Your Guide to Art Exhibitions Across Australia
Immerse yourself in the dynamic realm of Australian art and culture,
brought to life by an eclectic range of exhibitions. Take a sneak peek
into the ongoing showcase of creativity that awaits you.
VIC
GRACE CROWLEY
& RALPH BALSON
Gallery View of GRACE CROWLEY & RALPH BALSON. (Source: National Gallery of Victoria)
May 23 - September 22
The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Fed Square
The first major exhibition of its kind, GRACE CROWLEY & RALPH BALSON explores the creative partnership and reciprocal inspiration between the two pioneering Australian abstractionists. Upon returning from Europe, Crowley taught the modernist principles she learnt in Paris to eager students including Balson. Taking part in the first exhibitions of abstract art in Australia, Crowley and Balson introduced pure abstraction to the nation and significantly shaped the local modern art movement.
Portrait of an Artist
July 20 - October 20
Heide Museum of Modern Art
Presenting selected works from the Heide Collection, ‘Portrait of an Artist’ provides a captivating insight into the individual artists and their creative environments. The exhibition pairs works of artists – such as Robert Jacks, Mirka Mora and Sidney Nolan – with their palettes, paints, and tools, revealing a tangible connection between the artist's hand and their creations.
NSW
Peter Kingston
June 8 2024 - May 18 2025
State Library - New South Wales
Joyful and charming, Peter Kingston is a witty printmaker who is beloved by Australians. In this tribute to the artist, the State Library showcase his love for his hometown. Like his friend and fellow artist Brett Whiteley, Kingston's kinship with Sydney has become part of its cultural identity. Explore the bustling city, iconic landmarks and serene bays through the eyes of the iconic printmaker.
Sirens Revisited
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Image Courtesy: National Trust NSW |
July 26 - October 23
Norman Lindsay Gallery, Blue Mountains
The Sirens Revisited exhibition offers an inside look at the 1994 film Sirens and the Norman Lindsay works that inspired it. Featuring costumes and film memorabilia alongside etchings and watercolors, the exhibition delves into Lindsay’s complex relationship with art, mythology, and the provocative themes of his career.
ACT
SELF PORTRAIT: MYSELF AND I
Currently Showing
National Portrait Gallery
Driven by an incessant desire to create, many artists turn to self-portraiture. Showing works from over the last 80 years, the National Portrait Gallery is celebrating the inventiveness and diversity in Australian artists' approaches to the depiction of oneself. Highly personal, the self-portrait is often the result of parallel exploration of creative expression and the self and alludes to the artist’s inner world.
QLD
WA
SA
Rethinking Australian Art
Currently Showing
Art Gallery of South Australia
By re-hanging these selected artworks from their collection, the Art Gallery of South Australia aims to re-explore Australian Art History. Challenging the notion of a national art scene that was isolated or singular, this presentation of art showcases the intricate and revolutionary shifts that took place in Australian art following the Second World War - including the emergence of Aboriginal art, the momentum of the Feminist art movement, and the ascent of conceptual art and postmodernism.
TAS
Lands of Light: Lloyd Rees and Tasmania
Lloyd Rees, Spring sunshine, 1938. Oil on canvas on paperboard, 39.5 x 48.3 cm. (Source: Art Gallery NSW)
March 7 - October 27
Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery
Capturing his native surroundings in his own unique way, Lloyd Rees is one of Australia’s most beloved landscape artists of the 20th century. Rees was rarely influenced by the trends of his contemporaries, preferring to build on the legacy of European landscapes while being inspired by the Australian artists of the past.
This exhibition brings together paintings from the last decades of Rees’ long career, when the artist lived in Tasmania. The works are expositions of light, capturing how the island state and its environment were as unique as Rees’ sensibilities.