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Teelah George Suspended Moment David Noonan
PHOTO 2020 More than 120 artists will participate in the ‘PHOTO 2020 International Festival of Photography’ that promises to be an engaging biennale centred on ideas critical to contemporary photographic discourse. With the advent of the web and then boom of social media and recording devices, the way we consume, share and understand information has changed phenomenally. Reading habits have shifted and self-publishing emerged – so it’s accurate to say a picture tells a thousand words – and with that comes great responsibility. As such the festival presents us with a challenging theme – Truth. As Elias Redstone, Artistic Director, says ‘Exploring the power of truth in photography is more important than ever in our current social, political and cultural climate.’ Redstone affirms that the artists were carefully selected for their ability to reflect what the truth means to them. Along with significant international guests, the Australian artists exhibiting commissions are many and include Hayley Millar-Baker who will work with the State Library of Victoria archives to explore truth in history, Hoda Afshar considers the act of whistleblowing, Brook Andrew creates new work for the City of Stonnington and Atong Atem presents her photography at the Immigration Museum, Melbourne. Opening 23 April ‘PHOTO 2020’ will be on view until 10 May and includes various workshops, talks and opportunities to hone your skills. Intriguing shows aplenty, we suggest ‘The Image Looks Back’, RMIT Gallery and Justine Varga’s solo presentation at Tolarno Galleries. There will be many specially curated exhibitions to enjoy across Melbourne and Victoria at the NGV Australia, Monash Gallery of Art, Centre for Contemporary Photography and Koorie Heritage Trust. photo.org.au Atong Atem, Sahara, 2020, digital photographic print, 291.5 x 248cm Courtesy the artist and MARS Gallery, Melbourne
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Auckland Air Fair Neighbouring galleries and artists in New Zealand gather for the ‘Auckland Art Fair’ this month – with Australian and international exhibitors to boot. The fair is on view from Wednesday 29 April to Sunday 3 May and takes place at The Cloud at Queens Wharf with the main space comprised of established galleries. The mezzanine level and Britomart showcase emerging artists and earlycareer artists without representation. Australian outfits participating for the first time include Gallery Sally Dan-Cuthbert, showing Lisa Reihana’s new work, and Brisbane’s Edwina Corlette Gallery whose booth will include artists Sally Anderson, Stefan Dunlop, Yarrenyty Arltere Artists and Eliza Gosse. Returning galleries include, Sarah Cottier Gallery, taking Todd McMillan, while good things come in threes at Fine Arts with Kate Newby, Yona Lee and Michael Stevensen. Fox Jensen McCrory will have an array of work from Coen Young, Gideon Rubin, Matthew Allen, Tomislav Nikolic, Jan Albers, Sofie Mulleer and Liat Yossifor. Jordy Kerwick, Rachael McCully and Zhuang Hong Yi will join Piermarq at the fair. Sarah Scout Presents exhibit work from Fiona Abicare and Christian Thompson, whereas STATION deliver a solo show for Patrick Pound. Michael Do will curate the Projects component, highlighting unique artistic outcomes that are less likely to be on the fair floor. The ‘Auckland Art Fair’ is a ticketed event, with various passes from VIP to general admission available online. artfair.co.nz Auckland Art Fair 2019, installation view of painting by Bill Hammond at Ivan Anthony stand Photograph: Josef Scott Courtesy Auckland Art Fair
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Olive Cotton: A Life in Photography Helen Ennis HarperCollins
Tea cup ballet (1935) transforms mundane domestic objects – cups and saucers – into graceful dancing figures, in formation. Shadows and abstraction of form are an integral part of the photograph; capturing their presence, position and movement, and adding to their narrative or performance, much like this publication. Six chapters shed light on the personal and professional life of one of Australia’s pioneering modernist photographers, Olive Cotton. Childhood, education, marriages (to Max Dupain and later Ross McInerney) and family life, are detailed as well as her journey and growth as an artist, the progress of the medium, and shifts in Australian society. Ennis highlights specific works, such as the piece mentioned