You won't have to work too hard or look too far to find exhibitions to attend this May. This month is brimming with shows of artists both emerging and well-cemented.
Keep an eye out for Oh, Museum at Cement Fondu which will feature a participatory piece from Guerrilla Girls. While Gianna Hayes will be leading an indigo dyeing workshop that explores the importance of the dye in Indigenous and Black history. For those in the Northern Territory, the works of year 12 art students are still on display at Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory.
For more upcoming exhibitions read on.
Olsen Gallery Sydney
10,000 Strikes – Dion Horstmans
21 April - 8 May
12 - 29 May
Olsen Annexe
Mare Incognitum – Stephen Bird
12 - 29 May
China Heights Gallery
Burning Beautiful – Daniel R. Watkins
21 May
Balun – Shaun Daniel Allen
21 May
Michael Reid
The Call – Nici Cumpston, Tamara Dean, Leah Emery, Nadia Hernández, Petrina Hicks, Clare Rae, Joan Ross, Mia Salsjö, Shireen Taweel and Regina Pilawuk Wilson
22 Apr - 15 May 2021
Station Gallery
Con la punta de los dedos (With the tips of your fingers) – Nadia Hernandez
24 April – 15 May
Roslyn Oxley
Mothering Gardens – Kathy Temin
National Art School
Dobell Drawing Prize
26 March 22 May
From the mountain to the sky: Guy Warren drawings
17 April – 22 May
Art Gallery of New South Wales
The National 2021
Current – 5 September
Longing for home
Current – 22 Aug 2021
The way we eat
3 April 2021 – 2022
Printmaker – Brett Whiteley
3 April – 11 July
Cement Fondu
Natural Indigo Dyeing Workshop
with Gianna Hayes, 12 June
New Age Noise - Textbook for Desire
Group exhibition with Nat Randall & Anna Breckon, Jazz Money, Giselle Stanborough, Kate Blackmore, Bhenji Ra, Sweatshop Women
20 March – May 2
Oh, Museum
DIS, Oliver Laric, Morehshin Allahyari, James Taylor, Jamie North, Pilvi Takala, Gianna Hayes, Cigdem Aydemir, Guerrilla Girls
22 May – 11 July
Heide Museum of Modern Art
Terra Data – Stanislava Pinchuk
20 March - June 20
Blue Over Time – Robert Owen
6 March - 23 May
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Pulse Perspectives
5 May – 30 August
Freighting Ideas: There Were Moments of Transformation…
1 May – 18 June 2021
National Gallery of Australia
Botticelli + Van Gogh
5 March – 14 June
Know My Name
14 November – 4 July 2021
Skywhales Patricia Piccinini
7 March – 1 August
Art Gallery of South Australia
The Present Moment – Clarice Beckett
Until May 16
A Vast Emporium: Artistic exchange and innovation in a global age
1 May
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Fresh: connecting new & old art
Current
Turtle Territory
Current
EX!T ART: 2020 NT Year 12 Student Exhibition
Current - 13 June
Images: Gianna Hayes, Shaun Daniel Allen