Looking to navigate your way through the Australian art smorgasbord this month? Here's a list to get you started. From Harry Rothel at Yavuz, the doubled joy of Rosie Deacon and Emily Crockford at Bondi Pavillion, and Fantastic Forms at Bundanon Art Museum, these are our picks to see if you're scoping out the best in Australian art for April 2023.
NSW
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Chalk Horse
Landscapes of the Heart
Claudia Greathead
Until April 15, 2023.
Campbelltown Arts Centre
The National 4: Australian Art Now
Isabel & Alfredo Aquilizan with the Fruitjuice Factori Studio, Brook Andrew, Christopher Bassi, Lynda Draper, Jumaadi, Shivanjani Lal, Julian Martin and Yabini Kickett artist project with Sharyn Egan and Ilona McGuire.
Until June 25, 2023.
STATION Gallery
An Unmade Bed
Heather B. Swann
Until April 22, 2023.
Maitland Regional Art Gallery
Kungka Kuṉpu (Strong Women)
Until May 21, 2023.
China Heights
Where the river meets the ocean
Otis Hope Carey & Shaun Daniel Allen (Shal)
Offsite location: Louis Vuitton Brisbane
Opens 6 April 2023
Opens 7 April 2023
The Lock-Up
Loud Sky
Lottie Consalvo, Peter Gardiner, Fiona Lee, Damien Linnane and Clare Weeks.
Until May 21, 2023.
Bundanon Art Museum
Stephen Benwell, Nabilah Nordin and Rubyrose Bancroft
1 April – 18 June 2023
Carriageworks
The National 4: Australian Art Now
Susan Balbunga, Frances Barrett, Elizabeth Day, Nicole Foreshew, Heather Koowootha, Jo Lloyd, Naminapu Maymuru-White, Jason Phu, Teho Ropeyarn, Erika Scott, and Katie West.
Until June 25, 2023.
Seven Marks
Vault
Chick Butcher
Until May 25, 2023.
N.Smith Gallery
Danie Mellor: Recent Works
Until April 29, 2023.
Mosman Art Gallery
Thom Roberts and Simon Wheeldon
Until May 28, 2023.
Passage Gallery
Urritjara
Tim Georgesen
Until April 16, 2023.
(Don't) Be An Artist
Kay Abude
26 April – 4 June 2023
ACMI
Goddess: Power, Glamour, Rebellion
6 April – 1 October 2023.
Powerhouse Museum
Drawing on the archives of music promoter, record company founder and entrepreneur Stephen ‘Pav’ Pavlovic, the exhibit will take audiences behind-the-scenes of the alternative music scene in the 1990s.
Until June 3, 2023.
Zampatti Powerhouse
Until June 11, 2023.
Penrith Regional Gallery
A House Full of Paintings: the art and life of Margo Lewers (1908 – 1978)
Until May 14, 2023.
Yavuz Gallery
Pareidolia Amongst the Trees
Harry Rothel
Until April 18, 2023.
Michael Reid
Somewhere to Begin
Isca Greenfield-Sanders
28 April – 27 May 2023
National Art School
Dobell Drawing Prize
Until June 10, 2023.
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
Afterglow
Danelle Bergstrom
1 April – 11 June 2023
Artist Talk: 11am, Saturday 1 April
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Art Express
Until May 7, 2023.
The National 4: Australian Art Now
Abdul Abdullah, Brenda L Croft, Robert Fielding, Madeleine Kelly, Glen Mackie Kei Kelak, Pierre Mukeba, Nabilah Nordin, Thea Anamara Perkins, Reko Rennie, David Sequeira, Esther Stewart, Heather B Swann, Natasha Walsh at the Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills, and Gerry Wedd.
Until July 23, 2023.
Dreamhome: Stories of Art and Shelter
Until late 2023
The End of Imagination
Adrián Villar Rojas
Until mid 2023
Museum of Contemporary Art
The National 4: Australian Art Now
Hoda Afshar, Daniel Boyd, Eugene Carchesio, Allison Chhorn, Léuli Eshrāghi, Diena Georgetti, Simryn Gill, Ivi, Jilamara Arts and Crafts Association, Mia Salsjö, Kieren Seymour, Nicholas Smith, Isabelle Sully, Amanda Williams and Rudi Williams.
Until July 2023.
Bondi Pavilion Gallery
Rainbow, Mermaid, Fireworks
Rosie Deacon and Emily Crockford of Studio A
1 April – 14 May 2023
Sullivan + Strumpf
2 Telegenic 2 Die
Darren Sylvester
Until April 22, 2023.
Cement Fondu
Linger, Dash, Talk
Until April 23, 2023.
The Black Queer Advocates
Steven Lindsay Ross
Until April 23, 2023.
The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre
I Talk Through My Art and My Art Talks Through Me
Danny Eastwood
Until April 15, 2023.
Rainbow Studios
Never Never Land
Gelbell
Until April 6, 2023.
VIC
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James Makin Gallery
Memories, Everything, Everywhere
Antonia Perricone-Mrljak
Until April 9, 2023.
At The Above
INBETWEEN-NESS
Kane Lehanneur
Until April 9, 2023.
TarraWarra Museum of Art
TarraWarra Biennial 2023: ua usiusi faʻavaʻasavili
Until July 16, 2023.
Buxton Contemporary
Peter Tyndall: Retrospective
Until April 16, 2023.
