Arts / Culture

Art in May: these are the shows to catch in Australia this month

You won't have to work too hard or look too far to find exhibitions to attend this May. This month is brimming with shows of artists both emerging and well-cemented.

Keep an eye out for Oh, Museum at Cement Fondu which will feature a participatory piece from Guerrilla Girls. While Gianna Hayes will be leading an indigo dyeing workshop that explores the importance of the dye in Indigenous and Black history. For those in the Northern Territory, the works of year 12 art students are still on display at Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory.

For more upcoming exhibitions read on.

 

 

Olsen Gallery Sydney

10,000 Strikes – Dion Horstmans

21 April - 8 May

 

Bauhaus Disco – Claudia Damichi
21 April - 8 May
Luscus – James McGrath

12 - 29 May

 

 

Olsen Annexe

Mare Incognitum – Stephen Bird

12 - 29 May

 

 

China Heights Gallery

Burning Beautiful – Daniel R. Watkins 

21 May

 

Balun – Shaun Daniel Allen 

21 May

 

 

Michael Reid

The Call –  Nici Cumpston, Tamara Dean, Leah Emery, Nadia Hernández, Petrina Hicks, Clare Rae, Joan Ross, Mia Salsjö, Shireen Taweel and Regina Pilawuk Wilson

22 Apr - 15 May 2021

 

 

Station Gallery

Con la punta de los dedos (With the tips of your fingers) – Nadia Hernandez

24 April 15 May

 

 

Roslyn Oxley

 

 

 

National Art School

Dobell Drawing Prize

26 March 22 May

 

From the mountain to the sky: Guy Warren drawings

17 April – 22 May

 

 

Art Gallery of New South Wales

The National 2021

Current – 5 September

 

Longing for home

Current – 22 Aug 2021

 

The way we eat

3 April 2021 – 2022

 

PrintmakerBrett Whiteley

3 April – 11 July

 

 

Cement Fondu

Natural Indigo Dyeing Workshop

with Gianna Hayes, 12 June

 

New Age Noise - Textbook for Desire

Group exhibition with Nat Randall & Anna Breckon, Jazz Money, Giselle Stanborough, Kate Blackmore, Bhenji Ra, Sweatshop Women

20 March – May 2

 

Oh, Museum 

DIS, Oliver Laric, Morehshin Allahyari, James Taylor, Jamie North, Pilvi Takala, Gianna Hayes, Cigdem Aydemir, Guerrilla Girls

22 May – 11 July

 

 

Heide Museum of Modern Art

Terra Data – Stanislava Pinchuk

20 March - June 20

 

Blue Over Time – Robert Owen

6 March -  23 May

 

 

Art Gallery of Western Australia

Pulse Perspectives

5 May – 30 August

 

Freighting Ideas: There Were Moments of Transformation…

1 May – 18 June 2021

 

 

National Gallery of Australia

Botticelli + Van Gogh

5 March – 14 June

 

Know My Name

14 November – 4 July 2021

 

Skywhales Patricia Piccinini

7 March – 1 August

 

 

Art Gallery of South Australia

The Present Moment – Clarice Beckett

Until May 16

 

A Vast Emporium: Artistic exchange and innovation in a global age

1 May

 

 

Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory

Fresh: connecting new & old art

Current

 

Turtle Territory

Current 

 

EX!T ART: 2020 NT Year 12 Student Exhibition

Current - 13 June

 

Images: Gianna Hayes, Shaun Daniel Allen

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