The end of the year is nigh, and galleries all around us are giving it one final push before the holidays. Below, find a non-exhaustive guide to Australian art in December 2022.
NSW
View this post on Instagram
Chalk Horse
Catfished 2.0
Benedict dos Remedios
Until December 23, 2022.
Nowdays
Trent Whitehead
Until December 23, 2022.
China Heights
NYANYAHLILA
Shaun Daniel Allen
Until December 18, 2022.
Spiritual Mechanical Geological
Zephyr Larkin
Until December 18, 2022.
Sullivan + Strumpf
Remark
Tony Albert
Until December 10, 2022.
Gentle Pulse
Karen Black
Until December 17, 2022.
STATION Gallery
Sundogs
Seraphine Pick
Until December 21, 2022.
The Lock-Up
Everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt
Alex Seton
3 December 2022 – 5 February 2023
Bundanon Art Museum
Siteworks 2022: From a deep valley
Until March 12, 2023.
Carriageworks
Stockwoman
Thea Anamara Perkins
14 December 2022 – 12 February 2023
N.Smith Gallery
Bombs Away
Casey Chen
1-17 December 2022
Ngununggula
Kungka Kuṉpu
Featuring Aṉangu artists like Angkuna Baker, Kunmanara (Wawiriya) Burton, Nyunmiti Burton, Sylvia Ken, Kunmanara (Militjari) Pumani, Rhoda Tjitayi, Tjanpi Desert Weavers, Kaylene Whiskey, Yaritji Young, and more.
Until December 11, 2022.
Olsen Gallery
Always Better Together
Vipoo Srivilasa
Until December 17, 2022.
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.
Yavuz Gallery
Don’t Worry About Me! I’m Just Passing By!
Yeo Kaa
9 December 2022 – 28 January 2023
Michael Reid
Penumbra
Scott Perkins
Until December 3, 2022.
Highfields
Robert Malherbe
Until December 17, 2023.
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Affinities and Resonances
Sol LeWitt
Until February 12, 2023.
Treasure Island
Daniel Boyd
Until January 29, 2023.
Sydney Modern
Dreamhome: Stories of Art and Shelter
3 December 2022 – late 2023
The End of Imagination
Adrián Villar Rojas
3 December 2022 – mid 2023
Museum of Contemporary Art
Do Ho Suh
Until February 26, 2023.
Primavera 2022
Until February 12, 2023.
Cement Fondu
Kadabal Bangkarr
Tiarna Herczeg
Until December 3, 2022.
Nura: Deep Listening
Curated by Dennis Golding and featuring works from Maddison Gibbs and Salllvage.
Until December 3, 2022.
Blackburn Gardens at Woollahra Gallery
One Bright Pearl
Lindy Lee
The sculpture is set to be unveiled on December 14, 2022.
VIC
View this post on Instagram
Ian Potter Museum of Art
Collective Unease
Until December 9, 2022.
At The Above
Tulip Mania
Marty Baptist
Until December 11, 2022.
Buxton Contemporary
Peter Tyndall: Retrospective
2 December 2022 – 16 April 2023
Brunswick Street Gallery
Spring Tide
Group show: Ainsley Power Walters, Alichia van Rhijn, Allison Taplin, Amber Nuttall, Amy Wright, Angie de Latour, Beatrice Dahllof, Chantel de Latour, Charlotte Alldis, Eleanor Purseglove, Emma Labattaglia, Erin Bussell, Gemma Leslie, Janicke Johansen, Jessie Rose Ford, Khaled Chamma, Kiandra Buchanan, Liam Haley, Lucy Hersey, Mali Taylor, Nikolina Brown, Ruby Bovill, Sibylla (Billie) Robertson, Stefanie Ferguson, Susan Morris and Zoe Sernack.
Until December 4, 2022.
Unsettling
Oliver Shaw (RAT)
Until December 4, 2022.
Koorie Heritage Trust
Layers of Blak
Featuring artists such as Thelma Austin (Gunditjmara), Mandi Barton (Yorta Yorta, Barapa Barapa, Wemba Wemba), Lorraine Brigdale (Yorta Yorta), Nikki Browne (Bidjara), Deanne Gilson (Wadawurrung), Tammy Gilson (Wadawurrung), Elijah Money (Wiradjuri), Yasmin Silveira (Palawa), Sammy Trist (Taungurung), Dominic White (Palawa) and Tracy Wise (Barkindji Ngiyampaa Maligundidj).
Until February 19, 2023.
STATION Gallery
Tricky Mirror
Tom Polo
Until December 21, 2022.
CRAFT
Cheers!
Anna Varendorff, Drew Spangenberg, Julian Leigh May, Katie-Ann Houghton, Kenny Yong-soo Son, Rowsaan Studio, Dokola, Thomas Yeend, Three Litres, and Caro Pattle.