Brunswick Street Gallery
Identity Crisis
Izzy White
30 March – 16 April 2023
Art Gallery of Ballarat
Pliable Planes
Akira Akira, Sarah Contos, Lucia Dohrmann, Mikala Dwyer, Janet Fieldhouse, Teelah George, Paul Knight, Anne-Marie May, John Nixon, Kate Scardifield, Jacqueline Stojanović, and Katie West.
Until April 30, 2023.
Koorie Heritage Trust
Second Skin – Essence of Country
Until May 4, 2023.
STATION Gallery
Deep Fakes
Paul Yore
14 April – 13 May 2023
Caves Gallery
Within the without
Pam Brown, Eleanor Louise Butt, Nicholas Currie, Melissa Nguyen and Christopher Theofanous
Until April 22, 2023.
Anna Schwartz Gallery
Inside Out
Callum Morton
Until April 15, 2023.
CRAFT
Fresh! 2023
Until April 29, 2023.
MARS Gallery
Impulse
Nasim Nasr
Until April 22, 2023.
National Gallery of Victoria
Freedom of Movement: Contemporary Art and Design from the NGV Collection
Featuring KAWS, Patricia Piccinini, Francis Upritchard, Nick Cave, Dan Halter, Fred Wilson, and more.
Until April 10, 2023.
Melbourne Now
Until August 20, 2023.
Step in to see new and ambitious art that spans disciplines from fashion and jewellery, painting, sculpture, architecture and ceramics, including the Ton Tall – the larger iteration of the Ton lamp – which Volker Haug has collaborated on with Fiona Lynch.
Sullivan + Strumpf
Undergod
Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran
Until April 22, 2023.
Heide Museum of Modern Art
Binding Ties
Catherine Opie
1 April – 9 July 2023
Bendigo Art Gallery
Australiana: Designing A Nation
Until June 25, 2023.
WA
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The Art Gallery of Western Australia
I have not loved (enough or worked)
Hai-Hsin Huang, Daisuke Kosugi, Pixy Liao, Lin Zhipeng (aka No.223), Rinko Kawauchi, Sejin Kim, Lieko Shiga, and Tao Hui.
Until April 23, 2023.
Farah Al Qasimi: Star Machine
Until July 30, 2023.
Yoshitomo Nara: Reach Out to The Moon, Even if we can't
Until June 25, 2023.
Goolugatup Heathcote
Liftlore (Folklore)
Tim Meakins
Until May 21, 2023.
Intentional Viewpoints
Gaye Jurisich
Opens April 21, 2023
Kolbusz Space
Glory Box
Robyn Bernadt
Opens 10 February 2023
Shadow Self
Matthew McVeigh
Opens 24 March 2023
Perth Institute of Contemporary Art
Held Within A Word
Robert Andrew
Until April 23, 2023.
Fremantle Arts Centre
Djinda Waangkiny - The Stars Speak
Until April 23, 2023.
Other Horizons
Until April 23, 2023.
Atong Atem, Hayley Millar Baker and Jasmine Togo-Brisby
ACT
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Canberra Museum & Gallery
Jingo was born in the Slum
Matthew Thorne
Until April 16, 2023.
National Gallery of Australia
significant others
Rauschenberg & Johns:
Until May 14, 2023.
untitled (walam-wunga.galang)
Jonathan Jones
Until July 23, 2023.
National Film and Sound Archive
Australians & Hollywood: A Tale of Craft, Talent, and Ambition
Ongoing
QLD
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Home of the Arts
Pop Masters: Art from the Mugrabi Collection, New York
Until June 4, 2023.
A barrow, a singsing
Yuriyal Eric Bridgeman
Until May 7, 2023.
Queensland Art Gallery of Modern Art
Air
Max Dupain, Albert Namatjira, Jonathan Jones with Uncle Stan Grant Snr, Tacita Dean, Carlos Amorales, Dora Budor, and more.
Until April 23, 2023.
Redland Art Gallery
Bluestitch
Sharon Jewell
Until May 9, 2023.
PIINPI: Contemporary Indigenous Fashion
Until April 24, 2023.
Museum of Brisbane
Play Moves
Until April 16, 2023.
Metro Arts
Rough, Red & Raw: The Architects of Sound
The Architects of Sound
6 April 2023
SA
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Adelaide Contemporary Experimental
Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition
Until May 6, 2023.
Art Gallery of South Australia
THE SPIRITS OF THE PUMPKINS DESCENDED INTO THE HEAVENS
Yayoi Kusama
Until April 2, 2023.
Andy Warhol & Photography: A Social Media
Until May 14, 2023.
NT
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Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Gumurr’manydji Manapanmirr Djäma
Open now
Araluen Arts Centre
From Mparntwe to my Father's and Grandmother's Country
Charles Jangala Inkmala
Laundry Gallery
Bawaliba Homeland
Lucy Yarawanga
Opens February 11, 2023.
TAS
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Museum of Old and New Art
Oceans of Air
Tomás Saraceno
Until July 24, 2023.
Contemporary Art Tasmania
Last Messages
Paolo Cirio, Joey Gracia, Lin Chen, Ray Harris, Erin Linhart, NEGATIVEMEDITATION, Nik Pepsi, Ryder Ripps, Winston Smith, Yoshi Sodeoka, John Zobele, and Zieromuko.
Until April 2, 2023.
Salamanca Arts Centre
Waterforms
Lynn Kelly
Until April 21, 2023.
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