December 2021 | January 2022 Issue

Art Almanac

December 2021 / January 2022 $5

Aida Tomescu APT10 Who’s Afraid of Public Space?

CONTENTS

Art in Australia Art News – Art Almanac team

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Jonathan Jones, works on paper 2010-19 – Kirsty Francis

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The 10th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art – Dr Joseph Brennan 24 Aida Tomescu, Unfolding Presence – Victoria Hynes 28 Sidney Nolan: Myth Rider / Heather B Swann: Leda and the Swan – Jeremy Eccles In the studio: Jody Graham

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What’s On Near Me – Art Almanac team

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Behind the scenes: Fiona Sweet, Ballarat International Foto Biennale

Art & Industry Artist Opportunities and Awards 57 Submissions and Proposals 63 Studio Spaces 63 Materials 64 Services 66 Consultants and Valuers 68 Member Organisations 68 Training 69

What’s On Gallery Index 70 Melbourne 74 Victoria 97 Sydney 106 New South Wales 129 Australian Capital Territory Tasmania 142 South Australia 146 Western Australia 150 Northern Territory 155 Queensland 158 Artist Index 167

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ART NEWS

Hyphenated Biennial Curated by Hyphenated Projects, the inaugural ‘Hyphenated Biennial’ is a multi-venue program of collective (un)learning across Melbourne’s West from 26 November to 9 April 2022, presented in partnership with The Substation, Footscray Community Arts, Incinerator Gallery and Sunshine Art Spaces.

‘Hyphenated Biennial’ focuses on dialogues, solidarity and meaningful collaborations between First Nations and Asian diasporic artists through ten new commissions. The exhibition centres around the artists’ explorations of personal histories while examining the sites they inhabit, materials they inherit and the systems they exist within.

Participating artists include Elyas Alavi, Moorina Bonini, Jacob Boehme & Nithya Nagarajan & Kalanjay Dhir, Sab D’Souza, Jacinta Keefe & Ellen YG Son, Jenna Lee, Jazz Money, Ashley Perry & Siying Zhou, Talia Smith, Beth Thornber, Jennifer Ma & David Leupolu, and Sharmayne Grace McLean. hyphenatedbiennial.art Moorina Bonini, RE-POSITIONING, 2021 Courtesy the artist and Hyphenated Projects, Melbourne

CLIMARTE Gallery Urgent issues of climate change are circling the globe. One way of calling for action is through the power of art. CLIMARTE, the Melbourne-based organisation whose vision is to amplify and mobilise public responses to the climate crisis through creativity have opened the world’s first climate emergency gallery solely dedicated to the cause.

The inaugural CLIMARTE Gallery exhibition ‘HEAR’ presents work by Deanne Gilson, Brian Martin, Kent Morris, James Tyler and Peter Waples-Crowe, until 18 December. ‘It was critical that CLIMARTE’s Gallery opens with First Nations artists’ voices. We feel humbled by the opportunity to present this collection of exceptional work that invites viewers to engage with Indigenous wisdom and calls to care for Country,’ says Jo Lane, CLIMARTE Board Member and Creative Producer of ‘HEAR’. climarte.org Kent Morris, Barkindji Blue Sky – Ancestral Connections #1, 2019, giclée prints on rag paper, 100 × 150cm Courtesy the artist, Vivien Anderson Gallery and CLIMARTE Gallery, Melbourne

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FEATURED EXHIBITIONS

The 10th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art

By Dr Joseph Brennan Dr Joseph Brennan speaks with Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art’s (QAGOMA) Curatorial Manager of Asian and Pacific Art, Tarun Nagesh, about the works of ‘The 10th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’ (APT10) – more than 150 artists’ current and futureoriented visions of our vibrant region.

‘The Asia Pacific region is undoubtedly one of the most culturally and artistically diverse regions of the world, and I think one of the most rapidly changing, so it would be impossible to capture this in a single exhibition,’ Tarun Nagesh says about the APT, a triennial project that had its first edition almost 30 years ago and that for this, its tenth outing, encompasses 69 projects with new and recent work by more than 150 emerging and established artists, collectives and filmmakers from over 30 countries.

