Press pause and take a moment to check out what's in store art-wise this August. Nan Goldin's photographs are on show at NGA and up north you can experience the 17th Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair. Meanwhile there's still time to place a bid in the annual FirstDraft Auction. Here's a non-exhaustive list of Australian art to catch in August 2023 courtesy of RUSSH.
NSW
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Chalk Horse
A Solid Substance
Kat Shapiro Wood
Until August 12, 2023.
Nathan Hawkes 2023
Nathan Hawkes
17 August – 9 September 2023
Campbelltown Arts Centre
Focus
Freya Jobbins
Until August 13, 2023.
Aflame
Savanhdary Vongpoothorn
26 August – 15 October 2023
STATION Gallery
Nuestro Consuelo, Mi Consuelo
Nadia Hernández
Until August 19, 2023.
Firstdraft Auction
Amrita Hepi, Ben Quilty, Casey Chen, Chun Yin Rainbow Chan, Dennis Golding, Garry Trinh, Jason Phu, Jonny Niesche, Khaled Sabsabi, Nancy Constandelia, Tony Albert, Dorcas Tang 邓佳颖, Easton Dunne, Charlotte Haywood, Yvette Hamilton, Amelia Skelton, EJ Son and more.
2 – 4 August 2023.
Cement Fondu
Of Other Tomorrows Never Known
Natasha Tontey
5 August – 24 September 2023
China Heights
Plastic Teeth
Daniel R. Watkins
Until August 13, 2023.
Law of Instrument
Aedan Lee, Edward Woodley and Jarryd Lynagh
Until August 13, 2023.
COMA Gallery
Strange Quiet
Rae Begley
9 – 20 August 2023
Choral Ode
Renée Estée
Until August 19, 2023.
Ngununggula
Once More With Feeling
Karen Black, Georgia Spain, Cybele Cox and Michelle Ussher.
Until August 6, 2023.
Occurrent Affair
Meanjin/Brisbane-based Aboriginal artist collective proppaNOW: Vernon Ah Kee, Tony Albert, Richard Bell, Megan Cope, Jennifer Herd, Gordon Hookey and the late Laurie Nilsen.
26 August – 5 November 2023
The Alex
Ghost Friend in the Shed
Samuel Hodge
10 August – 1 October 2023
Opening night: 6pm, 10 August with live performances from Patamon
The Lock-Up
Signals From
Shan Turner-Carroll and Ryota Sato
4 August – 8 October 2023
Bundanon Art Museum
The Polyphonic Sea
Antonia Barnett-McIntosh, Andrew Beck, Ruth Buchanan, The Estate of L. Budd, Sione Faletau, Samuel Holloway et al., Sarah Hudson, Sonya Lacey, Nova Paul, Sriwhana Spong, and Shannon Te Ao.
Until October 8, 2023.
N.Smith Gallery
Aralya - Nunya
Sally Scales
16 August – 9 September 2023
Murray Art Museum Albury
Esperanto
Newell Harry
Until November 26, 2023.
ACMI
Goddess: Power, Glamour, Rebellion
Until October 1, 2023.
Powerhouse Museum
A Line, A Web, A World
Until December 2023.
1001 Remarkable Objects
Curated by Leo Schofield AM
Until December 2023.
Atmospheric Memory
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
12 August – 5 November 2023
Hake House of Art
Reverb
29 July – 4 September 2023
Adam Leng, Ash Holmes, Loralee Jade, Emily Ebbs, Hannah Lange, Lani Isobel Toke, Amanda Tye, Rachel Mackay, Kane Lehanneur and Phoebe Stone.
Penrith Regional Gallery
Rebellious Belly
Abdullah M. I. Syed
Until August 20, 2023.
Curatorial + Co.
Diwata's Song
Chloe Caday
2 – 12 August 2023
National Art School
Occurrent Affair
Meanjin/Brisbane-based Aboriginal artist collective proppaNOW: Vernon Ah Kee, Tony Albert, Richard Bell, Megan Cope, Jennifer Herd, Gordon Hookey and the late Laurie Nilsen.
Until August 5, 2023.
