Indholdsfortegnelse for August 2022 i Art Almanac

“I can only show you the door, you're the one that has to walk through it.” – Morpheus, The Matrix, 1999. You're on page eight, so your foot is well over the threshold. Take the “red pill” and step on in; peruse our comprehensive library of what's happening in the arts this month near you, where you're going or where you want to be (IRL or URL, we've got you covered [insert wink emoji]). Chiharu Shiota has created entire universes woven from pieces of string, her signature medium. In what Louise R Mayhew describes as “a breathtaking exhibition of monumentality and lightness,” The Soul Trembles at the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA), Brisbane, highlights twenty-five years of Shiota's artistic practice, which explores anthropological concepts of life, death, and relationships through…

In collaboration with The Institute for Culture Exchange, Germany, ArtScience Museum located at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore present We Are Connected, the first major solo exhibition of leading Australian artist Patricia Piccinini's work in Southeast Asia, with forty works by the artist: sculptures, installations, videos and collages created from the early 2000s to 2021 on display from 5 August to 29 January 2023. Working at the intersection of art and science for over three decades, Piccinini has been exploring the evolving relationship between humans and nature, which she manifests in the creation of strange, yet compellingly beautiful human-animal hybrids. Hyperreal sculptures made from fibreglass, silicone, resin, and even human hair uncannily evoke a sense of tenderness, vulnerability, and playfulness that reaches out to the curiosity of the viewer. marinabaysands.com/museum…

Spring Collection Ngununggula 6 August to 9 October 2022 New South Wales Spring Collection offers a rare encounter of two colliding worlds, that of Rosie Deacon and Ken Done, individually known for their bold colour palettes and ability to capture the quintessential Australian experience. Alongside existing works by both artists, Deacon's new immersive installation encompasses the gallery space inviting exploration into new forms and materials. Done's new series of never-before-seen paintings capture the incandescent beauty of the nature surrounding us: “our own garden, the reef – and the endless joy of colour,” says the artist.…

The Centenarians Benalla Art Gallery Until 28 August 2022 Victoria Peter Wegner invites us to look into the face of a century of life experience through the portraits on display in this exhibition, which celebrates an eight-year project through which the artist captured the likeness of over one hundred centenarians across Victoria and New South Wales. “The exploration of ageing and how well we age is central to this project,” says Wegner, who uses drawing as a medium to interview his sitters and offer a glimpse into the lives of this enduring generation, revealing their character, abilities, and perspective on life.…

Waterfalls and Carol's Garden Art Atrium 20 August to 3 September 2022 Sydney Jacqueline Balassa's landscapes have a beautiful poetic quality, delicately balanced between observation and imagination. Drawn to the calm beauty and otherworldly quality of Early Italian Renaissance art: Giotto, Duccio, Veneziano; and traditional Chinese mountain-water painting's imaginative interpretation of the visual world, Balassa has, in her words, “developed a very personal visual language which blends close observation of nature with my interpretation of these two great artistic traditions.” These works are inspired by her neighbour's wild bush garden and its transition through the seasons and weather changes.…

ANCA Gallery 17 August to 11 September 2022 Australian Capital Territory Working across mixed-media sculpture and ceramics, Kati Gorgenyi, Fran Romano and Melinda Brouwer have created an immersive and reflective experience that engages with notions of remembrance, memorialisation, and the transience of life. Gorgenyi investigates loss and memory; Romano explores the rituals and ephemera surrounding death, and Brouwer's interest lies in death's material nature. On weekends, visitors can engage with the artworks and themes by making clay votives which will become part of the exhibition, developing into an ephemeral installation in the gallery courtyard to decompose.…

She Speaks in Sculpture UTS Gallery Until 9 September 2022 Sydney Diana Baker Smith explores the contested histories of Sydney's built environment through the work of sculptor Margel Hinder, 1906–1995. The exhibition presents archival material alongside new work, including a video installation using dance-based storytelling to respond to the migratory history of Hinder's sculpture Growth Forms, 1959. “Dance becomes an embodied way to trace the movement of Hinder's sculpture across the city and a way to honour the methods that underpinned Hinder's approach to sculpture, one that was attuned to the movement of bodies through space,” says Baker Smith.…