On a perpetual project like this one, curatorial work is a continual process built on a long and sustained engagement with the region, and with the research and outcomes of one edition helping to form the next. ‘It is in every sense a deeply collaborative curatorial model,’ Nagesh explains. ‘Although the model has changed over the course of its history, the APT has never had a singular artistic director or curator, which I think is one of its great strengths, and draws expertise widely across the organisation and a wide network of collaborators.’

Nagesh’s Asian and Pacific Art team at QAGOMA led the project, together with Curator of Pacific Art Ruth McDougall and Curator of Contemporary Asian Art Reuben Keehan, who have been working on APT exhibitions together for more than a decade. For ‘APT10’, the curatorial team

Gordon Hookey, Waanyi people, Australia b.1961, Murriland! #1, 2015-17, oil on canvas 210 × 1,000cm Gifted by the citizens of the Gold Coast to future generations 2019 Collection: HOTA Gallery, Queensland

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IN THE STUDIO Where do you find inspiration when starting a new body of work?

I am innately inspired to make artwork readily from what I observe and hear. My dilemma is to resist running with every idea I have, to enforce boundaries on myself, and then practice spontaneity within those self-imposed restrictions. Deadlines help with this too; otherwise, I get swept up starting new work and can be inundated with unfinished, half-baked artworks.

Many of my ideas are born from experiencing and watching life. I think I collect intriguing parts of conversations and unconsciously store them away in my memory bank; often recalling parts of these exchanges years later and connecting them with concepts I am working on.

Over the last twelve months, I have been inspired to learn how to relate drawing to sound. I am enthused about the transferring of knowledge while working and learning with Mark Cauvin.

Currently, we are trying to blur the boundaries of visual art and sound and develop a new language.

How has the pandemic redefined your studio practice?

I like my life being stripped back to the essentials. The pandemic reminded me of the pleasure I find in the simple and unpretentious. During this time, I decided to do a residency in my studio; particularly early on, this allowed me to enjoy living with my work for long periods and mostly loving it. I rediscovered how beneficial it is to artmaking to dedicate large slabs of unbroken time.

Making art can be a solitary business that I usually rejoice in, but as the pandemic progressed, I needed to be careful not to spend too much time isolating. At times, I felt a bit stir-crazy because my studio is like a concrete cave; however, I found that continually creating doesn’t always equal good art. I can get so close to things that I can’t see properly and need to step back, go for a walk, pick some rubbish up, whistle to a magpie or talk to a friend. I worked out how important connecting with others and the environment is for my well-being.

Jody Graham is represented by Nanda\Hobbs, Sydney and Lost Bear Gallery, New South Wales. jodygraham.com.au All images courtesy the artist

Magpie, 2020, work in progress, drawn with burnt wood from recent fires

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WHAT’S ON NEAR ME

Archie 100:

Naomi Hobson

A Century of the Archibald Prize

Adolescent Wonderland

‘Archie 100’ celebrates a century of Australia’s oldest portrait award, the Archibald Prize, reflecting upon the changing face of our nation and how artistic styles and approaches to portraiture have changed over time. The touring exhibition is arranged thematically and delves into the controversies and the commonplace, the triumphant and the thwarted.

‘Today photography needs to push the boundary… I’m using the medium to tell real stories that I feel don’t get told or haven’t been told. I want people to see who our youth really are: fun, playful, smart, savvy, proud, adventurous and witty.’ – Naomi Hobson.

Geelong Gallery Until 20 February, 2022 Victoria

Now showing in Geelong – where JF Archibald, who established the Archibald Prize, was born and raised and where several artists and sitters presented have connections to the area or are represented in the Geelong Gallery collection.

John Brack, Barry Humphries in the character of Mrs Everage, 1969, oil on canvas, 94.5 × 128.2cm Art Gallery of New South Wales, purchased with funds provided by the Contemporary Art Purchase Grant from the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council 1975 © Helen Brack Courtesy Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney and Geelong Gallery, Victoria

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Port Pirie Regional Art Gallery 11 December, 2021 to 27 February, 2022 South Australia

Inspired by the classic children’s novel ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ by Lewis Carroll, Naomi Hobson presents evocative photographic portraits in ‘Adolescent Wonderland’, which capture the youthful spirit of Aboriginal people from her community of Coen on Cape York Peninsula.

