See the world through fresh eyes, slip into a new perspective. Here's your guide to what's on in the world of Australian art this October 2023. From Shal's exhibition at Laundry Gallery to Liveworks Festival, here's a list of exhibitions to catch this month.
NSW
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Chalk Horse
Flotsam
Danny Morse
Until October 7, 2023.
In A Dark Swamp
Oliver Watts
Until October 8, 2023.
Project Gallery 90
At Home
Jennifer Davids, Cath Beynon, and Simon Reece.
Until October 11, 2023.
Campbelltown Arts Centre
Aflame
Savanhdary Vongpoothorn
Until October 15, 2023.
STATION Gallery
REMIX
Reko Rennie
7 October – 28 October 2023
Liveworks Festival of Experimental Art
9 – 29 October 2023
Cement Fondu
Earthen
Ali Cherry, Rachel Farag, Isadora Vaughan, Lucy Bleach, and more.
13 October – 3 December 2023
China Heights
Luca Blasonato & Poppy Williams
Opens October 20
Yavuz Gallery
Desert Songs
Vincent Namatjira
5 – 28 October 2023
Olsen Gallery
A Momentary Lapse in Concentration
Michelle Cawthorn
Until October 21, 2023.
Beneath the Sun, Under the Moon
Brett McMahon
Until October 21, 2023.
Sculpture by the Sea
20 October – 6 November 2023
COMA Gallery
Amalgam
Nettle Grellier
Until October 7, 2023.
Ngununggula
Occurrent 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 November 5, 2023.
Arthouse Gallery
White Clouds in My Garden
Dean Home
Until October 7, 2023.
The Lock-Up
Signals From
Shan Turner-Carroll and Ryota Sato
Until October 8, 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.
Until October 8, 2023.
Miwatj Yolŋu - Sunrise People
28 October 2023 – 11 February 2024
N.Smith Gallery
Nocturnes IV
Joshua Charadia
Until October 28, 2023.
Murray Art Museum Albury
Esperanto
Newell Harry
Until November 26, 2023.
ACMI
Goddess: Power, Glamour, Rebellion
Until October 1, 2023.
The Dark Current
Angela Tiatia
Until November 12, 2023.
Powerhouse Museum
A Line, A Web, A World
Until December 2023.
1001 Remarkable Objects
Curated by Leo Schofield AM
Until December 2023.
Atmospheric Memory
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
Until November 5, 2023.
Hake House of Art
5 – 14 October 2023
WITH YOU// WITH ME
Kane Lehanneur
Opens October 6, 2023.
Penrith Regional Gallery
Jana Hawkins-Andersen and Paris Taia
Until December 23, 2023.
Curatorial + Co.
The Corner of My Sky
Theresa Hunt
Until October 21, 2023.
National Art School
Radiance: The Art of Elisabeth Cummings
Until October 21, 2023.
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
Corrugated Town
Laura Baker
Until November 5, 2023.
The Dobell Drawing Prize
Until November 5, 2023.
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Hoda Afshar: A Curve is a Broken Line
Until January 21, 2024.
Art Leven
Paddington Art Prize
12 – 22 October 2023
Museum of Contemporary Art
Primavera 2023
Until February 4, 2024.
Al río / To the River
Zoe Leonard
Until November 5, 2023.
Sullivan + Strumpf
One Day Like This
Joanna Lamb
Until October 14, 2023.
Regression Paintings
Michael Lindeman
Until October 21, 2023.
The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre
WE ARE
Until October 28, 2023.
VIC
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James Makin Gallery
When It's With You
Zoe Grey
Until October 8, 2023.
West Space
Yabby Estate
Juan Rodriguez Sandoval
Until October 15, 2023.
bahay kubo
Rayleen Forester
21 October – 19 November 2023
TarraWarra Museum of Art
The Soils Project
Until November 12, 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
Echoes of A Gaze
Angela Oemcke, Aldona Kmieć, Annette Peterson, Astrid Lempriere, Beatrice Dahllof, Billy Oakley, Christina Darras, Claire Stapleton, David Lindesay, Dee Jackson, Emily Winslade, Grace Stevenson, Lauren Bertacchini, Lucinda Penn, Mairead Phillips, MeiMei Hodgkinson, Molly Morris-Mcginty, Nunzio Miano, Rochelle Morris, Sam Haven, Santiago Mals, Sheng Yi Lee, Tamara Pavlovic, Tamara Tallent, Valeria Soler, Vittoria Cugno, and Zory McGrath.
5 – 22 October 2023
Gertrude Contemporary
In the Belly of Mary Shelley
Sarah Contos
Until October 29, 2023.
Art Gallery of Ballarat
Instant Warhol
Until October 22, 2023.
