Fifty Squared Art Prize Fifty Squared Art Prize Group Exhibition (Art Prize) Brunswick Street Gallery 21 Jun—4 Jul
This must be the place Jane Helmers, Vanessa Rowe, Steve Tomlin Brunswick Street Gallery 12 Jul—27 Jul
In Pictures Shifting Frames: An evolution of self and place In an Australian first, the Art Gallery of Western Australia presents Moving Landscape—an exhibition by internationally acclaimed US artist Sam Contis, curated alongside Dr Anna Arabindan-Kesson. Art Guide Australia
Preview Max Mueller paints propulsively Hobart-based Max Mueller’s In the Sticks exhibition at Handmark Gallery features oil-on-linen works that show tranquil scenes of Tasmania, musing on how nature is managed and maintained in a context of civilisation and curation. Barnaby Smith
Feature Sensory perceptions Inspired by the ways in which nature informs creativity, the exhibition Material Nature, now showing at Drill Hall Gallery, aims to encourage viewers to think deeply about the human connection to the natural world. Briony Downes
Feature A soft touch An exhibition of the work of seven women artists at Ngununggula in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales explores themes of tenderness and care through the rich possibilities of paint. Emma-Kate Wilson
Feature What if I am more real when I’m projecting? Inspired by different genres of fiction and digital media, the artists in Ghost in the Machine at Outer Space, Brisbane consider avatars, ghosts, masks and levels of embodiment to ask: what if I’m more real when I’m projecting? Josephine Mead
Preview The balance of tension At once an exhibition, performance series, and community-led workshops, Push / Pull is an ambitious program that brings together themes and areas of focus that honour the histories of Adelaide Contemporary Experimental as a platform for radical experimentation. Bec Gallo