Veiled in Paradise McClelland Sculpture Park + Gallery Until 9 October 2022 Victoria Fiona Foley: Veiled Paradise is Badtjala artist Fiona Foley's first major survey exhibition, an important amplification of the voices and perspectives of Aboriginal people. Foley's work is informed by her ancestral connection to K'gari/Fraser Island, drawing equally upon its serene beauty and the history of systemic violence and sexual exploitation perpetrated on its shores. The exhibition is on tour from QUT Art Museum and showcases a selection of key works ranging from painting, photography, film, sculpture, and printmaking, from almost four decades of Foley's artistic career.…

The Interior Institute of Modern Art Until 1 October 2022 Queensland Natalya Hughes' The Interior is a playful exaggeration of Freud's consultation room. Sculptural seating, richly patterned soft furnishings, uncanny objects d'art, and a hand-painted mural create a stimulating space to unpack our collective and unconscious biases. Audiences are invited to recline and be enveloped, soothed, and held by the furniture's womanly forms while taking turns playing analyst and patient. Hughes, in her words, explores “society's unease with women … the representation of women, how we are conceptualised, and why expectations of us are so slow to shift.”…

Inaugural Judy Wheeler Commission recipient This month, we congratulate Brisbane-based artist Elizabeth Willing as the first recipient of the recently established Judy Wheeler Commission. The new ten-year initiative is supported by a generous gift from the Simpson family with the view to fund an annual site-specific work by an Australian-based visual artist that responds to the architecture and history of the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA). Willing's work is performative and often involves participatory explorations of food and hosting. Working across sculpture, installation, and performance, her work also manifests in the form of concept dinners; unique collaborative performances making use of the dining table as a stage for interactive designs and experiences. Her work has been exhibited both in Australia and internationally and she has undertaken several professional development…

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Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW) T (02) 9225-1878. E info@artgallerysociety.org.au W www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/members Call or visit the website for information about gallery membership; discounts, free exhibition viewings, magazine, and over 400 lectures, workshops, and other events each year. Copyright Agency T 1800-066-844 (landlines toll free) E memberservices@copyright.com.au W www.copyright.com.au The Copyright Agency is a not-for-profit rights management organisation enabling the use of text and images in return for fair payment to visual artists, writers, and publishers. National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) T (02) 9368-1900. E nava@visualarts.net.au W nava.net.au/membership NAVA is the peak body representing and advancing the professional interests of the Australian visual arts, craft, and design sector. Visit the website for details about membership and discounted insurance. It's tax time. Visit NAVA's website for details about…

36.9848° S | 143.3906° E Mornington Peninsula Cook Street Collective 41 Cook Street, Flinders 3929. T (03) 5989-1022 E info@cookstreetcollective.com.au Wwww.cookstreetcollective.com.au H Fri–Mon 10.00 to 4.00, Tues–Thurs by appt. July 30 to Aug 21 Blackroom Gallery: Ocean Calling by Steve Salo. EVERYWHEN Artspace 1/39 Cook Street, Flinders 3929. T (03) 5989-0496. E info@everywhenart.com.au W everywhenart.com.au Directors: Susan McCulloch OAM and Emily McCulloch Childs. H Fri–Tues 11.00 to 4.00. Closed Wed–Thurs. Specialising in contemporary Aboriginal art from 40+ Aboriginal owned art centres around Australia. Frankston Arts Centre and Cube 37 Galleries 27–37 Davey Street, Frankston 3199 T (03) 9784-1060. Wwww.thefac.com.au H Please check the website for dates and changes to opening hours prior to visiting. Glass Cube & Art After Dark view 24/7 from the street front: Sea Change by Penelope Davis.…