Radiance: The Art of Elisabeth Cummings
18 August – 21 October 2023
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
West of Central
Aleshia Lonsdale, Anne Graham, Bill Moseley, Blak Douglas, Caitlin Graham, Georgina Pollard, Genevieve Carroll, Dan Kojta, Jason Wing, Joyce Hinterding and David Haines, June Golland, Karla Dickens, Leo Cremonese, Maddison Gibbs, Nicole Welch, and Vicky Browne.
Until August 27, 2023.
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prizes
Until September 3, 2023.
Dreamhome: Stories of Art and Shelter
Until late 2023
Balmain Watch House
Blend
Wet Paint Collective: Patrice Wills, Jen Hsieh, Jane Sankey, Alexandra Plim, Cindy Scheule, Juliette Gillies, Claire Engkaninan Low and more
19 – 20 August 2023
Rainbow Studios
Interior Landscapes
Skye LaRocca
Until August 2, 2023.
Art Leven
Country X Country
Neil Tompkins and Kitty Napanangka Simon
Until August 26, 2023.
Museum of Contemporary Art
Hustle Harder
Adam Linder
22 July – 20 August 2023
Sullivan + Strumpf
Among the Leaves
Tim Silver
Until August 12, 2023.
Hauslieder
Kirsten Coelho
Until August 12, 2023.
Drifting Moon
Lynda Draper
24 August – 16 September 2023
The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre
The Unseen
Emma Fielden, James Nguyen, Emily Parsons-Lord, Owen Leong and Lisa Sammut.
3 August – 9 September 2023
VIC
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James Makin Gallery
Dreams
Patrick Dagg
7 August – 3 September 2023
West Space
Unison
Featuring Khaled Chamma, Kaijern Koo, Indra Liusuari, Anton Pulvirenti, Steven Rhall, Leen Rieth, Salote Tawale, Susan Te Kahurangi King, Dr Christian Thompson AO and Mira Oosterweghel with Yarra Youth Services.
Until August 12, 2023.
Yarra Ranges Regional Museum
National Portrait Gallery’s National Photographic Portrait Prize 2022
Until September 3, 2023.
TarraWarra Museum of Art
The Soils Project
5 August – 12 November 2023
Buxton Contemporary
nightshifts
Shaun Gladwell, Tracey Moffatt, Callum Morton, Mike Parr, Mikala Dwyer, Teelah George, Marco Fusinato, Mabel Juli, Louise Weaver and Peter Booth.
Until October 29, 2023.
Brunswick Street Gallery
A Cupboard Full of Light
Britt Neech
3 – 20 August 2023
Crossing Paths
Edwina Edwards
3 – 20 August 2023
Mildura Arts Centre
Looking Glass
Judy Watson and Yhonnie Scarce, curated by Hetti Perkins
Until August 6, 2023.
Add It Up
Belinda Fox
Until August 13, 2023.
Art Gallery of Ballarat
Pre-Raphaelites: Drawings & Watercolours
Until August 6, 2023.
Koorie Heritage Trust
Layers of Black
Until August 25, 2023.
STATION Gallery
Three Graces
Julia Trybala
5 August – 26 August 2023
Dopamine
Kate Bohunnis
5 August – 26 August 2023
CRAFT
Yarn
Until September 16, 2023.
MARS Gallery
The Wound is the Place Where the Light Enters
Leila Jeffreys
Until August 19, 2023.
National Gallery of Victoria
Melbourne Now
Until August 20, 2023.
Sullivan + Strumpf
tissu tissue
Lara Merrett
Until August 12, 2023.
World Cloud
Jemima Wyman
17 August – 9 September 2023
Heide Museum of Modern Art
Eye Looking At Large Glass Broken
Raafat Ishak
Until September 2, 2023.
Beneath the Surface, Behind the Scenes
Alexander Apóstol, Tatiana Blass , Lauren Brincat , Christian Capurro, Elena Damiani, Marlon de Azambuja, Matías Duville, Gloria Sebastián Fierro, Ximena Garrido-Lecca, Arturo Hernández Alcázar, Nadia Hernández, André Komatsu, Liliana Porter, Marilá Dardot, Nicholas Mangan, Jorge Magyaroff, Hayley Millar-Baker, Estefanía Peñafiel Loaiza, Berna Reale and Steven Rendall.
