September is shaping up to be something of an art-guzzling monster. Whichever way you look, there's a big event or exhibition on the horizon. Sydney Contemporary Art Fair returns to Carriageworks at the beginning of the month, bringing with it four days of art, performance and as organisers remind us, spectacle! Meanwhile in Perth, the Art Gallery of Western Australia is hosting a program filled with works from Nadia Hernández, Jon Campbell and KEOS. Later on in the month, Home of the Arts is set to announce the winner of the Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award for 2022, with finalists comprising of Abdul Abdullah, Petrina Hicks, Naomi Hobson, Kai Wasikowski and more.
As for the rest? You're going to have to continue to find out. Below, find a non-exhaustive guide to Australian art in September 2022.
NSW
China Heights
Bodies of Us
Hugh Van Schaick
Opens September 16, 2022.
I Walk In Your Memory'
Rahill Jamalifard
Opens September 16, 2022.
Sullivan + Strumpf
These Girls of the Studios
Natalya Hughes
22 September – 15 October 2022
Station Gallery
Objects
Michael Staniak
6 September – 1 October 2022
Artspace
52 Actions touring at Penrith Regional Gallery
Until November 27, 2022.
Bundanon Art Museum
Parallel Landscapes
Until November 6, 2022.
Carriageworks
8–11 September 2022
The Festival of Dangerous Ideas
17–18 September 2022
Saxon Mullins, Jess Hill, Peter Greste, Frances Haugen, and Sisonke Msimang are just some of the voices you can hear from.
At 6pm on Thursday, September 22, Carriageworks will present a citizen’s assembly forum led by author Thomas Mayor for community to discuss a First Nations Voice to Parliament and what it means to us all. This is one part of a multi-arts program initiated by Carriageworks to commemorate 50 years of the National Black Theatre and the establishment of the Tent Embassy.
Jerico Contemporary
Milk
Group show: Alicia Bilyara Bennett, Anna Harrison, Elle Wickens, Poppy Kural and Jedda-Daisy Culley.
Until September 3, 2022.
Arthouse Gallery
Margins of Intimacy
Nicole Kelly
Until September 10, 2022.
Museum of Contemporary Art
On and Through the Surface
Vivienne Binns
Until September 25, 2022.
Sydney Jewish Museum
Shaken To His Core: The Untold Story Of Nolan’s Auschwitz
Sidney Nolan
Until October 23, 2022.
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
Romance of the Swag
Linda Jackson
Until October 30, 2022.
N.Smith Gallery
Gubagulabu
Kyra Mancktelow
Until September 11, 2022.
National Art School
Open Day
Saturday 3 September, 10am-4pm
Ngununggula
Ken Done and Rosie Deacon
Until October 9, 2022.
Olsen Gallery
Creation Myths and Other Tall Tales
Giles Alexander
Until September 17, 2022.
Noise, Sunset, Rush
Elliott Routledge
Until September 17, 2022.
Yavuz Gallery
The Body and The Vessel
Pinaree Sanpitak
10 September – 8 October 2022
Michael Reid
John Honeywill
Until September 24, 2022.
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Art Gallery of New South Wales
Affinities and Resonances
Sol LeWitt
Until February 12, 2023.
Treasure Island
Daniel Boyd
Until January 29, 2023.
Cement Fondu
Soul Seeker
Shana Moulton and Min Wong
Until October 2, 2022.
VIC
At The Above
Shadow Silhouette
Ash Holmes
Until October 2, 2022.
Brunswick Street Gallery
Ocean Pools
Louise Knowles
15 September – 2 October 2022
Shadowlands
Paula Payne
15 September – 2 October 2022
Koori Heritage Trust
Barring – Nganjin
Stolen Generations survivors tell their story in this group show. Featuring artists: Lyn Austin, Eric Brown, Freddy Clark, Talgium “Chocko” Howard Edwards, John Elliot, the late Les Griggs, Monique Grbec, Treahna Hamm, Colleen Howell, Thomas Marks, Makia McLoughlin, the late Alice Solomon, Norm Stewart, Andrew Travis and Lisa Waup.