35.4735° S | 149.0124° E Civic Inner North ANCA Gallery 1 Rosevear Place, Dickson 2602. T (02) 6247-8736. E gallery@anca.net.au W www.anca.net.au Free entry. H Wed–Sun 12.00 to 5.00. Closed public hols. To Aug 14 Venation by Lucy Quinn and Sophie Quinn. Aug 17 to Sept 11 Of Soap And Stone – Kati Gorgenyi, Fran Romano and Melinda Brouwer. Canberra Museum and Gallery Cnr London Circuit and Civic Square, Canberra City 2600. T (02) 6207-3968. E cmag@act.gov.au W www.cmag.com.au H Mon–Sat 10.00 to 5.00. Closed some public hols, call to confirm. Craft ACT Craft + Design Centre Level 1, North Building, 180 London Circuit, Canberra 2601. T (02) 6262-9333. E craftact@craftact.org.au W www.craftact.org.au H Tues–Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat 12.00 to 4.00. Closed Sun–Mon, and public hols. To Aug 27 Beeing by Dr Julie…

27.6728° S | 121.6283° E Fremantle Aboriginal Art Association of Australia (AAAA) E mail@aboriginalart.org.au W www.aboriginalart.org.au www.facebook.com/AboriginalArtAssociation Instagram: @aboriginalartassociationau AAAA serves and represents artists, individuals and organisations that produce, promote, protect or support Indigenous art and the cultures that create and nurture that art. Artitja Fine Art Gallery South Fremantle, 6162. T 0418-900-954. E anna@artitja.com.au W www.artitja.com.au H Open daily by appt. Since 2004. Working with remote community Aboriginal art centres. Fremantle Arts Centre 1 Finnerty Street, Fremantle 6160. T (08) 9432-9555. E fac@fremantle.wa.gov.au W www.fac.org.au Free entry. H Daily 10.00 to 5.00. Aug 13 to Oct 23 A Gentle Misinterpretation: Australian Artists and Chinoiserie – Chinoiserie, the Western appropriation of Asian aesthetics, briefly represented the height of fashion for European aristocracy during the early 18th century before falling out of favour…

The long-awaited return of the Horizon Festival hits the Sunshine Coast this month in a ten-day multi-arts celebration from 26 August to 4 September. Visual art from painting and photography to projection and sound installation, augmented reality and more, cultural connection, words and ideas, theatre, music, dance, and other performing arts from local and international artists are on view. Experience fits of laughter with comedy acts, be amazed by the circus, participate in workshops for collage, textiles, digital screen printing, wire armature sculpture, and ceramics, or immerse yourself in literature by the local writing community. Calendar events have been described as “powerful, funny, expansive, honest and uplifting”; an annual highlight is Homegrown, a platform for local artists to extend and develop their practice and present their work at the Festival.…

Grasstrees Press In 1935 The Australian Women's Weekly magazine offered reassurance when reporting on the opening of Margo Lewers' (1908–1978) Bauhaus-influenced design shop, Notanda: “Don't be alarmed at the backgrounds [to her hand-printed textiles], they are abstracts!” This was the same discerning magazine that had headlined Lewers' earlier homecoming from study in Europe, “Clever Australian Woman Returns!” The intriguing discovery from reading the new book, Margo Lewers: no limits, is that both apparently patronising suggestions were accurate for the time. And so is that adjunct to the title, “no limits.” For the untrained Lewers became a significant artist in post-war abstraction, graduating through a cadetship as a commercial artist at The Daily Telegraph, a pokerwork and pottery design business, interior and garden design at her own and others' properties, and…