Until October 22, 2023.
Bendigo Art Gallery
The Australian Women’s Weekly: 90 Years of an Australian Icon
Until August 27, 2023.
Melbourne Museum
Sutr Santati: Then. Now. Next
Until September 3, 2023.
WA
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Art Gallery of Western Australia
Goolugatup Heathcote
triple power of plants
Until September 10, 2023.
Outside Inn
Until September 10, 2023.
Kolbusz Space
Hyper Real
Georgia Bisley
12 – 13 August 2023
Perth Institute of Contemporary Art
ām / ammā / mā maram
Sancintya Mohini Simpson
4 August – 22 October 2023
Fremantle Arts Centre
The Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award
5 August – 22 October 2023
ACT
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National Portrait Gallery
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2023
Until October 2, 2023.
National Gallery of Australia
Changing From From to From
Haegue Yang
Until September 24, 2023.
Nan Goldin
Until January 28, 2023.
National Film and Sound Archive
Australians & Hollywood: A Tale of Craft, Talent, and Ambition
Ongoing
Belconnen Arts Centre
Reflections of Country
Until August 20, 2023.
Inherited
Until August 20, 2023.
QLD
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Institute of Modern Art
You'll Know It When You Feel It
Raphaela Rosella with Dayannah Baker Barlow, Kathleen Duncan, Gillianne Laurie, Tammara Macrokanis, Amelia Rosella, Nunjul Townsend, Laurinda Whitton, Tricia Whitton, and family.
Until August 19, 2023.
Home of the Arts
Kungka Kuṉpu (Strong Women)
Until August 27, 2023.
Edwina Corlette Gallery
Carrying Flood Face Flowers
Sally Anderson
Until August 17, 2023.
Silver and Gold
Tim McMonagle
9 – 29 August 2023
Evergreen
Jane Guthleben
17 August – 5 September 203
Queensland Art Gallery of Modern Art
Looking Out, Looking In
Until August 6, 2023.
Museum of Brisbane
Clay: Collected Ceramics
Until October 22, 2023.
SA
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Adelaide Contemporary Experimental
ROCKAMORA
Kaspar Schmidt Mumm
Until August 12, 2023.
Art Gallery of South Australia
Ramsay Art Prize
Until August 27, 2023.
Frida & Diego: Love & Revolution
Until September 17, 2023.
NT
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Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair
11 – 13 August 2023
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Gumurr’manydji Manapanmirr Djäma
Open now
Araluen Arts Centre
Suspended Moment
Frances Barrett, Sally Rees and Giselle Stanborough.
Until August 13, 2023.
Laundry Gallery
MALARRA, ANGALYA AKWA AMAMARDAMILYA | ROCK, LAND & LEAF
Opens August 12, 2023.
Watch this Space
Plating
6pm, Friday 4 August 2023
Dianne Williams and Lee Causer, Sara Maiorino and Em Frank, Steph Burgess and Gretel Bull, Alex Pye and Dan Kolencik, Tohmmy Carew-Reid and Mik Rodgers, Meret MacDonald and Ness Sim, Gabe Waterford and Julie Gordon, Donna Fraser and Selina Bob, Carmen Juarez and Ellen Sleeman-Taylor, and Martina Capurso, Leonie Brialey and Tam Hanson. Curated by Bec Capp.
TAS
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Museum of Old and New Art
Monanism
Hadley's Orient Hotel
Hadley's Art Prize 2023
Until August 20, 2023.
Salamanca Arts Centre
Illuminating Colonial Desire
Klaaske Greenwood
Until August 31, 2023.
Despard Gallery
Spin-Drift
Anne Morrison
23 August – 16 September 2023
Looking to invest in art of your own? Here are some pieces the RUSSH editors have welcomed into their own spaces.
Image: Rae Begley, Light Seeker 2 (2023) from Strange Quiet
