A tender portrait by Julie Dowling of her own grandmother features in the exhibition Dance Me to the End of Love at Shepparton Art Museum. Works in the exhibition are selected from the SAM collection and include ceramics, sculpture, painting, printmaking, drawing, assemblage and installation.
Dance Me to the End of Love
Shepparton Art Museum, Shepparton, Victoria
until 11 February 2024
Angela Brennan‘s work features in the current exhibition BLAZE: people made known at Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, which features portraits drawn from the Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art.
The historical origin of the verb ‘blaze’ refers to the use of sound and fire to announce an individual’s arrival. BLAZE speaks of agency, visibility and a desire to communicate to a public. In this sense, the exhibition investigates the power of portraiture to convey the unique characteristics of a person and acknowledge remarkable individuals. – Text courtesy of Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery
BLAZE: people made known
Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia, Perth
until 9 December 2023
Celebrating The Met’s Oceanic art collection, the exhibition The Shape of Time: Art and Ancestors of Oceania from The Metropolitan Museum of Art is touring throughout to a number of locations throughout the world. Now on at the National Museum of Qatar, the exhibition includes nearly 130 cherished works from The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s unparalleled Oceanic collection, including work by Angelina Pwerle.
The Shape of Time: Art and Ancestors of Oceania from The Metropolitan Museum of Art
National Museum of Qatar, Doha, Qatar
until 15 January 2024
The National Gallery of Australia’s touring exhibition Know My Name: Australian Women Artists begins its two-year tour of regional Australia at Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery. The exhibition features works from the National Gallery’s two-part exhibition held between 2020 and 2022, including Helen Maudsley and Brenda L. Croft.
Our Place: 20 Years of Town Hall Gallery at Town Hall Gallery features significant works from the Town Hall Gallery Collection, including The wonderful diversion by Helen Maudsley. The exhibition has been grouped into themes: People, Places and Perspectives; showcasing the vital role of the gallery in reflecting a sense of community and shared history in Boroondara.
In addition, Maudsley’s work is showing in Expressive potential: studies in abstraction, which features abstract art spanning from the 1930s to the present day.
Expressive potential: studies in abstraction
Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, VIC
until 1 December 2024
Our Place: 20 Years of Town Hall Gallery
Town Hall Gallery, Hawthorn, Melbourne
until 20 January 2024
Know My Name: Australian Women Artists
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, VIC
until 18 February 2024
Critical Witness: Official war artists after 1999, currently at the Australian War Memorial features several paintings by Rick Amor. In 1999, Amor was appointed the official war artist to East Timor by the Australian War Memorial, the first such appointment since the Vietnam War. Rick Amor paved the way for a generation of artists to “observe, record and interpret” the activities of the Australian Defence Force.
Critical Witness: Official war artists after 1999
Australian War Memorial, Campbell, Canberra
ongoing
The recently opened exhibition Beside the sea – Tenby through the lens of Martin Parr features photographs by Martin Parr taken around the seaside town of Tenby between 2008 and 2020.
Beside the sea – Tenby through the lens of Martin Parr
Tenby Museum, Tenby, Wales
until 1 April 2024
Yvonne Kendall‘s latest exhibition entitled Transmutations at Puul Space in Vienna, Austria, featured in the latest issue of Textilkunst International. Read the original article in German here and the English translation here.
Savanhdary Vongpoothorn: Aflame at Campbelltown Arts Centre has now closed, but a number of journalists have written about the well-received exhibition. Savanhdary Vongpoothorn: Aflame was previewed by Nikita Holcombe for Artist Profile and reviewed by Gina Fairley for Artshub. Read about the exhibition in Artist Profile here and Artshub here.
Fiona Foley‘s work features in the upcoming exhibition Loose Knot Chorus, presented by independent arts platform Suite7a. Loose Knot Chorus includes emerging and established contemporary artists from Australia, Aotearoa, Palestine & the US.
In addition, Fiona Foley was shortlisted for the Kate Challis RAKA/Ruth Adeney Koori Award. Since 1991, the Kate Challis RAKA Award has shown recognition and support for First Peoples creatives and artists across prose, poetry, script writing, drama and visual arts and has amplified the practices of emerging and established artists, who have made a significant impact and contribution to the arts within the past five years. Read more about the awards and Fiona Foley’s work here.
Loose Knot Chorus
Petersham Town Hall, Petersham, Sydney
10 – 17 November 2023
Register here for the opening night: Thursday 9th Nov 6-9pm
A solo exhibition of recent painting and collages by Euan Heng opens in Edinburgh next week. Regarding the exhibition, entitled Archipelago, Euan Heng states “at the moment of assembly, paper-cut collages give shape to and advance the corresponding paintings and small sculptures.”
In addition, Euan Heng’s work features on the front cover of the recent publication by Subhash Jaireth titled George Orwell’s Elephant & Other Essays. View the cover and order your copy here.
Archipelago
The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
2-25 November 2023
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