17 November 2022 – 7 January 2023
It’s not just blue
Anke Kindle, Anna Varendorff, Anne U, Ara Dolatian, Ash Allen, Bastard Ceramics, Camille Laddawan, Caro Pattle, Christopher Plumridge, Curio Practice, Dean Norton, Dean Toepfer, Ebony Russell, Ella Saddington, Georgina Proud, House Editions, Iluka Sax-Williams, Jess Sellinger, Jordan Fleming, Kristin Burgham, Louise Meuwissen, Lucy Tolan, Michael Gittings, Nicole Lawrence, Nicolette Johnson, Owen Rye, Real Non Real, Sguscio, Shimara Carlow, Tara Shackell, Terunobu Hirata, Tia Ansell, Troy Emery, and Yen Qin.
24 November 2022 – 23 January 2023
National Gallery of Victoria
The Rigg Design Prize 2022
Finalists include: Clemenger BBDO Melbourne, DDB Group Melbourne, Frost* collective, Gilimbaa, Leo Burnett Australia, TBWA\Melbourne, The Royals and Thinkerbell.
Until January 29, 2023
Fred Williams: The London Drawings
Until January 29, 2023.
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.
3 December 2022 – 10 April 2023
Heide Museum of Modern Art
Barbara Hepworth: In Equilibrium
Animal Instincts
Moya McKenna and Albert Tucker
Until March 19, 2023.
Bendigo Art Gallery
Mother Tongue
Angelica Mesiti
Until February 12, 2022.
WA
View this post on Instagram
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Speech Patterns
Nadia Hernández and Jon Campbell
dis/possession: identity and sense of place
Drawn from works in the State Art Collection, this exhibition centres on the juxtaposition of two significant works by two Australian artists: Hans Heysen’s Droving into the light and Mervyn Street’s Bull ride.
Until March 26, 2023.
Puberty
Wong Ping
Until December 4, 2022.
Yeahnahnesia
Yok & Sheryo
Until March 26, 2023.
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.
Goolugatup Heathcote
Suburban Turretts
Emma Buswell
12 November 2022 – 15 January 2023
Kolbusz Space
Summer Group 2022
Kartika Laili Ahmad, Robyn Bernadt, Georgia Bisley, John Eden, Austin Honour, Beverley Iles, Gaye Jurisich, Luke Kolbusz, Ryan Nazzari, Matvey Nechaev, and Joana Partyka.
Opens December 9 2022
Perth Institute of Contemporary Art
Las Hormigas
Pilar Mata Dupont
Until January 8, 2023.
A Puzzlement
Nathan Beard
Until January 8, 2023.
Fremantle Arts Centre
Still Watching
Anna Louise Richardson and Abdul-Rahman Abdullah.
Until January 22, 2023.
ACT
View this post on Instagram
Canberra Museum & Gallery
Jingo Was Born in the Slum
Matthew Thorne
Until March 4, 2022.
National Portrait Gallery
WHO ARE YOU: Australian Portraiture
Featuring Patricia Piccinini, Atong Atem, Howard Arkley, Vincent Namatjira, John Nixon and Tracey Moffatt.
Until January 29, 2023.
National Gallery of Australia
Cressida Campbell
Until February 19, 2023.
Project 2: Kara Walker
Until February 5, 2023.
National Film and Sound Archive
Australians & Hollywood: A Tale of Craft, Talent, and Ambition
Ongoing
QLD
View this post on Instagram
Home of the Arts
2022 Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award
Until January 8, 2023.
Queensland Art Gallery of Modern Art
Horizons
Joe Furlonger
Until January 29, 2022.
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
Land Lines
Julie Manning
Until January 10, 2023.
Museum of Brisbane
Artist in Residence: Gordon Hookey
Until March 9, 2023.
SA
View this post on Instagram
Felt Space
Tom Buckland, Sian Watson and Emma Rani Hodges
Until December 3, 2022.
Adelaide Contemporary Experimental
Studios: 2022
Until December 17, 2022.
Art Gallery of South Australia
Gamepieces
Nalini Malani
Until January 22, 2023.
Wave
Until January 8, 2022.
NT
View this post on Instagram
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Gumurr’manydji Manapanmirr Djäma
Open now
Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards 2022
Until January 15, 2023.
Laundry Gallery
Yarla Jukurrpa (Bush Potato)
Ursula Napangardi Marks
Open now
Araluen Arts Centre
Clay on Country
Open now
Watch This Space
hi spirit hi matter
Group show: Aaron C Carter, Abbra Kotlarczyk, Benjamin Woods, Beth Sometimes and Gabriel Curtin.
TAS
View this post on Instagram
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
Herself
Featuring artists like Bea Maddock, Lola Greeno, Dorothy Stoner, Penny Smith and Katy Woodroffe.
Bett Gallery
Low to No Filter
Mish Meijers
Until December 17, 2o23.
Museum of Old and New Art
Oceans of Air
Tomás Saraceno
Until July 24, 2023.
Looking to invest in art of your own? Here are some pieces the RUSSH editors have welcomed into their own spaces.
Images
One: Shaun Daniel Allen, C.F.C - Colour From Country, Synthetic polymer on canvas, 89cm x 118cm
Two: Karen Black, Memory of a Memory, 2022, oil on canvas, 210 x 200 cm
Three: Marty Baptist, courtesy of At The Above gallery
Four: Emma Buswell, courtesy of Goolugatup Heathcote
