Martin Parr‘s first solo exhibition at Clementine de la Feronniere has opened in Paris. Photographs from the 1970s to present day feature in his latest exhibition, with subjects ranging from tourism, small shops, horse races, sporting spectators and village fairs.
Martin Parr Clementine de la Feronniere, Paris, France until 12 May 2023
Works by Steven Rendall are currently being shown in two artist run exhibitions in Melbourne. The Bureau for the Organisation of Origins (BOO!) in Fitzroy Gardens is open Tuesday to Saturdays 11am until 5pm and is currently exhibiting works by Steven Rendall, along with Parminder Kaur, Tobias Titz with Alum Cheedy and Bobby Bunungurr, Patrick Pound, Saffron Newey, Scotty So, Hootan Heydari, Katyan Javan, Edie Duffy, Julie Vinci and more.
Steven Rendall’s work is also showing at Brunswick Temporary. Bringing together work by six artists who explore the interplay of our digital/physical existence in contemporary life, A sky the colour of a dead channel continues until 25 February.
Euan Macleod‘s work features in two current exhibitions in Queensland. Peter Kingston / Euan Macleod: Travelling North at Cairns Art Gallery, and the group exhibition entitled WrestleMANIA at Rockhampton Art Gallery, Rockhampton. WrestleMANIA brings together work by twenty contemporary sculptors, painters, cartoonists and new media artists who have all responded to the sport and theatre of wrestling. Drawn from the Cairns Art Gallery collection, Peter Kingston / Euan Macleod: Travelling North features work by the two artists that respond to the vibrancy of life in the tropics.
Celebrating the streetscapes of Melbourne, Romancing the Streetscape, the current exhibition at Town Hall Gallery includes several paintings by Rick Amor. The exhibition also includes work by William Breen, Andrew Browne, Mark Chu, Robert Clinch, Cathy Drummond and Dani McKenzie.
Art collector Norman Rosenblatt features in the 2023 edition of Art Collector’s ’50 things collectors should know’, out now. In an article written by Duro Jovicic, Norman Rosenblatt’s passionate collecting, and the recent exhibition Eyes that see: the Collection of Norman Rosenblatt at Bayside Gallery in Brighton are discussed, as well as work by Rick Amor and David Keeling. Pick up a copy of the latest issue of Art Collectorhere
Tennant Creek Brio, whose exhibition Radioactive Anomalies is currently on at Niagara Galleries feature in Black Sky at Perth Festival, alongside Julie Dowling. Held at Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, Black Sky includes Tennant Creek Brio and Julie Dowling’s work, which appear alongside Tracey Moffatt, Gombawarrah-Yinhawangka Traditional Owners and Michael Bonner.
Sharjah Biennial 15: Thinking Historically in the Present features works by more than 150 artists from across the globe, including Sangeeta Sandrasegar. Sandrasegar’s new body of work On the field of Truth, on the battlefield of life IV, 2022 was unveiled as part of the opening week events last week.
Drawing together a diverse range of artworks by contemporary Australian artists, the current exhibition wHole at Heide Museum of Modern Art features work by Rubaba Haider. Curated by Melissa Keys, the exhibition explores a range of works that display an interest in the phenomena of openings and absences and an underlying desire for completeness.
Alongside Rubaba Haider, exhibiting artists include: Rushdi Anwar, Kushana Bush, Consuelo Cavaniglia, Lucio Fontana, Mira Gojak, Robert Jacks, Anish Kapoor, Titus Kaphar, Lindy Lee, Gordon Matta-Clark, Noriko Nakamura, S.J Norman, Rosslynd Piggott, Norma Redpath and Ricky Swallow.
Stephen Benwell‘s work features in two current exhibitions in New South Wales, as well as an upcoming exhibition at Bundanon Art Museum. Thinking Through Pink at Wollongong Art Gallery is curated by Dr Sally Gray and includes works from the Wollongong Art Gallery collection; decorative arts from the Powerhouse collection, Sydney; posters from the archives of second-wave feminist artists Jan Fieldsend and Marie McMahon and works by invited contemporary artists.
Clay Dynasty at Powerhouse Museum celebrates studio ceramics in Australia and features works from the 1960s through to the present day. The exhibition features more than 400 objects from the Powerhouse’s significant ceramics collection, including works by Stephen Benwell and Angela Brennan.
The upcoming exhibition Fantastic Forms celebrates Bundanon’s 30th Anniversary. Curated by Boe-Lin Bastian and Sophie O’Brien, Fantastic forms features ceramics, sculpture and animation, and brings together new commissions by three contemporary Australian artists, Nabilah Nordin, Stephen Benwell and Rubyrose Bancroft, with Bundanon’s expansive collection of drawings by artist William Merric Boyd (1888 –1959), Arthur Boyd’s father.
Following this, Sydney’s largest biennial survey of contemporary Australian Art, The National 4 will feature work by Brenda L. Croft. The biennial will be held across four sites: Art Gallery of NSW, Carriageworks, MCA Australia and Campbelltown Art Centre and will include 53 artists and collectives
In addition, Brenda L. Croft’s work is now showing in the 20th-Century galleries Rehang exhibition at Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Later this year Brenda L. Croft commences her tenure as the 2023 – 2024 Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser Chair of Australian Studies at Harvard University, USA. Professor Croft will be the first First Nations woman academic to take up the prestigious position at Harvard. Read more here.
Kevin Lincoln: Evoking Gippsland closes at Gippsland Art Gallery this week. This must-see exhibition features paintings and drawings by Kevin Lincoln, including some bound in the artist’s travel books, spanning a period of forty years. Subjects range from Wilsons Promontory, Tenby Point, Wattle Point, Lindenow, Kilcunda, and Grantville, Mitchell River, Powlett River, and the rolling hills of South Gippsland.
In addition, Kevin Lincoln features in the October 2022 issue of Art Collector. ‘A Monumental Presence’, written by John McDonald explores Lincoln’s early career and his latest work. Order your copy here.