Naomi Hobson, Southern Kaantju/Umpila people, Queensland, born Coen, Queensland 1978, Daley’s Bike “Ms. Daley, the kindergarten teacher has a flash black bike, it’s them olden-style one. Every time I drop Erica off at kindy, I always check it out.”

Kayla, from the series ‘Adolescent Wonderland’, 2019, Coen, Queensland, digital print on paper, 81 × 110cm © Naomi Hobson/Redot Fine Art Gallery Courtesy the artist and Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

WHAT’S ON NEAR ME

Tineke Van der Eecken

Thinking into Being:

Tributaries

QUT Alumni Triennial

Tineke Van der Eecken explores the tributary systems within our culture and environment in ‘Tributaries’. This exhibition presents jewellery, sculptures, and plastinates formed by corrosion casting, made in collaboration with the University of Ghent Animal Morphology Museum. These plastinates include a sheep’s head, a pony’s foot, a dog’s lung tree and a horse’s head. Alongside a selection of arresting photographs, they illustrate the fragility and degradation of Western Australia’s landscapes, flora and fauna, and the detrimental impact that colonisation and development have upon them.

Design as the essence of every original idea is the theme of ‘Thinking into Being’, which explores QUT’s unique cross-disciplinary and collaborative approach to teaching and learning through the work of graduates from the Schools of Architecture and Built Environment, Creative Practice, and Design, and reveals how often unseen creative processes may bring about social, political, ecological, and economic change. ‘Thinking into Being’ includes painting, sculpture, furniture, print, digital media, photography and site-specific installations, as well as sketchbooks, models, screen-based media and interactive visitor activities.

Mundaring Arts Centre Until 19 December, 2021 Western Australia

QUT Art Museum Until 27 February, 2022 Queensland

Bush Fire, 2021, copper and steel, 27 × 40 × 9.5cm Photograph: Yasmin Eghtesadi Courtesy the artist and Mundaring Arts Centre, Western Australia

Clare Kennedy, Waste terrazzo table, 2021, salvaged concrete and reclaimed steel Photograph: Dan Mulheran Courtesy the artist and QUT Art Museum, Queensland

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ART & INDUSTRY

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!

Visit ANAT’s website for more information, eligibility requirements and to read about the benefits of taking part in ANAT’s Synapse residency program.

Applications for the 2022 Synapse residency program are open and will close 5pm (ACDT) February 16, 2022. anat.org.au

ANAT Synapse residency program art + science + technology

ANAT is a South Australia-based global leader in brokering opportunities for artists to work with science and technology partners, who are inspired by their belief that ‘artists are essential to how we imagine and shape our future’. Since 2004, the ANAT Synapse residency program has been at the forefront of fostering new research partnerships between artists, scientists and technologists, allowing for the generation of new knowledge, ideas and processes, beneficial to both fields. ANAT’s program includes residencies, symposia, workshops, exhibitions, artist commissions, fellowships and networking events.

This month ANAT is calling for applications from Australian artists and researchers to become part of the 2022 Synapse residency program, which is scheduled for April to December 2022. Synapse residencies will be conducted over 16 weeks full-time, the equivalent part-time or in discrete blocks for a longer duration through 2022.

ANAT will support participating artists with $4,400 per month (or part-time equivalent) and will also contribute to project material costs, accommodation expenses and return travel to the destination of the residency, if required. The host organisation will provide in-kind access to staff and equipment, as well as space and resources, and will assist with disseminating outcomes at the conclusion of the residency. Successful applicants will be notified on March 9, 2022.

The 2021 Synapse recipients are Dr Svenja J Kratz (Tas) + Associate Professor Brad Sutherland, School of Medicine, Utas + Associate Professor Jane Nielsen, Centre for Law and Genetics, Utas + Distinguished Professor Dietmar W. Hutmacher, Centre in Regenerative Medicine Group, Qut. Go online to read about their work.