Hadley's Orient Hotel Until 21 August 2022 Tasmania Thirty-five artworks are on view in the 2022 Hadley's Art Prize finalist exhibition in Tasmania's historically-rich art space at Hadley's Orient Hotel. The $100,000 acquisitive prize is awarded to the best portrayal of the Australian landscape from a pool of talented emerging and established artists from around the country. The exhibition includes work by Alec Baker, Pat Brassington, Katjarra Butler, Belinda Casey, Ken Done, Tuppy Ngintja Goodwin, Paul Miller, Mary Tonkin, Bugai Whyoulter, Michelle Woody and Adrian Jangala Robertson, to name a few. Works are for sale.…

Absorption Tweed Regional Gallery Until 18 September 2022 New South Wales Absorption is an ongoing body of work driven by an innate curiosity in humans. Natalie Popovski uses the mundane to highlight subtle nuances in individuals in “indirect portraits,” paintings depicting her subject's “stuff” – the seemingly insignificant corners of mess found in bathroom cabinets, kitchen benchtops, or bedside tables that you are unaware you keep, yet they outline your beliefs, personality, and daily rituals. Popovski seeks the “sacred in the mundane, the moments of awe all around us that we dismiss so easily, the great novels being written right under our noses.”…

Bayside Gallery Until 28 August 2022 Melbourne The Ellen José Art Award for young women celebrates the creativity of young female artists in the early stages of their career and honours the legacy of Indigenous woman Ellen José, 1951–2017, a pioneering artist, radical activist, and social justice campaigner. This year two artists were selected to share the prize for their equally outstanding and sophisticated works, Moorina Bonini for Gowidja (After), 2021, and Elham Eshraghian-Haakansson with edges of place, 2022. Both are on display alongside works by finalist artists Hannah Gartside, Nadia Hernández, Annika Romeyn and Emma Singer.…

Moving portraits Art Gallery of South Australia Until 3 October 2022 Adelaide This Australian exclusive presents more than twenty intricately produced video portraits that unveil the theatrical language of New York theatre director and artist Robert Wilson. Depicting celebrated performers, including Lady Gaga, Brad Pitt, Isabella Rossellini, Robert Downey jr and Winona Ryder alongside artists, writers, and animals, Wilson's arresting yet imperceptibly slow-moving video portraits blur time-based cinematography with the frozen moment of still photography. Each reflects Wilson's interest in the body and the power of the gaze. Several refer to pivotal moments in art history; others mimic classic cinema.…

Spinifex Hill Project Space Until 10 September 2022 Western Australia Nyaparu (William) Gardiner, 1943–2018, lived, worked, and raised a family in the remote north-west Kimberley and Pilbara regions. This body of work illustrates the life of Aboriginal pastoral workers and an era of unprecedented social and economic change that included the fight for Aboriginal people's rights and recognition. “Doing these paintings is how I remember our old people. These pictures I'm showing you are from my memories. It's a hard life in those days and we had to change a lot in this life.” – Mr Gardiner.…

Rare Sightings: Etchings Australian Galleries 2 to 20 August 2022 Melbourne Presenting a comprehensive series of etchings by Daniel Moynihan; intensely personal and powerful narrative imagery. The use of anthropomorphic figures is pervasive in Moynihan's artmaking. This form of hybrid representation acts as a doubling in meaning; intermediary images introduce hidden associations or personal contemplation. Moynihan's “use of this unusual theme seems to challenge viewers to unravel his wider aims and understand his artistic motivations,” the gallery advertises. Images are “guided by the insightful whisperings of the ‘inner beast’ – that psychological proxy; that transactional and undomesticated voice within.”…

Art Gallery of Western Australia Until 20 November 2022 Perth During their practising years, 1981–1986, Perth-based art collective Media-Space were interested in conceptual and performance art, and emerging computer and telecommunications technologies. A key element of their work was the documentation and distribution of artworks and artistic research through offset lithography, lo-fi photocopied publications, and audio cassette tapes. This exhibition sheds light on how these artists dissected the social and political role of art to examine, amongst other issues, class and gender structures, suburban expansion, and the colonial power structures that shaped life in Western Australia.…

