It's the shortest month of the calendar, and galleries are slowly opening their spaces as we sidle into a new year. So, what's on this month in Australian art? From Mia Middleton and Kansas Smeaton at COMA, George Byrne at Olsen Gallery, and Natasha Wright at M Contemporary, here's your Australian art guide for February 2024.
For the best in Australian art in February 2024, keep scrolling.
NSW
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STATION Gallery
Overture (Godzilla)
Dean Cross
3 February – 2 March 2024
China Heights
Phonies
Curated by Sam Stephenson featuring Nash Ferguson and Mitchell Tolman
Until February 2024.
Group Exhibition
Gabriella Lo Presti, Montana Miller, Max Berry, Otis Hope Carey and Shaun Daniel Allen.
Until February 2024.
Olsen Gallery
Synthetica
George Byrne
7 February – 2 March 2024
COMA Gallery
Heavy Lightness and Sweet Sorrow
Kansas Smeaton
Until February 10, 2024.
A Green Glass Eye
Mia Middleton
9 February – 9 March 2024
Ngununggula
New Dog Old Tricks
Billy Bain, David Griggs, Guido Maestri, Jason Phu, Julia Gutman, Madeleine Pfull, Marc Etherington, Nadia Hernández, Noel Mckenna, and Todd Fuller.
Until February 4, 2024.
Arthouse Gallery
Group Showcase
1 – 24 February 2024
Harbour Swimmers
John Baird
1 – 24 February 2024
Bundanon Art Museum
Miwatj Yolŋu - Sunrise People
Until February 11, 2024.
N.Smith Gallery
Summer 24'
Holly Anderson, Tom Blake, Casey Chen, Joshua Charadia, Claire Healy & Sean Cordeiro, Neva Hosking, Kyra Mancktelow, Danie Mellor, Dylan Mooney, Thea Anamara Perkins, Joan Ross, Sally Scales, Vipoo Srivilasa, James Tylor, Natasha Walsh, and Louise Zhang.
Until February 3, 2024.
The Darkness of Enlightenment
James Tylor
9 – 24 February 2024
Murray Art Museum Albury
Monumental as Anything
Until February 11, 2024.
ACMI
The Dark Current
Angela Tiatia
Until February 4, 2024.
Artspace
untitled (transcriptions of country)
Jonathan Jones
Until February 11, 2024.
M Contemporary
Natasha Wright
20 February – 5 March 2024
Mosman Art Gallery
Imants Tillers: The Mosman Years
Until February 4, 2024.
Tully Arnot
23 February – 12 May 2024
Granville Centre Art Gallery
The Good
Anna Louise Richardson
Until February 18, 2024.
HAKE House
Imprints
Joy Kinna
Until February 25, 2024.
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
Hill End Impressions
Lino Alvarez Carrasco
Until February 11, 2024.
The Women of Hill End
Amanda Bromfield
Until February 11, 2024.
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Kandinsky
Until March 10, 2024.
Has the Day Invaded the Night or Has the Night Invaded the Day?
Louise Bourgeois
Until April 28, 2024.
ArtExpress 2024
8 February – 21 April 2024
Art Leven
Game, Set, Match
27 January – 24 February 2024
Museum of Contemporary Art
Primavera 2023
Until February 4, 2024.
Waters' Witness
Tarek Atoui
Until February 4, 2024.
Tacita Dean
Until March 3, 2024.
VIC
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West Space
Unconstitutional Love
Kyra Mancktelow
Until February 24, 2024.
STATION Gallery
step or stone, breath or bone
Laith McGregor
8 February – 9 March 2024
Melbourne Art Fair
22 – 25 February 2024
TarraWarra Museum of Art
Surrender & Catch
Brent Harris
Until March 11, 2024.
Linden New Art
Real Fake
Betty Sargeant
Until February 11, 2024.
The Promised Land Refigured
Jill Orr
Opening 23 February 2024.
Buxton Contemporary
Around
Nadine Christensen
Until April 7, 2024.