Svenja J Kratz, 2021 ANAT Synapse resident, Self-portrait #2: Site of Infection, 2019, installation view Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart, mixed media: wax, cold porcelain, stainless steel, water containing DNA of the artist and electrical components Photograph: Rémi Chauvin Courtesy the artist and ANAT, South Australia

PCA Print Commission 2022

Entries open December 7, 2021 The Print Council of Australia (PCA) is calling artists who would like to apply to create a new original limited print edition for the PCA Print Commission.

For over five decades, PCA have invited contemporary artists to create new editions of original prints for the yearly Print Commission, which are acquired by collections and subscribers across Australia and internationally. The initiative aims to foster the production of new print media work while promoting the advancement of Australian printmaking, raising funds for the organisation and supporting the professional development of artists. See ad page 98. printcouncil.org.au

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MELBOURNE

Flinders Lane Gallery

Level 1, Nicholas Building, 37 Swanston Street, Melbourne 3000. T (03) 9654-3332.

E info@flg.com.au W www.flg.com.au Director: Claire Harris. H Tues-Fri 11.00 to 6.00, Sat 11.00 to 3.00. FLG presents their annual exhibition program both in-house and online via virtual tours. Their website also features an extensive, fully searchable online stockroom.

Online: to Dec 18 New Works on Paper by Marise Maas. Nov 30 to Dec 18 Moments in Time by Julie Davidson. Jan 18 to Feb 5, 2022 Warlukurlangu Artists, including a focus on the work of Flora Nakamarra Brown.

Stephen McLaughlan Gallery

Level 8, Room 16, Nicholas Building, 37 Swanston Street (cnr Flinders Lane), Melbourne 3000.

T 0407-317-323. E st73599@bigpond.net.au W www.stephenmclaughlangallery.com.au Director: Stephen McLaughlan. H Wed-Fri 1.00 to 5.00, Sat 11.00 to 5.00, or by appt. To Dec 18 Something Simple, curated by Stephen Wickham. Dec 1 to 18 South Gallery: Jenny Loft. Jan 19 to Feb 5, 2022 Attuned, curated by Stephen McLaughlan.

Southbank Sth Melbourne Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA)

Julie Davidson, Late Afternoon, 2021, oil on canvas, 76 × 76cm Courtesy the artist and Flinders Lane Gallery

fortyfivedownstairs

45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne 3000.

T (03) 9662-9966. E info@fortyfivedownstairs.com W www.fortyfivedownstairs.com H Tues-Fri 11.00 to 5.00, Sat 11.00 to 3.00. Please note all dates and times subject to change due to government restrictions. Visit the website for the most up to date exhibition information. To Dec 4 Tales from the Greek: Myth, Beauty and Brutality painting, printmaking and sculpture by Marco Luccio.

Dec 7 to 18 Entering the Subconscious: The COVID works painting by Michael Wedd. Also, Coastline paper cuts and painting by Roma McLaughlin and Kathy Fahey. Jan 25 to Feb 5, 2022 monumentum painting by John Mezzini, and Things Fall Apart painting by Mike Lutz.

80 Melbourne

111 Sturt Street, Southbank 3006.

T (03) 9697-9999. W acca.melbourne H Tues-Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat-Sun 11.00 to 5.00. Closed Mon (by appt.). Dec 4 to March 20, 2022 Who’s Afraid of Public Space? – continuing ACCA’s series of Big Picture exhibitions, inaugurated with Sovereignty in 2016-17 and followed by Unfinished Business: Perspectives on art and feminism in 2017-18, ACCA is developing Who’s Afraid of Public Space?, a major exhibition and research project exploring the role of public culture, the contested nature of public space, and the character and composition of public life itself.

Australian Tapestry Workshop

262-266 Park Street, South Melbourne 3205.

T (03) 9699-7885. E contact@austapestry.com.au W www.austapestry.com.au Gold coin entry.

H Summer closure Dec 24 to Jan 18, 2022.

