As we step into November we embrace the warmer weather and with it a new roster of art shows and exhibitions to retreat into. Whether you're plunging yourself into Tarnanthi, the Art Gallery of Western Australia's heavyweight laden show The View From Here, or you've only got eyes for the Art Gallery of New South Wales thrilling Matisse exhibition, there truly is something for everyone this month.
Below, we've rounded up a non-exhaustive list of unmissable exhibitions happening across Australia this November.
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NSW
Jerico Contemporary
Limbs
Group Exhibition curated by Chloe Borich
25 November – 18 December 2021
China Heights Gallery
Gabriella Lo Presti & Clare Wigney
Until November 14.
Lena Gustafson
Until November 14.
Bathurst Regional Art Fair
1 November – 30 November 2021
Chalk Horse
Catfished
Benedict Dos Remedios
13 October – 14 November 2021
Madeleine Pfull
18 November – 18 December 2021
N.Smith Gallery
Joan Ross: I Like to Name Everything After Myself
3 – 27 November 2021
Eight Views of the Telegraph Station (Online)
Thea Anamara Perkins
17 – 27 November 2021
Head On Art Festival
19 – 28 November 2021
Olsen Gallery
George Byrne
Until November 13.
Beautiful Strange
Michelle Cawthorn
Until November 13.
Dominik Mersch Gallery
John Beard
Until November 20.
Carriageworks
Sydney Contemporary Art Fair (Online)
11 – 21 November 2021
Cherine Fahd
17 November 2021 – 30 January 2022
3 – 21 November 2021
Michael Reid
I’ve been into Star Wars ever since I was a little kid.
Marc Etherington
Until November 4.
Roslyn Oxley9
Dhambit Munuŋgurr
Until November 6.
Art Gallery of New South Wales
The Purple House
4 September 2021 – 2022
Matisse: Life & Spirit, Masterpieces from the Centre Pompidou, Paris
20 November 2021 – 13 March 2022
Cement Fondu
Dennis Golding & Carmen Glynn-Braun
Until December 5.
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VIC
Arts Centre Melbourne
Alter State (Online)
Opens November 9 2021.
Koori Heritage Trust
Seen and Unseen: Expressions of Koori Identity
7 August – 21 November 2021
National Gallery of Victoria
Is Today Tomorrow
Camille Henrot
Until January 30 2021.
Heide Museum of Modern Art
Margel Hinder: Modern in Motion
30 October 2021 –
Shepparton Art Museum
The Land Within
Lin Onus
20 November – 13 March 2022
Studio Gallery
A Moment in Time
Simon Barlow
12 – 28 November
Bendigo Art Gallery
SOUL Fury
Until January 30 2021.
RMIT Gallery
‘In The Company Of Shadows’ (Online)
Caroline Walls
28 October – 11 November 2021
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WA
Fremantle Biennale
Crossing 2021
5 – 21 November 2021
Art Gallery of Western Australia
The Lester Prize 2021
16 October – 29 November 2021
Abdul Abdullah, Holly Yoshida, Danielle Freakley plus many more.
Opens 6 November 2021.
Perth Institute of Contemporary Art
Coming Home
Alex Martinis Roe
Until January 9, 2021.
Sky Cave
Amy Perejuan-Capone
Until January 9, 2021.
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ACT
National Portrait Gallery
Living Memory: National Photographic Portrait Prize
Until November 7 2021.
Canberra Museum + Gallery
Mandy Martin From Queanbeyan to New York: 1978-1984 / Art & Life
Until January 22, 2021.
National Gallery of Australia
Know My Name: Part Two
12 June 2021 – 26 January 2022
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QLD
Queensland Art Gallery of Modern Art
Until May 2022.
Cairns Indigenous Art Fair
10 – 19 November 2021
Redland Art Gallery
Neridah Stockley
Until December 5, 2021.
Museum of Brisbane
Dylan Mooney
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SA
Jam Factory
Anniebell Marrngamarrnga: Ngalkunburriyaymi (Yawkyawk Dreaming)
Until November 28, 2021.
Art Gallery of South Australia
Tarnanthi
Until 30 January 2022.
Flinders University Museum of Art
SOVEREIGN SISTERS: domestic work
11 October 2021 - 8 April 2022
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NT
RAFT Art Space
Sarah Brown
5 – 27 November 2021
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards 2021 (Online)
7 August 2021 – 6 February 2022
Outstation Gallery
Until November 13, 2021.
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TAS
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Sidney Nolan's Ned Kelly Series
Until 20 February, 2022.
Images: One: @chinaheights Two & Three: courtesy of the Art Gallery of New South Wales