above, in an attempt to synchronise the perennial effects of everyday life with a serial creative output. Her photographs of landscape, people and objects reflect the cyclical nature of life, its contours and imbrications, through the use of light, shadow and geometric compositions. The inclusion of personal photographs and letters from Cotton’s friends provide an intimate understanding and explanation of the intricacies of defying convention – in balancing life and work, breaking the boundaries placed on women artists at the time, abandoning the craft for almost 20 years, and opting for remote minimalist living in the country without the access of a darkroom. In her later years, Cotton was removed from the stir of the Australian art world, almost forgotten, but not rightfully so. Cotton’s legacy is one that should be celebrated, even if the artist, Ennis writes, ‘[would be] slightly bemused by the fuss.’ 18
David Noonan Stagecraft Dr Joseph Brennan
‘The thing is, I rarely actually see theatre,’ David Noonan admits to me when setting out his initial thoughts behind the title of his exhibition, ‘Stagecraft’, which brings together 12 works created from 2015 to 2020. ‘I am more interested in the concept and history of theatre,’ he says. ‘It is like science fiction in some ways, but it has a limited parameter, which is determined by the stage.’ Noonan was born and studied in Ballarat. In 2018, Art Gallery of Ballarat curator Julie McLaren invited him to return home to show his work – Noonan has now been based in London for more than 15 years. ‘The show is not a major retrospective, nor is it a conventional survey show,’ Noonan says. ‘It’s rather a mini survey of my work over a shorter period, and it is work that has never been seen together.’ ‘Stagecraft’ is more a ‘concept exhibition than a survey,’ Noonan says. ‘The idea was to create a show of recent work that had strong, yet materially different qualities.’ To this end, he draws together recent work, such as from a 2019 show at one of the galleries that represent him (Melbourne’s Anna Schwartz Gallery), and from a 2015 show at Xavier Hufkens in Brussels, that was chosen because ‘it represented the palette I want’. As it does on-stage, space plays a leading role. ‘Stagecraft’ serves as a direct response to the Art Gallery of Ballarat exhibition
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Mavis Ngallametta:
Show Me The Way to Go Home Jeremy Eccles
‘The Queensland Art Gallery show will be an eye-opener,’ insists Sydney art dealer, Martin Browne. ‘No other Australian painter has had a full third of their output bought by public institutions.’ Browne is talking about the Wik and Kugu cultural leader and Putch clan elder, Mavis Ngallametta, who died a year ago at the age of 74. This star of the western Cape York was 64 before she picked up a paintbrush, but her enforced mission childhood in Aurukun had introduced her to both traditional and Western weaving techniques – which she continued to practice inventively until 2008. And, as curator Bruce McLean explains in his catalogue essay, ‘her weaving experience was central to her durational compositions. Just as a weaver envisions the final form of their work and, with every action, works towards it, Ngallametta pictured the final form of her canvases, working towards it carefully, one gesture at a time.’ That durational factor began with the collection of appropriate ochres – which Mrs Ngallametta used in preference to acrylics – and the slow development of finely detailed landscapes up to three metres long. Unsurprisingly, ‘she produced only 47 works in her 11 year painting life,’ according to Browne. She herself described the process: ‘I can make many colours from the yellow, red, black and white [ochres]… I mix the yellow ochre with the black from the charcoal and I get greens. I mix the red and yellow and I get oranges. If I mix the white clay with the red ochre, I get pink. I cook the yellow ochre to get the red. Depending on the length of time you cook it, and the colour of the yellow that I have collected, it makes different shades of red.’ Men in the Wik and Kugu world had dominated art production in Aurukun. Ironwood carvings of upside-down trees and bonefish, painted in ochre stripes were produced there for sale from the 1970s. But missionary collections date back to the 1940s, providing models for today’s carvers. Early carvers had claimed that the sculptures made themselves and were maayn, the ‘real’ totemic beings themselves.