Digital Anthropocene
Serwah Attafuah & Jonathan Zawada
Until October 22, 2023.
STATION Gallery
Rumours of True Things
Isadora Vaughan
7 October – 4 November 2023
Things Fall Apart
Michelle Ussher
7 October – 4 November 2023
CRAFT
Occupying Space
Georgie Brunmayr, Sonja Carmichael, Elisa Jane 'Leecee' Carmichael, Rebecca Diele and Nadia Hernández.
Until November 4, 2023.
MARS Gallery
BRB Navigating by Shifting Stars
Tricky Walsh
Until October 28, 2023.
National Gallery of Victoria
Pierre Bonnard
designed by India Mahdavi
Until October 8, 2023.
Sullivan + Strumpf
Emotion Harvest
Sam Leach
Until October 21, 2023.
Heide Museum of Modern Art
Beneath the Surface, Behind the Scenes
Alexander Apóstol, Tatiana Blass , Lauren Brincat , Christian Capurro, Elena Damiani, Marlon de Azambuja, Matías Duville, Gloria Sebastián Fierro, Ximena Garrido-Lecca, Arturo Hernández Alcázar, Nadia Hernández, André Komatsu, Liliana Porter, Marilá Dardot, Nicholas Mangan, Jorge Magyaroff, Hayley Millar-Baker, Estefanía Peñafiel Loaiza, Berna Reale and Steven Rendall.
Until October 22, 2023.
Palomita/Soledad
Nadia Hernández
Until November 19, 2023.
Bendigo Art Gallery
In Focus
Jenny Watson
Until October 8, 2023.
The kingdom, the power
Marikit Santiago
28 October 2023 – 4 February 2024
Melbourne Museum
More Than a Tarrang (tree): Memory, Material and Cultural Agency
Brian Martin, Brook Andrew, Moorina Bonini, Maya Hodge, Bradley Webb, Greg Griffiths, Alfred Priestley, N'Arweet Carolyn Briggs, Simon Rose and Deep Design Lab.
Until November 5, 2023.
WA
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Art Gallery of Western Australia
Good Night
Özgür Kar
Until October 22, 2023.
Goolugatup Heathcote
Melville Contemporary
Akira Akira, Dan Bourke, Jess Day, Natsumi de Dianous, Tom Mùller, and Mei Saraswati.
Until October 22, 2023.
Perth Institute of Contemporary Art
ām / ammā / mā maram
Sancintya Mohini Simpson
Until October 22, 2023.
Fremantle Arts Centre
The Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award
Until October 22, 2023.
ACT
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National Portrait Gallery
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2023
Until October 2, 2023.
Archie 100: A Century of the Archibald Prize
20 October 2023 – 28 January 2024
National Gallery of Australia
Nan Goldin
Until January 28, 2024.
National Film and Sound Archive
Australians & Hollywood: A Tale of Craft, Talent, and Ambition
Ongoing
Belconnen Arts Centre
Wise Parliament
Sally Blake
Until October 8, 2023.
QLD
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Institute of Modern Art
Rainbow Serpent
Daniel Boyd
Until December 16, 2023.
Capital
Laresa Kosloff
Until December 16, 2023.
Edwina Corlette Gallery
The Duality of Reality
Peta Minnici
Until October 3, 2023.
Watching Walls
Bridie Gillman
Until October 24, 2023.
Kalipinypa
Candy Nelson Nakamarra
25 October – 14 November 2023
Queensland Art Gallery of Modern Art
The Favourite
Michael Zavros
Until October 2, 2023.
Museum of Brisbane
Clay: Collected Ceramics
Until October 22, 2023.
SA
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Adelaide Contemporary Experimental
PRIDE
Peter Waples-Crowe
Until October 28, 2023.
Art Gallery of South Australia
Tarnanthi
20 October 2023 – 21 January 2024
NT
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Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Gumurr’manydji Manapanmirr Djäma
Open now
Araluen Arts Centre
Desert Mob 2023
Until October 22, 2023.
Alice Springs Quilting Club Exhibition 2023
6 – 14 October 2023
Laundry Gallery
Shal
Opens September 29
TAS
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Museum of Old and New Art
Jean-Luc Moulène and Teams
Until April 1, 2024.
Salamanca Arts Centre
John Watson: A Tribute
4 – 30 October 2023
Despard Gallery
Blue Honey
Maggie Jeffries
Until October 14, 2023.
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Images:
One: Bridie Gillman Touched, rubbed, worn. (2023) oil on canvas, 137 x 203 cm.
Two: Vincent Namatjira Desert Songs (self-portrait), (2023) acrylic on linen, 91 x 122 cm
