist in this year's Wynne Prize at the AGNSW. Image: Yukultji Napangati Untitled 2021
Wynne Prize 2022
From May 14, 2022Kumanjayi Tjapaltjarri has been selected as a finalist in this year's Wynne Prize at the AGNSW. Image: Untitled 2021, acrylic on linen, 153 x 122cm
Goulburn Art Award
From May 14 to June 13, 2022Peter Maloney, John R Walker and Liz Coats are finalists in this year's Goulburn Art Award at the Goulburn Regional Gallery. Liz Coats' work was acquired by the winner of the prize. Image: Liz Coats Maze 2021
Frankston Arts Centre, Victoria
Until March 19 2022Kylie Stillman used the lingering Melbourne lockdowns to explore using new materials. This work is made from 300 sheets of hand-cut aluminium.
Image: Wurun (Manna Gum)
Sculpture at Sawmillers
February 19 - 27 2022Christopher Hodges sculpture Courtesan has been selected for exhibition in this year's Sculpture at Sawmillers, by Sydney Harbour at McMahon's Point Image: Courtesan, stainless steel, height 222cm
New Acquisition at Maitland
February 2022Maitland Regional Art Gallery have recently installed a large sculpture by Christopher Hodges. Chimera and Brave Apollo now stand outside the gallery's rear entrance. Image: Maitland Regional Gallery
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
National Indigenous Triennial
Til July 13 2022The National Gallery of Australia's National Indigenous Triennial this year is curated by Hetti Perkins. The 35 artists have been chosen around the idea of ceremony being an important part of their work.
Includes a major new acquisition of Mantua Nangala paintings.
Image: Mantua Nangala at the NGA
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
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