Until September 25, 2022.
Station Gallery
What A Shadow Feels Like
Group show curated by Ellinor Pelz.
3 September – 8 October 2022
National Gallery of Victoria
The Picasso Century
Until October 9, 2022.
Heide Museum of Modern Art
From Sunrise Road
Bruce Munro
Until October 16, 2022.
Double Moon
Jaedon Shin
Until October 30, 2022.
Love Poem to Life
David Thomas
Until November 6, 2022.
Bendigo Art Gallery
Paul Guest Prize
Until October 30, 2022.
Modern Australia
Featured artists include Grace Cossington Smith, Klytie Pate, Albert Namatjira, Arthur Boyd, John Brack, Gloria Fletcher Thancoupie, and Brett Whiteley.
Until November 20, 2022.
WA
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Media-Space 1981-1986 – challenging fictions of cultural identity
Until November 20, 2022.
Speech Patterns
Nadia Hernández and Jon Campbell
Heavens Spot
KEOS
Until October 23, 2022.
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.
Perth Institute of Contemporary Art
Out of Bounds
Until October 2, 2022.
Fremantle Arts Centre
Two Snakes Dreaming
Jila Kujarra
Until October 23, 2022.
ACT
Canberra Museum & Gallery
Sidney Nolan: Inferno
Until September 17, 2022.
Sometimes I Miss the Applause
Dean Cross
Until October 22, 2022.
National Portrait Gallery
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2022
Until October 9, 2022.
National Gallery of Australia
Significant Others
Rauschenberg & Johns
Until October 30, 2022.
National Film and Sound Archive
Australians & Hollywood: A Tale of Craft, Talent, and Ambition
Ongoing
QLD
Home of the Arts
Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award 2022
Finalists include Abdul Abdullah, Petrina Hicks, Naomi Hobson, Samuel Hodge, The Huxleys, Kai Wasikowski and Skye Wagner.
Winner announced Saturday, 17 September 2022.
Energies
Showcasing a range of art from local senior secondary visual art students.
10 September – 23 October 2022
Queensland Art Gallery of Modern Art
The Soul Trembles
Chiharu Shiota
Until October 3, 2022.
Redland Art Gallery
When Skirts Become Artworks
Sihot’e Nioge
Until October 9, 2022.
Museum of Brisbane
World of Wonder: Margot McKinney
Until November 6, 2022.
Estuary
Anita Holtsclaw
Until October 23, 2022.
SA
Jam Factory
Departure to Graceland
Drew Spangenberg
Until September 18, 2022.
of light
Jessica Loughlin
Until September 18, 2022.
ACE
Fresh Hell
Ryan Presley
3 September – 29 October 2022
Art Gallery of South Australia
Archie 100: A Century of the Archibald Prize
Until October 3, 2022.
Moving portraits
Robert Wilson
Until October 3, 2022.
NT
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.
Araluen Arts Centre
Clay on Country
Open now
Watch This Space
Where Do Birds Go To Die?
Until September 8, 2022.
Eremaya Albrecht & Jonny Rowden
TAS
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
Tao Sublime
Tony Smibert
Until November 6, 2022.
Herself
Featuring artists like Bea Maddock, Lola Greeno, Dorothy Stoner, Penny Smith and Katy Woodroffe.
Bett Gallery
The Invisible Lake
Sue Lovegrove
2–24 September 2022
Tim Burns
2–24 September 2022
Museum of Old and New Art
Exodust – Crying Country
Fiona Hall and AJ King
Until October 17, 2022.
Phase Shifting Index
Jeremy Shaw
Until October 17, 2022.
Looking to invest in art of your own? Here are some pieces the RUSSH editors have welcomed into their own spaces.
Images: Instagram
One: Nadia Hernández 'Nelba' (2022)
Two: Julia Trybala 'Big belly desire' (2022)
Three: Hugh Van Schaik in his studio