A.M.E. Bale Travelling Scholarship and Art Prize Applications are open to emerging Australian artists who have demonstrated talent and achievement in traditional styles for this major $50,000 award. Shortlisted works will be on view at Glen Eira City Council Gallery, Caulfield VIC 3162, from Nov 25 to Dec 18. For more information, visit www.gleneira.vic.gov.au/Bale Applications close Tues Oct 4. See ad page 120. Halloran Contemporary Art Prize This non-acquisitive award engages with the Halloran Collection: Science & the Sea at the Jervis Bay Maritime Museum & Gallery. The internationally significant Collection contains a diverse range of scientific and maritime instruments, artworks, and ephemera. The aim of the Prize is to overlay a contemporary lens and understanding of the Halloran Collection and to delve into its mysteries, which are often hidden…

Amazigh Cultural Tours W www.amazighculturaltours.com Nov 5 to 19 Morocco Painting Tour with artist Maryanne Coutts. Explore Morocco through painting and drawing over 14 nights from Marrakech to the Atlas Mountains and Sahara. For more information and to book, email info@amazighculturaltours.com See ad page 81. Art Fixation T (02) 9519-0099. W www.artfixation.com.au Art Fixation are specialists in art installation, wall hanging, lighting, transportation and collection management. Over the last 10 years we have hung hundreds of paintings and pictures for private collectors, art galleries, framing shops, and artists across NSW. See ad page 21. Art Investor W www.artinvestor.net.au Art Investor is a curated space where professional artists can freely showcase a sample of their work to art investors and collectors and includes a directory of art service providers, galleries, and…

Art Academica Creative School 1/763 Centre Road, Bentleigh East VIC 3165. T 0410-817-905. W www.art-classes.com.au Oil painting classes and classic drawing classes. European classic art school. All materials provided. Small groups, with an individual approach to every student. Artists who Teach W www.theartofteaching.com.au Learn how to teach art to kids. This online course covers everything you'll need to know to start running art workshops for kids and supplement your art career with a creative income. Learn classroom management and strategies. Bradford Art Academy 1st Floor, 1310 Malvern Road, Malvern VIC 3144. T 0401-769-379. E info@bradfordartacademy.com.au W www.bradfordartacademy.com.au H Tues 4.30 to 8.30, Sat 10.00 to 2.30. Learn true fundamental skills to create beautiful oil paintings with no prior experience required. Book a free introductory class online. Brisbane Sculpture School Perides…

33.8688° S | 151.2093° E CBD The Rocks Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW) Art Gallery Road, Sydney 2000. T (02) 9225-1744, 1800-679-278. W www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au Admission charges apply to some exhibitions. H Daily 10.00 to 5.00. To Aug 28 the annual Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 2022 are the most engaging art events of the year, eagerly anticipated by artists and audiences alike. The Archibald Prize for portrait painting is a who's who of Australian culture from politicians to celebrities, sporting heroes to artists. To Jan 2023 Daniel Boyd: Treasure Island – the artist's first major exhibition to be held in an Australian public institution. Featuring more than 80 works from across his nearly two-decade career, the exhibition unpacks the ways in which Boyd holds a lens to colonial…

42.0409° S | 146.8087° E Hobart Sullivans Cove Battery Point Art Mob 29 Hunter Street, Hobart 7000. T (03) 6236-9200, 0419-393-122. E euan@artmob.com.au W www.artmob.com.au Director: Euan Hills. H Daily 10.00 to 6.00. Check holiday opening times on our Google listing. Aboriginal fine art, including Tasmanian Aboriginal artists. Bett Gallery Level 1, 65 Murray Street, Hobart 7000. T (03) 6231-6511. E info@bettgallery.com.au W www.bettgallery.com.au Directors: Carol Bett, Emma Bett and Jack Bett. H Mon–Fri 10.00 to 5.30, Sat 10.00 to 4.00. Aug 5 to 27 Water[shed] – 50 artists for 50 years of loss. Contemporary Art Tasmania 27 Tasma Street, North Hobart 7000. T (03) 6231-0445. E info@contemporaryart.org.au W www.contemporaryarttasmania.org H Wed–Sun 12.00 to 5.00. Contemporary Arts Organisations Australia E info@caoa.org.au W caoa.com.au Instagram: @caoaustralia Established in 1995, Contemporary Arts Organisations…