Due to COVID-19, please check the ATW website for the latest viewing times. During your visit you will have an opportunity to observe the ATW weavers at work on contemporary tapestries from our mezzanine, as well as look down into the colour laboratory where the yarns are dyed for production. The ATW has two galleries, which feature curated exhibitions of tapestries, textiles and contemporary art on a rotating basis. To Dec 17 Tapestry Design Prize for Architects 2021 Finalists – architects from around the world expand the possibilities of contemporary tapestry through 15 designs for Phoenix Central Park designed by John Wardle Architects and Durbach Block Jaggers. To Dec 24 Kate Derum Award & Irene Davies Award for Small Tapestries Finalists – these unique awards celebrate creativity and excellence in the field of contemporary tapestry worldwide. Dec 21 to March 11, 2022 Leftover Love – driven by a love of leftovers artists Carolyn Cardinet, Hannah Gartside, Carolyn Menzies and Helen Philipp reuse, repurpose and remake found and discarded materials.

Nathaniel Boyd, View of San Lorenzo, Forcoli, Italy, oil on board, 25 × 30 cm

Jamie Boyd, Thinking, pastel, 73 × 53 cm

Jamie Boyd & Nathaniel Boyd From the Tuscan Hills and Beyond 1 DECEMBER 2021 – 31 JANUARY 2022 Gallery closed 23 December 2021 to 9 January 2022

Gallery on Sturt

421 Sturt Street, Ballarat Vic 3350 | 03 5331 7011 info@galleryonsturt.com.au | www.galleryonsturt.com.au Mon-Fri 10.00 to 4.00, Sat 10.00 to 2.00

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SYDNEY

Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA)

140 George Street, The Rocks 2000.

T (02) 9245-2400. W www.mca.com.au H Tues-Sun 10.00 to 5.00, Fri 10.00 to 9.00. Closed Mon. To Feb 6, 2022 Doug Aitken: New Era – plunge into the world of American artist Doug Aitken in this Sydney-exclusive exhibition. See installations, objects, photographs, and vast immersive multiscreen environments that will envelop you within a kaleidoscope of moving imagery and sound.

Using light, reflection and multiplication, Aitken mesmerises visitors. His works lead us into a world where time, space, and memory are fluid concepts.

To March 28, 2023 MCA Collection: Perspectives on place – explores the social and physical aspects of place. It has been imagined as an expanded map, which weaves together a picture of the world made from rituals, memories, metaphors, imprints and repurposed materials.

natural world is the third in a series of exhibitions between Manly Art Gallery, Mosman Art Gallery and S.H. Ervin Gallery. The natural world will showcase artworks responding to the theme of Sydney as a place of creative endeavours, with a strong focus on the work of major Australian women artists, all connected by their concern for landscape, the natural world and the environment. It presents work by key artists whose art practice has become synonymous with the natural world – Merran Esson, Jennifer Keeler-Milne, Juz Kitson, Janet Laurence, Fiona Lowry, Bronwyn Oliver, Joan Ross, Caroline Rothwell and Robyn Stacey.

Doug Aitken, migration (empire) (still), 2008 © the artist Courtesy the artist, 303 Gallery, New York, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Victoria Miro, London, Regen Projects, Los Angeles and Museum of Contemporary Art Australia

Museum of Sydney

Cnr Phillip and Bridge streets, Sydney 2000.

T (02) 9251-5988. W sydneylivingmuseums.com.au Adult $15, conc. $12, family $38, members free, children under 5 years free. H Thurs-Sun 10.00 to 5.00. Closed Good Friday and Christmas Day. The Museum presents a diverse program of exhibitions and events.

S.H. Ervin Gallery

National Trust of Australia (NSW), Watson Road, Observatory Hill, The Rocks 2000.

T (02) 9258-0173.

E shervingallery@nationaltrust.com.au W www.shervingallery.com.au H Tues-Sun 11.00 to 5.00. Please check website for updates before visiting. To Dec 19 Portia Geach Memorial Award 2021 Australia’s most prestigious art prize for portraiture by women artists.

Jan 4 to March 20, 2022 Destination Sydney: The

Marie Mansfield, Anthea May or May Not Winner Portia Geach Memorial Award 2021 Courtesy the artist and S.H. Ervin Gallery

State Library of NSW

Cnr Shakespeare Place and Macquarie Street, Sydney 2000. T (02) 9273-1414.

W www.sl.nsw.gov.au/galleries Free entry. Visit the website for open hours and exhibition program.

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Northern Rivers Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery

Cnr Coff and Duke streets, Coffs Harbour 2450.