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Portrait of a Place Photography from the DCC Permanent Collection Devonport Regional Gallery Until 31 May, 2020 Tasmania
Joy Hester: Remember Me Heide Museum of Modern Art Until 14 June, 2020 Melbourne
Diverse natural and built environments are central to ‘Portrait of a Place’, from Tasmanian photographers on view at Devonport Regional Gallery. Exploring native landscapes and urban scenes, the exhibition questions how we create our own place within them. Curated by Erin Wilson, artists include Julia Davis, Peter Dombrovskis, Lisa Garland, David Martin, Ricky Maynard, Geoffrey Parr, Troy Ruffels, Ilona Schneider and Brian Sollors. Geoff Dobson, Director of Devonport Regional Gallery, described the body of works drawn from the Gallery’s collection as celebrating the ‘uniquely Tasmanian experience of place.’
‘Remember Me’ is a major exhibition that charts the exceptional, though relatively short, career of modernist Joy Hester and celebrates the centenary of her birth. Ruminating on varied themes, of love, sex, birth, and death, the artist was consistent in her use of brush and ink. Her oeuvre is distinct for its investigation of the human psyche represented most often by figures and the face. Hester’s expressive compositions offered fresh insights and have stood the test of time. Lesley Harding, Heide Artistic Director, says ‘She was avant-garde in the most literal sense of the term: experimental, unorthodox and original.’
Ilona Schneider, Untitled (Spirit of the Present Age), 2015, chromajet metallic pearl print DCC Permanent Collection Courtesy the artist, Devonport City Council and Devonport Regional Gallery, Tasmania
Face (with Yellow Background), c.1947, brush and ink and gouache on paper, 27.6 x 37.6cm Gift of Barret Reid 1990 © Joy Hester/Copyright Agency 2019 Courtesy the Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne
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Artist Opportunities We have selected a few galleries and funding bodies calling for submissions for Art Awards, Artist Engagements, Grants, Public Art, Residency Programs, Exhibition Proposals and more. Enjoy and good luck! Yalingwa Fellowship
We congratulate Yhonnie Scarce on being awarded the second Yalingwa Fellowship, part of the Yalingwa Visual Arts Initiative. The $60,000 award is gifted by the Yalingwa Advisory Group, to a Victoria-based artist who is held to be at a critical moment in their career and have made an ‘outstanding contribution to creative practice in the First Peoples arts community.’
Scarce, a Kokatha and Nukunu woman, has been recognised by the Advisory Group for her innovative and politically provocative glass blowing practice and storytelling of both a deeply personal and historically probing nature. Through her exploration of glass as a medium, aesthetically and in terms of fragility, Scarce dissects themes such as the ongoing effects of colonisation on First Peoples and references her own family history to share stories of the past. The Advisory Group noted the contributions Scarce has made to Australian art and artists ‘locally, nationally and internationally through major public installations, exhibitions and her mentorship of other Indigenous artists.’ The panel also commended the innovative ways in which Scarce addresses aspects of Australia’s turbulent past, which are not readily discussed. TarraWarra Museum of Art Director and Yalingwa Advisory Group committee member, Victoria Lynn, said that the Fellowship ‘will allow Yhonnie to enter into a new phase of research and will provide the support to develop and expand her immense creative vision.’ For more information about the Yalingwa Fellowship visit the TarraWarra Museum of Art website. twma.com.au
The Freedman Foundation International Scholarship for Curators
Entries close 26 April The National Association for the Visual Arts invites emerging curators to apply for scholarship assistance to develop their practice through overseas travel. One applicant will be awarded $8,000 +GST to undertake a residency, internship or planned program mentorship with a professional curator, or to undertake a self-initiated curatorial project. Terms & Conditions are available on the website, along with the submission link. visualarts.net.au
Blak Design: KHT Jewellery Program
Yalingwa Fellowship recipient Yhonnie Scarce at the announcement of the 2020 Yalingwa Fellowship at TarraWarra Museum of Art, 11 February 2020 Photograph: Tiffany Garvie Courtesy TarraWarra Museum of Art, Melbourne
Entries close 5pm, 20 April The inaugural Blak Design Program is calling for applications for the first of a series of annual programs centralised on sustainable, First Nations-led and operated design practices and businesses. The first iteration focuses on contemporary Aboriginal jewellery design and invites applications for the six-week program, which will include workshops, tutorials, onsite visits and networking opportunities. Further information and application details can be found on the website. koorieheritagetrust.com.au
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Awards
Grafton Regional Gallery
W www.bdasgallery.com/entryforms Call for artists to enter the 2020 Bowral Drawing Prize. Two awards are available – first prize $2,000 and People’s Choice $500. Entry forms are available on the website. Entries close Wed April 22. See ad page 125.