19.4914° S | 132.5510° E Darwin Charles Darwin University Art Gallery Ground floor, Building Orange 12.1.02, Casuarina Campus, Darwin 0909. T (08) 8946-6621. E artgallery@cdu.edu.au W cdu.edu.au/artgallery H Wed–Fri 10.00 to 4.00, Sat 10.00 to 2.00. Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair Larrakia Country, Darwin Convention Centre, Stokes Hill Road, Darwin 0800. Aug 5 to 7 Australia's largest Indigenous visual art event, the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair (DAAF) is returning to the Top End for its 16th year running. Immerse yourself in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, design and culture. Ethically purchase artwork direct from over 70 Indigenous-owned Art Centres, with 100% of sales going directly back to support the artists and their communities. Visit daaf.com.au/art-fair-2022 Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) 19 Conacher Street, The Gardens, Darwin 0820.…

From 5 to 7 August, the vibrance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art and culture will be celebrated on Larrakia Country during the sixteenth Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair. This year, the spectacular showcase of art, fashion, and design by leading First Nations artists and designers can be experienced in person at the Darwin Convention Centre and online. An array of artworks made from a variety of media will provide art lovers and collectors with the opportunity to ethically purchase works directly from over seventy Art Centres. There is time to meet the artists, hear about their arts practices, stories of culture, history, and heritage, and participate in the program of masterclasses, talks, and demonstrations. Special events include the Country To Couture fashion runway and National Indigenous Fashion Awards. daaf.com.au…

Australian Centre for Contemporary Art Until 4 September 2022 Melbourne This exhibition focuses on recent developments in contemporary painting, notably expanded painting practices in which the relations between art and life are intensified. Nadia Hernández, Lucina Lane, Gian Manik, Betty Muffler, Jahnne Pasco-White, Jason Phu, JD Reforma and Esther Stewart approach the medium as a vehicle through which to consider cultural and family histories, our relationship to Country and the environment, institutional and domestic architectures, and the role of art and the gallery as a repository of memories, and to commune with those who have come before.…

JamFactory Adelaide Until 18 September 2022 South Australia Jessica Loughlin creates ethereal kiln-formed glass works that explore her fascination with the beauty of emptiness and her extensive research into light and space. Inspired by the vast, flat landscapes and rarely filled salt lakes of South Australia, which seemingly fuse land and sky as one infinite plain, Loughlin fuses opaque and translucent glass sheets that allude to shadow, reflection, and refraction. A strict reductive sensibility and restricted use of colour, with a gentle palette of soft muted hues and the mirage motif, frequently reoccur across her practice.…

Glen Eira City Council Gallery 11 to 28 August 2022 Melbourne In 1918 Max Meldrum, incensed at not being re-elected as President of the Victorian Artists Society, resigned and took with him nineteen like-minded artists to form their own exhibiting group, the Twenty Melbourne Painters Society. Membership is exclusive and retained at twenty. New members are invited upon natural attrition or resignation of existing members, keeping the group prestigious and unique in the artworld of Tonal Realism. This is their 104th annual exhibition, featuring 150 works across a range of subjects within the framework of representational tonal painting.…

Beeing Craft ACT: Craft + Design Centre Until 27 August 2022 Australian Capital Territory Established craft-based artist Dr Julie Bartholomew and early-career contemporary ceramic artist Mahala Hill highlight the importance of the survival of bees in Beeing. Bee populations are in decline across the globe; in Australia, the Black Summer fires had a significant impact on the species, which can lead to major consequences for humans. Bartholemew and Hill utilise the aesthetic power of creative practice to bring understanding to the problem and encourage critical discourse around the significance of bees and the threats to biodiversity.…

