Picture this. July is throbbing with new exhibitions and shows. From Nan Goldin at the NGV, proppaNOW exhibiting at the National Art School and the National Indigenous Art Fair, here's a non-exhaustive list of Australian art to catch in July 2023.
NSW
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Chalk Horse
Dude
Amber Boardman
Until July 8, 2023.
Campbelltown Arts Centre
Focus
Freya Jobbins
8 July – 13 August 2023
STATION Gallery
Making Arrangements
Steve Carr
Until July 1, 2023.
Nadia Hernández
Nuestro Consuelo, Mi Consuelo
29 July – 19 August 2023
Cement Fondu
Things that are real
Alvaro Barrington X Dean Cross
Until July 23, 2023.
China Heights
God takes care of the garden but the Devil takes care of my lawn
Gabriella Lo Presti
Until July 16, 2023.
South of Heaven
Group show: SpiderXdeath, Alex Heir, Funeral French, Rok and Taketo Ikegami.
Until July 16, 2023.
Ngununggula
Once More With Feeling
Karen Black, Georgia Spain, Cybele Cox and Michelle Ussher.
Until August 6, 2023.
National Indigenous Art Fair
1 – 2 July 2023
The Lock-Up
Collect
Until July 16, 2023.
Bundanon Art Museum
The Polyphonic Sea
Antonia Barnett-McIntosh, Andrew Beck, Ruth Buchanan, The Estate of L. Budd, Sione Faletau, Samuel Holloway et al., Sarah Hudson, Sonya Lacey, Nova Paul, Sriwhana Spong, and Shannon Te Ao.
8 July – 8 October 2023
Seven Marks
Lux Nocturna
Cinnamon Lee
Until July 29, 2023.
N.Smith Gallery
Imagine if they'd cared
Joan Ross
5 – 29 July 2023
Passage Gallery
The Held Breath
Tané Andrews
Until July 23, 2023.
ACMI
Goddess: Power, Glamour, Rebellion
Until October 1, 2023.
Powerhouse Museum
A Line, A Web, A World
Until December 2023.
1001 Remarkable Objects
Curated by Leo Schofield AM
Until December 2023.
Hake House of Art
Bobby Love
Adam Leng
Until July 7, 2023.
Penrith Regional Gallery
Desert Jungle
Jeannie Baker
Until July 9, 2023.
Rebellious Belly
Abdullah M. I. Syed
3 July – 20 August
Curatorial + Co.
Shells turn to sand in a sea of infinite suns
Ingrid Daniell
5 – 15 July 2023
National Art School
Milpatjunanyi
Until September 9, 2023.
Ocurrent Affair
Meanjin/Brisbane-based Aboriginal artist collective proppaNOW: Vernon Ah Kee, Tony Albert, Richard Bell, Megan Cope, Jennifer Herd, Gordon Hookey and the late Laurie Nilsen.
Until August 5, 2023.
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
West of Central
Aleshia Lonsdale, Anne Graham, Bill Moseley, Blak Douglas, Caitlin Graham, Georgina Pollard, Genevieve Carroll, Dan Kojta, Jason Wing, Joyce Hinterding and David Haines, June Golland, Karla Dickens, Leo Cremonese, Maddison Gibbs, Nicole Welch, and Vicky Browne.
1 July – 27 August 2023
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prizes
Until September 3, 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
Rainbow Studios
Interior Landscapes
Skye LaRocca
20 July – 2 August 2023
Art Leven
Country X Country
Neil Tompkins and Kitty Napanangka Simon
27 July – 26 August 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.
Sullivan + Strumpf
Among the Leaves
Tim Silver
13 July – 12 August 2023
Hauslieder
Kirsten Coelho
27 July – 12 August 2023
The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre
Raw Records: Materials in Practice
Featuring work by Maddison Gibbs, Virginia Keft, Jayne Christian, Paula Do Prado, Simryn Gill and more.
Until July 22, 2023.
VIC
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James Makin Gallery
Infinite Systems
Emma Coulter
Until July 12, 2023.
West Space
Unison
Featuring Khaled Chamma, Kaijern Koo, Indra Liusuari, Anton Pulvirenti, Steven Rhall, Leen Rieth, Salote Tawale, Susan Te Kahurangi King, Dr Christian Thompson AO and Mira Oosterweghel with Yarra Youth Services.
Until August 12, 2023.
Yarra Ranges Regional Museum
National Portrait Gallery’s National Photographic Portrait Prize 2022
Until September 3, 2023.
TarraWarra Museum of Art
TarraWarra Biennial 2023: ua usiusi faʻavaʻasavili
Until July 16, 2023.