158 Fitzroy Street, Grafton 2460. T (02) 6642-3177. W www.graftongallery.nsw.gov.au Facebook @graftonregionalgallery Instagram @grafton_regional_gallery H Daily 10.00 to 4.00, closed public hols. Artists are invited to submit entries for the 2020 Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award. The 2020 prize money has increased to $35,000. Entries close Tues June 30. See ad page 29.
Pro Hart Outback Art Prize
Hadley’s Art Prize – Hobart
E artgallery@brokenhill.nsw.gov.au W www.bhartgallery.com.au The Pro Hart Outback Art Prize is calling for entries for the $20,000 acquisitive award. Exhibition July 10 to Sep 18. Visit the website for more information. Entries close Fri May 29. See ad page 19.
W www.hadleysartprize.com.au Call for artists to enter Hadley’s Art Prize, a $100,000 award for Australian landscape, which also includes a new residency prize this year. Visit the website for more information and online entry. Entries close Mon April 6.
Calleen Art Award
HIDDEN: Rookwood Sculptures
2020 Bowral Drawing Prize
W www.cowraartgallery.com.au/calleen2020 The $20,000 acquisitive Calleen Art Award 2020 prize for painting is calling for entries. Exhibition Oct 4 to Nov 15. Enter online or contact the gallery for an entry form. Entries close Wed July 22. See ad page 119.
45th Camden Art Prize
E entries@camdenartprize.com.au W www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=436910 Entries are invited from painters, sculptors and photographers. $12,000 in prizes including up to $3,000 acquisitive prize. Exhibition May 8 to 15, 2020. Visit website for details and entry www.camdenartprize.com.au Entries close Fri April 24.
Du Rietz Art Awards
W gympie.qld.gov.au/DRAA Entries are open for the Du Rietz Art Awards. There are over $13,000 in prizes on offer. Visit website for entry form and conditions. Exhibition Aug 5 to Sep 5 at Gympie Regional Gallery, QLD. Entries close 4pm, Fri June 12. See ad page 155.
W www.hiddeninrookwood.com.au Entries are invited from individual emerging, mid-career and established artists and groups for HIDDEN Rookwood Sculptures 2020 for new or existing works that relate to the exhibition’s themes of history, culture, remembrance, diversity, love, mourning, spirituality, cycles of life and the passage of time. Free entry. Visit the website for more information and how to apply. Entries close Mon April 6.
National Works on Paper
T (03) 5975-4395. E mprg@mornpen.vic.gov.au W www.mprg.mornpen.vic.gov.au/nwop Call for entries for the biennial National Works on Paper exhibition for contemporary Australian artists working on or with paper. Up to $50,000 in acquisitions and awards. Exhibition Sept 22 to Nov 22. Visit website for details. Entries close Sun April 19.
North Queensland Ceramic Awards
Entries are open for the 2020 biennial North Queensland Ceramic Awards offering a Major Acquisitive Prize of $10,000. The finalists’ exhibition will be held at Pinnacles gallery from July 17 to Sept 13. Entry forms are available at townsville.qld.gov.au/pinnacles Entries close Mon April 20. See ad page 71.
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Victorian Artists’ Society Galleries
430 Albert Street, East Melbourne 3002. T (03) 9662-1484. E admin@victorianartistssociety.com.au W victorianartistssociety.com.au/exhibitions H Mon-Fri 10.00 to 4.00, Sat 1.00 to 4.00. April 2 to 13 (opening Sat April 4, 2-4pm) Judith M Perrey (Setford) Grad NGV, FVAS – Memorial Retrospective Exhibition.