Phase Shifting Index Mona, Museum of Old and New Art Until 17 October 2022 Tasmania Part science-fiction documentary, part psychedelic meltdown; Phase Shifting Index by Berlin-based Canadian artist Jeremy Shaw is a multi-channel video work that depicts humans engaged in various forms of group movement, from BMC therapy and tai chi to a hardcore rave and cybergothic choreography – which, in Shaw's vision, form the basis for a new system of belief, one governed by gesture and body. “In creating this work of parafiction, Shaw allows us to embrace uncertainty, imagination and wonder,” says Jarrod Rawlins, Mona's Director of Curatorial Affairs.…

Estuary Museum of Brisbane Until 23 October 2022 Queensland Artist in residence Anita Holtsclaw applies her unique interpretations of the Brisbane River to three large-scale ethereal embroidered artworks – created using delicate materials and intricate techniques, supported by oversized hoops and reminiscent of water's sheer, flowing, and luminous qualities. Forming part of the exhibition Estuary, the works are accompanied by an expansive drawing along the gallery wall, a work in progress exploring tidal pathways and natural features that arise along its journey. Participate in a daily shared drawing activity and/or speak to the artist each Friday during her residency.…

Sydney's National Art School (NAS) is the custodian of a rich historical archive brimming with thousands of student artworks across a variety of media, objects, photographs, and documentation related to both the current art school and former gaol site, which are organised across three collection categories. The Student Collection is the largest, comprising works created on site by NAS students, teaching aids, and plaster casts; The Art Collection consists of a range of artworks by students and teachers in their later careers who are celebrated in the art world; and The Archive Collection boasts over 700 historical items, among them are photographs, gaol plans, manuscripts, film, rare student files, diplomas, catalogues, snapshots of students and staff from the 1920s, and more. Art Almanac goes behind the scenes with NAS Archivist…

Ladder Art Space 81 Denmark Street, Kew VIC 3101. W ladderartspace.com.au/space-hire/gallery-hire Applications are open for the 2022–23 exhibition program. Please find the proposal guidelines on our website. PhotoAccess Exhibition Proposals W photoaccess.org.au Artists and curators working at all stages of their careers are invited to submit exhibition proposals for contemporary photo-based art for the 2023 Huw Davies Gallery season. PhotoAccess is a unique space for making, sharing, and discovering photography and photo-based art. The non-profit member-based organisation is located at the Manuka Arts Centre in Canberra and welcomes local, interstate, and international applicants from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and people with lived experience of disability. Apply online. Submissions close midnight (AEST), Mon Aug 8. Sculptures in the Garden W…

Catherine Asquith Art Advisory T 0492-149-053 E catherine@catherineasquithart.com W www.catherineasquithart.com Director: Catherine Asquith, B.A., B.Litt. (Hons.) AVAA Certified Practising Valuer. Specialist advice on buying and selling art, collection development and management, and auction agency and liaison. Curatorial management for commercial and residential property projects. Valuations for insurance, estate planning and division, and Family Law property negotiations. Private View Art Collections T 0412-360-985. E info@privateviewart.com W www.privateviewart.com Private and corporate collection development and advice. Offering assistance with sourcing, framing, conserving, and investing in art, with an extensive range of specialist networks. Stella Downer Dealer, Consultant, Valuer T 0402-018-283. E stellart@bigpond.com.au W www.stelladownerfineart.com.au H Tues–Sat 10.00 to 5.00. Approved valuer for the Australian Government Cultural Gifts Program. Insurance/market value, authentication, consulting, and collection management.…

