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The Material Action of Nicholas Mangan
From the myth of gold-hunting termites to capturing minute rock particles, Nicholas Mangan’s survey at the Museum of Contemporary Art weaves narrative, materiality, and time.
From the myth of gold-hunting termites to capturing minute rock particles, Nicholas Mangan’s survey at the Museum of Contemporary Art weaves narrative, materiality, and time.
Working between Indonesia and Australia, Jumaadi’s art draws on Javanese folk culture to excavate themes of colonialism, suffering, death and birth. His work is featured in an exhibition now showing at Bundanon Art Museum.
Trevor Yeung’s art draws on moments of quiet, dawning intimacy between people—interactions which are immensely felt yet so difficult to express. The Hong-Kong based artist is in this year’s Biennale of Sydney at White Bay Power Station and Artspace.
In their first joint exhibition together, the couple Dana Harris and Peter Atkins share their separate three-year-long projects made during the Melbourne lockdowns, delivering a shared interest in geometry and colour in SUPERsystems at TarraWarra Museum of Art.
The brand new 10km Mosman Art Trail features landmarks that have inspired generations of artists, including Arthur Streeton, Margaret Preston, Susan Rothwell and Jasper Knight. With accompanying reproductions of artworks at various sites on the walk, it’s a chance to reflect how artists interpret the landscape.
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.
Until 2026, Wanneroo Regional Art Gallery will be showing 53 original artworks by one of the most famous artists of the 20th century: Andy Warhol. Andy Warhol ICONS includes famous works such as Elvis (1963), Campbell’s Soup Cans (1968) and Marilyn (1967).
For the 24th Biennale of Sydney, Paris-based Fondation Cartier has commissioned 14 new works by Indigenous artists across the globe, curated by renowned Kuku Yalanji artist, Tony Albert.
From revamped industrial sites to brand new spaces in Sydney, to openings in Adelaide, Melbourne, Cottesloe and Darwin—across Australia there’s a flurry of new and reopening gallery activity.
Ceremony and radical activism may seem like differing forces, but The 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial is showing us otherwise, centering itself on art, action and change. This touring exhibition is now on display at Western Plains Cultural Centre.
Known for her beguiling, stained canvases, and her evocation of matrilineal Indigenous histories, Waanyi artist Judy Watson is now embarking on a 40-year survey at the Queensland Art Gallery.
In 1841, the women aboard a British convict ship crafted a large-scale quilt known as ‘The Rajah quilt’. It’s one the most requested items from the National Gallery of Australia’s collection—and it’s now showing alongside a further 21 quilts, many crafted by women.