Brunswick Northcote Counihan Gallery In Brunswick 233 Sydney Road, Brunswick 3056. T (03) 93898622. E counihangallery@moreland.vic.gov.au W www.moreland.vic.gov.au/counihan-gallery Curator: Victor Griss. Free entry. H Gallery: Wed-Sat 11.00 to 5.00, Sun 1.00 to 5.00. To April 26 New gallery: f_OCUS an exhibition of works by female artists from the Moreland Art Collection. April 17 to May 31 Gallery one: Making Marks: Australia to Afghanistan. Curated by Sharon Plummer. Gallery two: Garden by Heather Hesterman.
Langford120 and Langford Consulting
PO Box 88, Brunswick South 3055. E Langford120@gmail.com W www.langford120.com.au Directors: Irene Barberis (0433-138-058) and Wilma Tabacco (0417-517-822). To April 24 Wilma Tabacco in Parallel Visions at CoAsIt/Museo Italiano, 199 Faraday Street, Carlton.
Tinning Street Presents
Lot 5/29 Tinning Street (enter via Ilhan Lane), Brunswick 3056. E tinningstreet@gmail.com W tinningstreetpresents.com H Thurs-Sun 11.00 to 5.00. To April 12 Pattern and Ornament by Douglas Kirwan. April 16 to May 3 Gallery One: Two Lines and Three Blocks – Geoff Hogg, Nick Blackmore, Alasdair McKinnon and Paul Candy.
Richmond Charles Nodrum Gallery
267 Church Street, Richmond 3121. T (03) 94270140. E gallery@charlesnodrumgallery.com.au W www.charlesnodrumgallery.com.au Director: Charles Nodrum (member of ACGA). H Tues-Sat 11.00 to 6.00. May 4 to April 25 Jan Murray: Inverso. Also, David Harley.
Contemporary Art Society of Victoria Inc.
CAS Inc. PO Box 283, Richmond 3121. T (03) 9428-0568, 0407-059-194. E mail@contemporaryartsociety.org.au W www.contemporaryartsociety.org.au A non-profit art society run by artists, for artists, established 1938. To April 13 A4 Art Australia 2020, as part of Herring Island Summer Arts Festival, Herring Island. See ad page 66. April 18 to 26 Contemporary by Nature – Steps Gallery, Carlton. See ad page 63. May 1 to Aug 9 The Australian National Brooch Show – Fitzroy Library, 128 Moor Street, Fitzroy. See ad page 79. Heather Hesterman, Mobile garden, 2019, digital print Courtesy the artist and Counihan Gallery In Brunswick
Islamic Museum of Australia
15A Anderson Road, Thornbury 3071. T 1300-915-171. E admin@islamicmuseum.org.au W www.islamicmuseum.org.au H Mon-Sat 10.00 to 4.00.
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Herring Island Environmental Sculpture Park & Gallery Herring Island Summer Arts Festival
(map ref Melway 2M C2) T 0407-059-194 (for festival info). W www.herringislandfestival.org.au H Every weekend until April 13. Including Good Friday April 10, Easter Monday April 13. The gallery is open 11.30 to 4.30 and Parks Victoria’s punt service operates from Como landing 11.00 to 5.00. To April 13 A4 Art Australia: National Exhibition of A4 sized artworks. See ad page 66.