T (02) 6648-4863. E gallery@chcc.nsw.gov.au W www.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au/gallery Free entry.

H Tues-Sat 10.00 to 4.00. Closed Mon and public hols. To Jan 15, 2022 The White Bluff Project – a local artist-led art, science and community collaboration exploring and responding to the unique, significant and overlooked site of White Bluff. Find out more about The White Bluff Project at www. thewhitebluffproject.co Jan 22 to March 19, 2022 Complex Simplicity: Jan Allsopp – an exploration of the ‘extraordinary’ that is hidden in the ‘ordinary’.

Allsopp, a happiness enthusiast, has learnt that happiness is a daily choice. Her art is about sharing happiness, and reminding us of that choice.

Lismore Regional Gallery

11 Rural Street, Lismore 2480. T (02) 6627-4600.

E art.gallery@lismore.nsw.gov.au W lismoregallery.org Entry by suggested $5 donation.

H Wed-Sun 10.00 to 4.00. Closed Mon-Tues.

To Feb 6, 2022 Gallery 1: Deborah Kelly: CREATION. Dec 4 to Jan 30, 2022 Galleries 2 and 3: Koori Mail Indigenous Art Award 2021.

Deborah Kelly, AnA Wojak as The Spider, 2021, digital image Photograph: Mia Forrest Courtesy the artist and Lismore Regional Gallery

Manning Regional Art Gallery

12 Macquarie Street, Taree 2430. T (02) 6592-5455.

E art.gallery@midcoast.nsw.gov.au W mrag.midcoast.nsw.gov.au H Tues-Sat 10.00 to 4.00. Closed Sun-Mon. Please check website for updates before visiting.

Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre Jan Allsopp, Connect the dots, 2021, acrylic on wood panel, 20 × 20cm Courtesy the artist and Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery

Grafton Regional Gallery

158 Fitzroy Street, Grafton 2460. T (02) 6642-3177.

E gallery@clarence.nsw.gov.au W www.graftongallery.nsw.gov.au Facebook: @graftonregionalgallery Instagram: @grafton_regional_gallery H Tues-Sun 10.00 to 4.00, public hols may differ. Dec 11 to Feb 6, 2022 Drawn Together by David Fairbairn.

132 New South Wales

2 Mistral Road (cnr Tweed Valley Way), Murwillumbah South 2484. T (02) 6670-2790.

E tweedart@tweed.nsw.gov.au W artgallery.tweed.nsw.gov.au Director: Susi Muddiman OAM. Free entry.

H Wed-Sun 10.00 to 5.00. To Feb 20, 2022 At Home – Margaret Olley & Ben Quilty. To May 1, 2022 The Supers by Craig Tuffin. Dec 3 to Jan 30, 2022 Beauty for Beauty’s Sake by David Preston, and Softening the Eyes by Nadja Kabriel.

Dec 10 to Jan 30, 2022 Experimenta Life Forms: International Triennial of Media Art.

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Perth City Art Gallery of Western Australia

Perth Cultural Centre, James Street Mall, Perth 6000.

T (08) 9492-6600. E admin@artgallery.wa.gov.au W www.artgallery.wa.gov.au H Wed-Mon 10.00 to 5.00. Closed Tues. Now showing In the studio: Rose Boyt and Lucian Freud – Lucian Freud rarely allowed himself to be photographed. While working on ‘Naked man with rat’ (1977-78), he commissioned Rose Boyt, one of his 14 acknowledged children, to capture a series of moments in the studio. Wild and sassy, Boyt forged a relationship with her father the same way as his other children, who had to get used to his unconventional parenting style. He painted many of them, including Boyt, whose unfinished portrait appears in the background of her photographs. The power dynamic between the three protagonists comes into focus in these images and they capture Boyt’s agency as a daughter, a sitter and a photographer in her own right. To Jan 31, 2022 The View From Here – A Celebration of Western Australian art.

One moment. 200 perspectives. The Gallery’s largest-ever exhibition of Western Australian art with 30 new commissions, exhibitions and acquisitions by leading Western Australian artists and creatives.

The exhibition captures the perspectives of a diverse group of artists, from the state’s renowned and iconic western desert and Kimberley artists to emerging artists – many from non-traditional arts backgrounds – to established Western Australian artists working here and elsewhere (see ad page 7).

