See the world through fresh eyes, slip into a new perspective. This is what's happening in the world of Australian art in September 2023. From Sydney Contemporary to Daniel Boyd at the Institute of Modern Art to our very own Kitty Callaghan at China Heights, this list will keep you inspired and busy this month.
NSW
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Chalk Horse
Nathan Hawkes 2023
Nathan Hawkes
Until September 9, 2023.
Flotsam
Danny Morse
14 September – 7 October 2023
Campbelltown Arts Centre
Aflame
Savanhdary Vongpoothorn
Until October 15, 2023.
STATION Gallery
Dry Bones, Crying Stones
Adam Lee
Until September 23, 2023.
Sydney Contemporary
7 – 10 September 2023
Cement Fondu
Of Other Tomorrows Never Known
Natasha Tontey
Until September 24, 2023.
Cosmic Beings
Until September 24, 2023.
China Heights
Asphyxial
Kitty Callaghan
22 September 2023
Olsen Gallery
Manifestations
Louise Olsen
Until September 23, 2023.
COMA Gallery
Amalgam
Nettle Grellier
5 September – 7 October 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
In Return
Joshua Yeldham
Until September 9, 2023.
The Alex
Ghost Friend in the Shed
Samuel Hodge
Until October 1, 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.
N.Smith Gallery
Aralya - Nunya
Sally Scales
Until September 9, 2023.
Atherreyurre
Thea Anamara Perkins
13 – 30 September 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
5 September – 12 November 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
Reverb
Until September 4, 2023.
Adam Leng, Ash Holmes, Loralee Jade, Emily Ebbs, Hannah Lange, Lani Isobel Toke, Amanda Tye, Rachel Mackay, Kane Lehanneur and Phoebe Stone.
The Deep End
Sara Mugnes
15 September – 1 October 2023
Totem Road
With Patience
Tom Butterworth
6-8pm, 21 September 2023
Penrith Regional Gallery
Jana Hawkins-Andersen and Paris Taia
9 September – 23 December 2023
Curatorial + Co.
Pay Attention to the Heavens
Lilli Waters
Until September 16, 2023.
A Slow Migration
Ben Crawford
Until September 16, 2023.
National Art School
Radiance: The Art of Elisabeth Cummings
Until October 21, 2023.
Roslyn Oxley9
somewhere on the edge of you
Tom Polo
Until September 23, 2023.
BODYDOUBLE 24 X A SECOND
Sarah Contos
Until September 23, 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
Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prizes
Until September 3, 2023.
Dreamhome: Stories of Art and Shelter
Until late 2023
Hoda Afshar: A Curve is a Broken Line
Until January 21, 2024.
Rainbow Studios
The Visual Arts Club
6-9pm, Thursday 28 September 2023
Abbey Rich, Brett Chan, Brittany Ferns, Emma Creasley, Gareth Owens, Jamie Preisz, John Respondek, Joshua Space, Jordan Fleming, Jordy Hewitt, Kubi Vasak, Louis Wayling, Lochlan Sutherland, MEKONG, Milly Dent, Nicholas Caldwell, Oliver Ackland, Robby Bennett, Sarah Ellen, and Tabitha Hope.
Art Leven
Guardians for Change
2 – 30 September 2023
Museum of Contemporary Art
Primavera 2023
8 September 2023 – 4 February 2024
Al río / To the River
Zoe Leonard
Until November 5, 2023.
Sullivan + Strumpf
Drifting Moon
Lynda Draper
Until September 16, 2023.
Emotion Harvest
Sam Leach
14 September – 7 October 2023
One Day Like This
Joanna Lamb
21 September – 14 October 2023
Regression Paintings
Michael Lindeman
21 September – 21 October 2023
The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre
The Unseen
Emma Fielden, James Nguyen, Emily Parsons-Lord, Owen Leong and Lisa Sammut.
Until September 9, 2023.
VIC
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James Makin Gallery
Dreams
Patrick Dagg
Until September 3, 2023.
When It's With You
Zoe Grey
21 September – 8 October 2023
West Space
Tutini (Pukumani Pole)
Matthew Galarla
Until September 9, 2023.
Yarra Ranges Regional Museum
National Portrait Gallery’s National Photographic Portrait Prize 2022
Until September 3, 2023.
TarraWarra Museum of Art
The Soils Project
Until November 12, 2023.
Affordable Art Fair
Until September 2, 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
Place(s) Called Home
14 September – 1 October 2023
Gertrude Contemporary
Going Insein
Mia Boe
Until September 2, 2023.
In the Belly of Mary Shelley
Sarah Contos
16 September – 29 October 2023
Art Gallery of Ballarat
Instant Warhol
Until October 22, 2023.
Digital Anthropocene
Serwah Attafuah & Jonathan Zawada
Until October 22, 2023.
STATION Gallery
Base Reality
Michael Staniak
Until September 30, 2023.
Think Think Plan Think Fantasy Think Plan Think
Dane Lovett
Until September 30, 2023.
CRAFT
Yarn
Until September 16, 2023.
MARS Gallery
Afterglow
Yoko Ozawa
Until September 23, 2023.
Genre
Archer Davies
Until September 23, 2023.
National Gallery of Victoria
Pierre Bonnard
designed by India Mahdavi
Until October 8, 2023.
Rembrandt: True to Life
Until September 10, 2023.
Sullivan + Strumpf
World Cloud
Jemima Wyman
Until September 9, 2023.
Heide Museum of Modern Art
Eye Looking At Large Glass Broken
Raafat Ishak
Until September 2, 2023.
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.
Bendigo Art Gallery
In Focus
Jenny Watson
Until October 8, 2023.
Melbourne Museum
Sutr Santati: Then. Now. Next
Until September 3, 2023.
WA
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Art Gallery of Western Australia
Re/Collections
Until March 24, 2023.
Spacing Out
Until September 25, 2023.
Goolugatup Heathcote
triple power of plants
Until September 10, 2023.
Outside Inn
Until September 10, 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.
National Gallery of Australia
Changing From From to From
Haegue Yang
Until September 24, 2023.
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
9 September – 16 December 2023
Capital
Laresa Kosloff
9 September – 16 December 2023
Edwina Corlette Gallery
The Duality of Reality
Peta Minnici
6 September – 3 October 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
2 September – 28 October 2023
Art Gallery of South Australia
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
Desert Mob 2023
7 September – 22 October 2023
Laundry Gallery
NGIRRIWALBUMANA MALNGUJ / WE PAINT WHAT WE SEE
Numbulwar Artists
Opens 9 September 2023
TAS
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Museum of Old and New Art
Jean-Luc Moulène and Teams
30 September – 1 April 2024
Salamanca Arts Centre
In and Out of Focus
Jay Sykes
1 – 25 September 2023
Despard Gallery
Spin-Drift
Anne Morrison
September 2023
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Images:
One: @kittycallaghan
Two: courtesy of Louise Olsen