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CBD The Rocks Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW)
Art Gallery Road, Sydney 2000. T (02) 9225-1744, 1800-679-278. W www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au Admission charges apply to some exhibitions. H Daily 10.00 to 5.00. Art After Hours: Wed to 10pm. To April 26 ARTEXPRESS 2020 – this dynamic and popular exhibition features a selection of outstanding student artworks developed for the art making component of the HSC examination in Visual Arts 2019. To May 17 Shadow catchers – drawn from the Gallery’s collection, investigates the way shadows, body doubles and mirrors haunt our understanding of photography and the moving image. To June 8 NIRIN: Biennale of Sydney 2020. The 22nd Biennale of Sydney is an expansive artist and First Nations-led exhibition of contemporary art that connects local communities and global networks. To Sept 20 Under the stars presents multiple approaches to stargazing from Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists, highlighting our shared understandings of the night sky. To Dec In one drop of water explores the significance of water in Asian art through a range of works from the Gallery’s collection. March 28 to June 21 John Brack: the austere everyday – a collection focus exhibition on this painter of modern urban life. John Brack (1920-99) is an artist of singular originality his work often bearing witness to the depersonalisation of ritual. April 18 to Aug 16 Some mysterious process: 50 years of collecting international art presents 50 years of collecting international contemporary art at the Gallery and looks at how a collection evolves through curation and philanthropy. Curated by Gallery Director Michael Brand.
David Lindesay, Corrupted Touch (3), 2020, Polaroid film, 8 x 8cm Courtesy the artist and Gaffa Gallery
The Ken Done Gallery
1 Hickson Road, The Rocks 2000. T (02) 8274-4500 F (02) 8274-4545. E gallery@done.com.au W www.kendone.com.au H Daily 10.00 to 5.30. The current exhibition is a parade of bright colours, optimism and open landscapes. We have on show some new Chinamans Beach paintings, Done’s extraordinary Outback, which was selected as a finalist in the 2019 Wynne Prize and completing the hang, a new, extra large, opalescent reef painting. Limited edition prints, posters and other art related products are available for sale in the gallery shop. Newly in store are Done’s latest publications, four mini books published by Thames and Hudson, themed on the reef, the beach, Sydney Harbour and the outback in which many of the paintings in this exhibition are featured.
Gaffa Gallery
281 Clarence Street, Sydney CBD 2000. T (02) 9283-4273. E gallery@gaffa.com.au W www.gaffa.com.au H Mon-Fri 10.00 to 6.00, Sat 11.00 to 5.00, closed Sun and public hols. Gaffa is an independent creative precinct, artist-run in attitude and execution. April 2 to 13 Dancing with the Devil by Makayla Loves, and Less is More by Christoph Mueller. Also, Conjuring Act by Helen Brancatisano, and Beautiful Bodies by David Lindesay & Elise Stanley. April 16 to 27 UNSW Art & Design Exhibition by Master of Art Students: Causus by Keroshin Govender, and You Will Never Own Me by Emma Rani Hodges & Jacqueline Meng.
Ken Done, Postcard from the Bungle Bungles, 2001, oil and acrylic on canvas, 152 x 122cm Courtesy the artist and The Ken Done Gallery
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Central Tablelands Western Districts Greater NSW Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
70-78 Keppel Street, Bathurst 2795. T (02) 6333-6555. W www.bathurstart.com.au Free entry. H Tues-Sat 10.00 to 5.00, Sun and public hols 11.00 to 2.00. To May 10 CONCRETE: art design architecture. A touring exhibition from JamFactory, Adelaide. CONCRETE: art design architecture is supported by Visions of Australia funding through Australian Government’s Department of Communications and Arts and the South Australian Government through the Department for Innovation and Skills. The Principal Sponsor for CONCRETE: art design architecture is Cement Concrete & Aggregates Australia, the peak body for the cement, concrete and quarry industry in Australia. Also, Jurgis Miksevicius: In the light of the sun and shadow of the moon, a BRAG exhibition. Also, The Practical Outsider: John Andrews, a touring exhibition developed by Tim Ross in partnership with Design Canberra and images from the National Archives of Australia, and Harrie Fasher: Weighted – a BRAG exhibition.
Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery
404-408 Argent Street, Broken Hill 2880. T (08) 8080-3444. E artgallery@brokenhill.nsw.gov.au W www.bhartgallery.com.au H Tues-Sun 10.00 to 4.00. To May 3, 2020 Maari Ma Indigenous Art Awards, and The Ikona by George Raftopoulos. Also, Adrift by Jesse Boyd-Reid, and Dirty Diesel & Dusty Deeds by Paul White.