Art Gallery of Ballarat
Whereabouts: Printmakers Respond
Until February 4, 2024.
Significant Others
Until February 11, 2024.
The Ballad of Sexual Dependency
Nan Goldin
2 March – 2 June 2024
Queen of Begonias & Hai Kot Tou
Scotty So
23 February – 4 April 2024
Hamilton Gallery
Emerging from Darkness
Artemisia Gentileschi, Lavinia Fontana, Sofonisba Anguissola, exhibited alongside paintings from Peter Paul Rubens, Valentin de Boulogne, Guercino, and Bartolomeo Manfredi.
Until April 14, 2024.
CRAFT
Shadow Play, Yellow Springs
Remy Faint
Until March 2, 2024.
Fresh!
Alexandra Groves, Elmira Ng, Hannah Hall, Jing Liang, Ko Jou Chen, Rachel Simoons, Rochelle Morris & Teegan Horat.
Until March 9, 2024.
National Gallery of Victoria
Planetary Redesign
Liam Young
Until February 11, 2023.
Photography: Real & Imagined
Man Ray, Cindy Sherman, Wolfgang Tillmans, Gilbert & George, Nan Goldin, Max Dupain, Olive Cotton, Mervyn Bishop, Polly Borland, and Darren Sylvester.
Until February 24, 2024.
Heide Museum of Modern Art
Surrealist Lee Miller
Until February 25, 2024.
Bendigo Art Gallery
The kingdom, the power
Marikit Santiago
Until February 4, 2024.
WA
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Art Gallery of Western Australia
Death Metal Summer
Deanna Templeton and Ed Templeton
Until April 21, 2024.
The Light of Day
Yhonnie Scarce
2 February 19 – May 2024
Fremantle Arts Centre
Polarity: Fire & Ice
10 February – 28 April 2024
ACT
National Portrait Gallery
Frocked Up
Open daily
National Gallery of Australia
Emily Kam Kngwarray
Until April 28, 2024.
Belconnen Arts Centre
Scenes from the mall
Spiros Coutroubas
Until February 11, 2024.
Hesitation
Eliza Adam
Until February 11, 2024.
QLD
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Institute of Modern Art
Love Is the Message, the Message Is Death
Arthur Jafa
Until April 7, 2024.
Somewhere Eternal
Justine Youssef
Until April 7, 2024.
Home of the Arts
Sneakers Unboxed: Studio to Street
Until February 18, 2024.
Edwina Corlette Gallery
Daily Dilemmas
Christopher Zanko
7 – 27 February 2024
Proper Gander
Will Colenso
7 – 27 February 2024
Queensland Art Gallery of Modern Art
The Castle of Tarragindi
Natalya Hughes
Until July 14, 2024.
The Legend of the Rainbow Stag
Jakkai Siributr
Until April 28, 2024.
Museum of Brisbane
Rearranged: Art of the Flower
Until August 11, 2024.
SA
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Adelaide Contemporary Experimental
Yucky
Panteha Abareshi, Sophie Cassar, Makeda Duong, Carolyn Lazard, Sam Petersen, Elizabeth Reed and Finnegan Shannon.
17 February – 4 May 2024
Adelaide Festival Centre
By Barry Humphries: From the David Dridan Family Collection
Until April 13, 2023.
NT
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Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Gumurr’manydji Manapanmirr Djäma (Making successful business together)
Open now
2023 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award
Open now
Laundry Gallery
Layi
Irene Henry and Harold Goodman
Opens 10 February 2024
Araluen Arts Centre
My Country
Until March 4, 2024.
Alice Prize 1970-2020
Until March 3, 2024.
TAS
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Museum of Old and New Art
Jean-Luc Moulène and Teams
Until April 1, 2024.
Heavenly Beings: Icons of the Christian Orthodox World
Until April 1, 2024.
Salamanca Arts Centre
In Memoriam
Jay Sykes
Until February 26, 2024.
Despard Gallery
Despard Gallery 37th Annual Summer Show
Until February 3, 2024.
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