37.8136° S | 144.9631° E Federation Square / CBD ACMI Federation Square, Melbourne 3000. T (03) 8663-2200. W www.acmi.net.au General entry, free. H Mon–Fri 12.00 to 5.00, Sat–Sun 10.00 to 5.00. To Nov 13 Light: Works from Tate's Collection – Melbourne Winter Masterpieces® 2022. Ticketed. National Gallery of Victoria The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia Federation Square, cnr Russell and Flinders streets, Melbourne 3000. T (03) 8620-2222. W www.ngv.vic.gov.au H Daily 10.00 to 5.00. To Aug 21 WHO ARE YOU: Australian Portraiture. To Sept 11 New Australian Printmaking. To Oct 23 Top Arts 2022. To Jan 29, 2023 NGV Indigenous Collection of Art and Design. Art at St Francis' Contemporary Art 326 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne 3000. T (03) 9663-2495. W www.stfrancismelbourne.com/art H Mon–Fri 10.00 to 4.00, Sun 10.00 to 2.00. Aug…

31.2532° S | 146.9211° E Newcastle Central Coast ASW Gallery 40 Annie Street, Wickham 2293. T 0431-853-600. W www.art-systems-wickham.com H Fri–Sun 11.00 to 4.00. Aug 12 to 21 (opening Sat Aug 13, 3pm) Local Landscapes by Steven Jankovic. See ad page 133. Gosford Regional Gallery 36 Webb Street, East Gosford 2250. T (02) 4304-7550. E gallery@centralcoast.nsw.gov.au W www.gosfordregionalgallery.com H Daily 9.30 to 4.00. Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day, and Good Friday. Aug 20 to Oct 23 Gosford Art Prize exhibition. The Lock-Up 90 Hunter Street, Newcastle 2300. T (02) 4925-2265. W www.thelockup.org.au Free entry. H Wed–Sat 10.00 to 4.00, Sun 11.00 to 3.00. To Aug 7 Promise the Earth – Vicky Browne, Ryan Andrew Lee, Evelyn Malgil, Brett McMahon, Sara Morawetz, Isha Ram Das Simpson, Sancintya Mohini Simpson…

30.0002° S | 136.2092° E Adelaide Adelaide Central Gallery 7 Mulberry Road, Glenside 5065. T (08) 8299-7300. E info@acsa.sa.edu.au W www.acsa.sa.edu.au H Mon–Tues 9.00 to 5.00, Wed 9.00 to 6.45, Thurs-Fri 9.00 to 5.00, or by appt. Adelaide Contemporary Experimental Lion Arts Centre, North Terrace, Kaurna Yarta, Adelaide 5000. T (08) 8211-7505. E admin@ace.gallery W www.ace.gallery Free entry. H Tues–Sat 11.00 to 4.00. South Australia's leading independent contemporary visual arts organisation. To Aug 13 Skin Shade Night Day by Allison Chhorn. Sept 3 to Oct 29 Ryan Presley: Fresh Hell – brings together a suite of paintings that Brisbane-based artist Ryan Presley has been steadily developing over the past eight years, for the first time in a major solo exhibition. Art by Farquhar 1070 South Road, Edwardstown 5039 T 0414-399-222. E sales@artbyfarquhar.com.au…

22.5752° S | 144.0848° E Brisbane artisan 45 King Street, Bowen Hills 4006. T (07) 3215-0800. E info@artisan.org.au W www.artisan.org.au H Tues–Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat 10.00 to 4.00. Closed Sun–Mon. artisan is Queensland's home of craft and design. Gallery, store, and workshop space supporting and promoting contemporary craft and design practice for both makers and their audiences. FireWorks Gallery 9/31 Thompson Street, Bowen Hills 4006. T (07) 3216-1250. E art@fireworksgallery.com.au W www.fireworksgallery.com.au H Tues–Fri 10.00 to 6.00, Sat 10.00 to 5.00. July 29 to Sept 3 Pat Hoffie: I will tell you almost nothing. Also, Motherline: Charmaine Pwerle, Barbara Weir & Minnie Pwerle. Institute of Modern Art Judith Wright Arts Centre, 420 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley 4006. T (07) 3252-5750. E ima@ima.org.au W www.ima.org.au Free entry. H Tues–Sat 10.00 to 5.00.…