Ceramic Break Sculpture Park
‘Bondi’, Warialda 2402. T (02) 6729-4147. E kerry@cbreaksculpturepark.com.au W www.cbreaksculpturepark.com.au H Thurs-Sun 10.00 to 5.00, or by appt. Opening Mon April 27 is a collaboration of works from artists both past and present from Castlemaine, Victoria.
Cowra Regional Art Gallery
77 Darling Street, Cowra 2794. T (02) 6340-2190. E cowraartgallery@cowra.nsw.gov.au W www.cowraartgallery.com.au Admission free. H Tues-Sat 10.00 to 4.00, Sun 2.00 to 4.00. All welcome To April 26 As far as the eye can see – through a variety of print media, the artists in this exhibition express their individual relationships to the land and our diverse natural environment. A Blue Mountains City Art Gallery touring exhibition. April 14 to May 21 Operation Art – on display in the Cowra Library, check library opening hours.
Goulburn Regional Art Gallery
Civic Centre, 184 Bourke Street, Goulburn 2580. T (02) 4823-4494. E artgallery@goulburn.nsw.gov.au W goulburnregionalartgallery.com.au Free entry. H Mon-Fri 9.00 to 5.00, Sat 12.00 to 4.00, closed Sun and public hols. To April 4 The Great Escape by Alex Seton. Gallery 2: Connections by Lucinda McDonald. The Window: curated by Emma O’Neill. April 17 to May 2, 2020 Goulburn Art Award. Gallery 2: Works from our local Arts Access program. The Window: curated by Mark Kelly.
Griffith Regional Art Gallery
167 Banna Avenue, Griffith 2680. T (02) 69628444. E gallery@griffith.nsw.gov.au W www. griffithregionalartgallery.com.au H Wed-Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat-Sun 11.00 to 2.00. April 3 to May 10 ARTEXPRESS – is an annual exhibition featuring a selection of outstanding student artworks developed for the art making component of the HSC examination in Visual Arts in NSW. Sanné Mestrom, Untitled (Self Portrait, Underground), 2017, bronze, concrete, steel, 156 x 100 x 83cm Courtesy the artist, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney/Singapore and Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
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Civic Inner North
gifted to the Nation in 1974. The exhibition features photographs and original text following Nolan’s personal and creative journey from St Kilda lad, to sophisticated artist.
ANCA Gallery
1 Rosevear Place, Dickson 2602. T (02) 6247-8736. E gallery@anca.net.au W www.anca.net.au H Wed-Sun 12.00 to 5.00. Closed public holidays. April 1 to 19 (opening Wed April 1, 6pm) Common Threads – Marilou Chagnaud, Lucia Dohmann and Kate Little. Curated by Saskia Scott.
Dean Cross, Untitled Landscape (BOGONG MOTHS), 2018, pure pigment print on archival paper Canberra Museum and Gallery Collection Purchased 2020 Courtesy the artist and Canberra Museum and Gallery
Craft ACT Craft + Design Centre
Level 1, North Building, 180 London Circuit, Canberra 2601. T (02) 6262-9333. E craftact@craftact.org.au W craftact.org.au H Tues-Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat 12.00 to 4.00.
Nancy Sever Gallery Marilou Chagnaud, Open form 1, 2 & 3, 2019, silkscreen prints Courtesy the artist and ANCA Gallery
Canberra Contemporary Art Space
44 Queen Elizabeth Terrace, Parkes 2600. T (02) 6247-0188. E info@ccas.com.au W www.ccas.com.au To May 16 Blaze Fourteen – Romany Fairall, Belle Palmer, Harijs Piekalns, Ellen Sleeman-Taylor and Rachel Theodorakis. Curated by Alexander Boynes and Dan Toua.