Dec 11 to April 18, 2022 Ever Present: First Peoples Art of Australia – this touring exhibition surveys historical and contemporary works by over 80 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists from across Australia, drawn from the collections of the National Gallery of Australia and Wesfarmers Arts. Only on show in Perth.

Artbank, Perth

Level 1, Hyatt Regency Perth, 99 Adelaide Terrace, Perth 6000. T More information 1800-251-651.

E enquiries@artbank.gov.au W www.artbank.gov.au A Commonwealth Government art leasing program for contemporary art. Supporting Australian artists.

Cool Change Contemporary

1F Bon Marche Arcade Building, 74-84 Barrack Street, Perth 6000. T 0484-500-838.

E hello@coolchange.net.au W www.coolchange.net.au H Wed-Sat 11.00 to 5.00, during exhibitions, refer to website for exhibition program. An artist-run-initiative for exhibitions, performances, screenings, workshops and events.

Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA)

Perth Cultural Centre, 51 James Street, Perth 6000.

T (08) 9228-6300. E info@pica.org.au W www.pica.org.au Free entry. H Tues-Sun 10.00 to 5.00. Closed during exhibition changeover.

To Jan 9, 2022 Sky Cave by Amy Perejuan-Capone.

Also, Coming Home by Alex Martinis Roe.

Alex Martinis Roe, Coming Home, 2021, installation view, PICA Photograph: Bo Wong Courtesy the artist and Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA)

Holly Yoshida, Offerings, 2021, oil on board, 60 × 80cm State Art Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia, purchased through the Art Gallery of Western Australia Foundation: Emerging Artists’ Fund, 2021 Courtesy the artist and Art Gallery of Western Australia

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NT

Godinymayin Yijard Rivers Arts and Culture Centre Lot 3238, Stuart Highway, Katherine East 0850.

T (08) 8972-3751. E info@gyracc.org.au W www.gyracc.org.au H Mon-Fri 9.00 to 5.00, Sat 9.00 to 2.00. Closed Sun and public hols.

Visit website for exhibition program.

Darwin Charles Darwin University Art Gallery

Ground floor, Building Orange 12.1.02, Casuarina Campus, Darwin 0909. T (08) 8946-6621.

E artgallery@cdu.edu.au W cdu.edu.au/artgallery H Wed-Fri 10.00 to 4.00, Sat 10.00 to 2.00.

Visit website for exhibition program.

To Feb 26, 2022 DRAWN from the CDU Art Collection – sketches, drawings, illustrations and works-on-paper from 1976 to 2021.

Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT)

19 Conacher Street, The Gardens, Darwin 0820.

T (08) 8999-8264. E info@magnt.net.au W www.magnt.net.au Free entry. H Daily 10.00 to 4.00. To Feb 6, 2022 Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards – presents powerful new works, which interpret history, spark conversations, and celebrate culture and Country.

The 2021 Telstra NATSIAA features a range of outstanding artworks by some of Australia’s best emerging and established artists. Now in its 38th year, Telstra NATSIAA is Australia’s longest running and most prestigious art award for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and can be experienced in person at MAGNT in Darwin or via the virtual gallery at www.natsiaa.com.au.

Yangyangkari Roma Butler, Ngayulu munu ngayuku papa (Me and my dogs), 2021, tjanpi (dry grass), raffia, acrylic yarn and wire, 100 × 100 × 80cm (overall) 2021 Telstra NATSIAA Finalist Photograph: MAGNT/Mark Sherwood Courtesy the artist, Tjanpi Desert Weavers, Northern Territory and Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory

Northern Centre for Contemporary Art (NCCA) Phillip Merrdi Wilson, Lily pods, 2021, ink on paper, 289 × 210cm Charles Darwin University Art Collection Courtesy the artist and Charles Darwin University Art Gallery

156 Northern Territory

Vimy Lane, Parap 0820. T (08) 8981-5368.

W nccart.com.au H Wed-Fri 10.00 to 4.00, Sat 10.00 to 2.00, or by appt. Closed public hols.

The Northern Centre for Contemporary Art delivers leading local, national and international contemporary art to Darwin.