As governments across Australia begin to ease restrictions, museums and galleries are stepping forward to announce reopening dates.
NIRIN, the 22nd Biennale of Sydney, will reopen from 16 June, with some venues opening from 1 June 2020.
Due to Covid-19, this year’s Biennale had to be closed to the public after only ten days. “Now, more than ever, we need art to connect, collaborate and heal – all core themes of NIRIN,” said Barbara Moore, Chief Executive Officer, Biennale of Sydney.
During the restriction period the Biennale of Sydney found new ways to reach more than 600,000 people through their digital programming. While NIRIN WIR — the Biennale’s program of public events — is postponed at this stage, their digital offerings will continue.
Exhibition dates at each venue are as follows:
Art Gallery of New South Wales 1 June – 27 September 2020
Artspace 1 June – 27 September 2020
Campbelltown Arts Centre 1 June – 11 October 2020
Cockatoo Island 16 June – 6 September 2020
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia 16 June – 6 September 2020
Find out more about NIRIN, the 22nd Biennale of Sydney:
Interview: Brook Andrew, Artistic Director, NIRIN, 22nd Biennale of Sydney
Pushed to the Edge: Anna Boghiguian
NIRIN NGAAY — Trent Walter and Stuart Geddes
Towards a Plastic-free Biennale: Lucas Ihlein and Kim Williams
The Mind Behind the Lens: Barbara McGrady
Teresa Margolles maps the repercussions of pain
Art Guide Australia is proud to be a distinguished partner of the 22nd Biennale of Sydney.
Endlessly inventive, the work of Hong Kong-born, Melbourne-based artist Scotty So spans photography, painting, video work, and drag performance. With a dual exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ballarat, So talks about pageantry, begonias and queens.
Kokatha and Nukunu artist Yhonnie Scarce has earned critical acclaim for her research in nuclear testing and its ongoing impact on First Nations communities. With a survey at the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Scarce speaks to her blown glass forms.
A new exhibition at Bendigo Art Gallery, drawn from the Musée Carnavalet in Paris, brings the Belle Èpoque era to life through impressionist paintings and antique ephemera. View, in pictures, a slice of Parisian history.
CREATION is a new religion by artist Deborah Kelly, radically rethinking how we collectively come together. Having engaged with communities nation-wide, inviting audiences to dance, sing, listen and perform together, Kelly is now taking CREATION to regional Victoria. Curator Ineke Dane talks with Kelly about why she wanted to start a new religion, and where it will go in the future.
The National Gallery of Victoria has unveiled their summer blockbuster exhibition for 2024–2025. Yayoi Kusama’s signature polka dots and pumpkins, along with world-premiere work, will appear in Australia’s largest retrospective exhibition of the Japanese artist.
Gareth Sansom talks about ambition, chance and mortality, and what changes over six decades and what remains the same.
