As we step into December we're powering full steam ahead toward our favourite galleries to make up for lost time. It's the last month of 2021, so this new roster of art shows and exhibitions is bound to be memorable. With lockdowns and restrictions defining the past few months, now is the time to rally around your local artists and show your support. What this also means is that fine arts colleges and schools are spotlighting the work of its students. So feel free to wander over to UNSW Galleries or VCA to glimpse the countries budding talent (here's looking at you, Anthea Saraikin).
Here at RUSSH we're committed to bringing you the most exciting shows across the country. Be it Joan Ross at N.Smith Gallery or the opening of Jeffrey Smart's newest show at the National Gallery of Australia; there truly is something for everyone this month.
Below, we've rounded up a non-exhaustive list of unmissable exhibitions happening across Australia this December. Enjoy!
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NSW
Jerico Contemporary
Limbs
Group Exhibition curated by Chloe Borich
Until December 18.
China Heights Gallery
Chalk Horse
Until December 18.
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
N.Smith Gallery
I Like to Name Everything After Myself
Joan Ross
Until December 18.
UNSW Galleries
A&D Annual
7 November – 19 December 2021
Olsen Gallery
Laura Jones
Until December 4.
Dominik Mersch Gallery
So Far Yet So Close
Elger Esser
Until December 18.
Carriageworks
Until January 30, 2022.
Michael Reid
Artists of Ampilatwatja
Until December 11.
Sit Gallery
Heartache
Claudia Brand and Babette Robertson
10 December 2021 – 16 January 2022
Roslyn Oxley9
As Soon As Tomorrow
Imants Tillers
Until December 18.
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Matisse: Life & Spirit, Masterpieces from the Centre Pompidou, Paris
Until March 13, 2022.
Cement Fondu
Dennis Golding & Carmen Glynn-Braun
Until December 5.
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VIC
Koori Heritage Trust
The 9th Koorie Art Show
4 December 2021 – 20 February 2022
National Gallery of Victoria
Is Today Tomorrow
Camille Henrot
Until January 30 2021.
Gabrielle Chanel: Fashion Manifesto
Opens December 4.
Heide Museum of Modern Art
Margel Hinder: Modern in Motion
Until February 6, 2022.
Shepparton Art Museum
The Land Within
Lin Onus
Until March 13, 2022.
Bendigo Art Gallery
SOUL Fury
Until January 30, 2022.
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WA
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Abdul Abdullah, Holly Yoshida, Danielle Freakley plus many more.
Opens 6 November 2021.
Perth Institute of Contemporary Art
Coming Home
Alex Martinis Roe
Until January 9, 2021.
Sky Cave
Amy Perejuan-Capone
Until January 9, 2021.
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ACT
Canberra Museum + Gallery
Mandy Martin From Queanbeyan to New York: 1978-1984 / Art & Life
Until January 22, 2021.
National Gallery of Australia
Know My Name: Part Two
Until January 26, 2022.
Jeffrey Smart
Opens December 11.
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QLD
TWFINEART
Hubert Phipps Takes Flight
Until December 28.
Queensland Art Gallery of Modern Art
Until May 2022.
Asia Pacific Triennial
4 December 2021 – 25 April 2022
Redland Art Gallery
Neridah Stockley
Until December 5, 2021.
Museum of Brisbane
Dylan Mooney
Until April 18, 2022.
City in the Sun
Until April 18, 2022.
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SA
Jam Factory
Sort Sol
Stephanie James-Manttan
10 December 2021 – 13 February 2022
Art Gallery of South Australia
Tarnanthi
Until 30 January 2022.
Flinders University Museum of Art
SOVEREIGN SISTERS: domestic work
Until April 8, 2022.
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NT
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards 2021 (Online)
Until February 6, 2022.
Outstation Gallery
Nests
David Wickens
Until December 11.
The Minds Eye
Hannah van der Wal
Until December 11.
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TAS
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Sidney Nolan's Ned Kelly Series
Until February 20, 2022.
Museum of Old and New Art
Jean-Luc Moulène and Teams
17 December 2021 – 9 May 2022
Images:
One: Anthea Saraikin 'Planet Cruze' (2020 - 2021)
Two: Hannah van der Wal 'Peekaboo'