Buxton Contemporary
nightshifts
Shaun Gladwell, Tracey Moffatt, Callum Morton, Mike Parr, Mikala Dwyer, Teelah George, Marco Fusinato, Mabel Juli, Louise Weaver and Peter Booth.
Until October 29, 2023.
Brunswick Street Gallery
Big Mob Animals
Aaron Pei Pie
15 – 30 July 2023
Mildura Arts Centre
Looking Glass
Judy Watson and Yhonnie Scarce, curated by Hetti Perkins
Until August 6, 2023.
Add It Up
Belinda Fox
Until August 13, 2023.
Art Gallery of Ballarat
Pre-Raphaelites: Drawings & Watercolours
Until August 6, 2023.
Koorie Heritage Trust
Second Skin – Essence of Country
Until July 9, 2023.
STATION Gallery
In On It
Jake Walker
Until July 29, 2023.
Anna Schwartz Gallery
Perspective Paintings 1987 – 2023
Stephen Bram
Until July 29, 2023.
CRAFT
Yarn
1 July – 16 September 2023
MARS Gallery
Entombed in Joy
Damien Shen
1 July – 22 July 2023
Without truth we cannot heal, without healing, we cannot reconcile
Illuka Sax-Williams
1 July – 22 July 2023
National Gallery of Victoria
Melbourne Now
Until August 20, 2023.
8 July 2023 – 28 January 2024
Sullivan + Strumpf
The electrical experience
Glenn Barkley
Until July 15, 2023.
tissu tissue
Lara Merrett
20 July – 12 August 2023
Heide Museum of Modern Art
Binding Ties
Catherine Opie
Until July 9, 2023
Eye Looking At Large Glass Broken
Raafat Ishak
Until September 2, 2023.
Bendigo Art Gallery
The Australian Women’s Weekly: 90 Years of an Australian Icon
Until August 27, 2023.
Melbourne Museum
Sutr Santati: Then. Now. Next
Until September 3, 2023.
WA
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The Art Gallery of Western Australia
Farah Al Qasimi: Star Machine
Until July 30, 2023.
Goolugatup Heathcote
Mixxed Business: Fully Reloadeded II
Pet Projects: Dan Bourke, Andrew Varano, Gemma Weston
Until July 16, 2023.
Kolbusz Space
MOTEL
14 – 16 July 2023
Perth Institute of Contemporary Art
Hatched: National Graduate Show
Until July 23, 2023.
Fremantle Arts Centre
Hidden Country
Until July 23, 2023.
ACT
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National Portrait Gallery
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2023
Until October 2, 2023.
Canberra Museum & Gallery
Stronger Together: Artists’ perspectives on the ACT COVID-19 frontline health response
Until July 30, 2023.
National Gallery of Australia
untitled (walam-wunga.galang)
Jonathan Jones
Until July 23, 2023.
Changing From From to From
Haegue Yang
Until September 24, 2023.
National Film and Sound Archive
Australians & Hollywood: A Tale of Craft, Talent, and Ambition
Ongoing
Belconnen Arts Centre
101 Canberra
Until July 2, 2023.
QLD
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Home of the Arts
Kungka Kuṉpu (Strong Women)
Until August 27, 2023.
Edwina Corlette Gallery
Solitude and Connection
Vipoo Srivilasa
Until July 4, 2023.
River Song
Aaron Kinnane
Until July 4, 2023.
Queensland Art Gallery of Modern Art
Looking Out, Looking In
Until August 6, 2023.
Museum of Brisbane
Clay: Collected Ceramics
Until October 22, 2023.
SA
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Adelaide Contemporary Experimental
ROCKAMORA
Kaspar Schmidt Mumm
Until August 12, 2023.
Art Gallery of South Australia
Ramsay Art Prize
Until August 27, 2023.
Frida & Diego: Love & Revolution
Until September 17, 2023.
NT
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Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Gumurr’manydji Manapanmirr Djäma
Open now
Araluen Arts Centre
Suspended Moment
Frances Barrett, Sally Rees and Giselle Stanborough.
Until August 13, 2023.
Laundry Gallery
Dórdbalk kómabba (everything’s good)
Bábbarra Ladies
July 2023
Watch this Space
July Zine Fair
14 – 15 July 2023
TAS
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Museum of Old and New Art
Oceans of Air
Tomás Saraceno
Until July 24, 2023.
Hadley's Orient Hotel
Hadley's Art Prize 2023
Winner: Max Bowden
Until August 20, 2023.
Salamanca Arts Centre
Fifty Faces
Amalea Smolcic
Until July 30, 2023.
Despard Gallery
Hyper
Josh Foley
Until July 22, 2023.
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Image: proppaNOW