Canberra Museum and Gallery
Cnr London Circuit and Civic Square, Canberra City 2600. T (02) 6207-3968. W www.cmag.com.au H Mon-Sat 10.00 to 5.00. To Sept 12 Seeing Canberra As a city initiated as an imagined capital for the new Australian nation, Canberra has been a place that quickly invited visual representation. As it developed, artists have seen Canberra through different lenses, and these have shaped the way they understood and interpreted the evolving landscape. In this exhibition, drawn primarily from CMAG’s collection, visitors will journey through four key periods of the city’s development and for each, will encounter an object that represents a prism to understand a way of seeing at that time. Ongoing The Nolan Collection is an iconic group of paintings from 1945 to 1953 by Sidney Nolan that the artist
Gorman Arts Centre, B Hall, cnr Batman and Currong streets, Braddon 2612. T (02) 6182-0055. E nancy.sever@iinet.net.au W www.nancysevergallery.com.au H Wed-Sun 11.00 to 5.00.
Acton ANU Drill Hall Gallery
Kingsley Street (off Barry Drive), Acton 2601. T (02) 6125-5832. E dhg@anu.edu.au W dhg.anu.edu.au Director: Terence Maloon. Free admission. H Wed-Sun 10.00 to 5.00. To April 12 Ham Darroch: Propeller.
Nishi Gallery
17 Kendall Lane, Canberra 2601. T (02) 6287-6170. E hello@nishigallery.com.au W www.nishigallery.com.au @nishigallery H Wed-Sat 11.00 to 6.30. To April 4 Today I, Tomorrow You is a group exhibition about the contemporary and future impact of climate change. Curated by Chloe Mandryk and featuring new work from byrd, Millie Black, Michelle Day, Sophie Dumaresq, Rinaldo Hartanto, Rachel Howie, Kevin Adrian Miller, Nikkayla and Bernadette Smith.
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Plimsoll Gallery School of Creative Arts and Media (CAM), University of Tasmania
Hunter Street, Hobart 7000. T (03) 6226-4300. E Jane.Barlow@utas.edu.au W www.utas.edu.au/ creative-arts/events/plimsoll-gallery H Wed-Sun 12.00 to 5.00 (during exhibitions), closed Mon-Tues and public hols. To May 3 Terminus: Jess Johnson and Simon Ward. A National Gallery of Australia Exhibition.
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Dunn Place (enter via the Watergate), Hobart 7000. T (03) 6165-7000. E tmagmail@tmag.tas.gov.au W www.tmag.tas.gov.au H Tues-Sun 10.00 to 4.00. Closed Good Friday, Anzac Day and Christmas Day.
Wagner Framemakers
72 Brisbane Street, Hobart 7000. T (03) 6234-8599. E info@wagnerframemakers.com.au W www.wagnerframemakers.com.au Fine Art Framing for Individuals and Institutions.
North Hobart Contemporary Art Tasmania
27 Tasma Street, North Hobart 7000. T (03) 6231-0445. E info@contemporaryart.org.au W www.contemporaryarttasmania.org H Wed-Sun 12.00 to 5.00. April 18 to May 24 re-member – Selena de Carvalho, Takani Clark and Georgia Morgan. Curated by Caitlin Fargher for the 2020 Curatorial Mentorship.
Jess Johnson, We Dream of Networks, 2016, drawing in fibre-tip pen, fibre-tip markers and gouache Courtesy the artist, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York and Plimsoll Gallery
Salamanca Arts Centre
65-77 Salamanca Place, Hobart 7000. T (03) 6234-8414. E info@salarts.org.au W www.salarts.org.au H Daily 10.00 to 5.00. To March 19 OLDER THAN LANGUAGE. April 4 to 25 placement_undecide by Emily-Rose Wills.
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Takani Clark, Home Is Where Your Heart Is (video still), 2020 Courtesy the artist and Contemporary Art Tasmania
Launceston Academy Gallery
Academic Division, Academy of the Arts, University of Tasmania, Invermay Road, Inveresk, Launceston 7250. T (03) 6324-4410. E Malcom.Bywaters@utas.edu.au W exhibit.utas.edu. au/s/university-of-tasmania-cultural-collections/page/ galleries-exhibitions Director: Dr Malcom Bywaters. Free admission. H Mon-Fri 9.00 to 5.00, closed weekends and public hols. April 6 to May 1 The Women’s Art Prize Tasmania.