Wondering what's on the menu in the way of art this May? The good news is we've done the hard yards for you and gathered together a non-exhaustive list of the exhibitions taking over our favourite galleries. So, what's on the menu for art in May? There's the Biennale of Sydney, Brisbane Street Art Festival, Joi Murugavell's show at Peach Black Gallery in Chippendale and From Impulse to Action at Bundanon Art Museum. As for the rest? You're just going to have to keep reading to find out. Here's what's happening in art across Australia this May 2022.
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NSW
China Heights
Murnawar Doonoochnggul
Niah McLeod
Opens 6 May 2022
Station Gallery
Residues
Isadora Vaughan
May 7 – June 11 2022
Granville Centre Art Gallery
Destiny Disrupted
Curated by Nur Shkembi featuring artists: Abdul Abdullah, Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, Hoda Afshar, Safdar Ahmed, Khadim Ali, Phillip George, Khaled Sabsabi, Omar J Sakr, Shireen Taweel, and Hossein and Nassiem Valamanesh.
Until May 10, 2022.
Bundanon Art Museum
From Impulse to Action
Arthur Boyd, Dean Cross, Rochelle Haley, Tina Havelock Stevens, Kate Jones, Jo Lloyd, Emily Parsons–Lord, Izabela Pluta, Uncle Steven Russell & Aunty Phyllis Stewart, Skye Saxon, Vivian Cooper Smith, Shan Turner–Carroll and Kaitlen Wellington.
Until June 12, 2022.
Biennale of Sydney
rīvus
Until June 13, 2022
Jerico Contemporary
Anna Pogossova
May 19 – June 11 2022
UNSW Galleries
Pliable Planes
Until July 17, 2022
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
Drought
Sidney Nolan
Until June 5, 2022.
Past Night
Robert Hirschmann
Until June 5, 2022.
N.Smith Gallery
Intertwined
Dylan Mooney
Until May 7, 2022.
Turalayinthi Yarta
James Tylor
Until May 7, 2022.
National Art School
Every Thursday night until July
Ngununggula
Land Abounds
Abdul-Rahman Abdullah and Abdul Abdullah
28 May – 24 July 2022
Peach Black Gallery
Until May 2, 2022.
Olsen Gallery
Naive and Sentimental Paintings
John Young
Until May 7, 2022
Verona Penthouse
Silent Language
Arran Russell
3 May – 7 May 2022
Michael Reid
Yawkyawk
Owen Yalandja
Until May 15, 2022.
Roslyn Oxley9
Del Kathryn Barton
Art Gallery of New South Wales
The Way We Eat
Until June 14, 2022.
Cement Fondu
Virtue & Virtuosity
Until May 22, 2022.
Lauren Berkowitz, Troy Emery, Maya Kilic, Chantal Fraser, Heather Phillipson, Sally Gabori, Tully Arnot, Camille Henrot & Tristan Jalleh.
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VIC
Koori Heritage Trust
Off the Wall – Celebrating First Peoples' Mark Making
Until May 15, 2022.
Station Gallery
Particle Days
Jon Cattapan
Until May 14, 2022
Resort Work
Marian Tubbs
May 21 – June 25 2022
n.e.s.t.s
Sam Martin
May 21 – June 25 2022
TDF Collect
Time Up North
Gemma Leslie
April 30 – May 5 2022
National Gallery of Victoria
Queer: Stories from the NGV collection
Until August 21, 2022.
Heide Museum of Modern Art
Sidney Nolan: Search for Paradise
Until May 29, 2022.
Under Lamp Light
Albert Tucker & Patrick Pound
Until June 13, 2022.
Sometimes I miss the applause
Dean Cross
Until May 29, 2022.
Shepparton Art Museum
Art in Conflict: An Australian War Memorial Touring Exhibition
Until July 31, 2022
Bendigo Art Gallery
Until July 17, 2022.
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WA
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Tracks We Share: Contemporary Art of the Pilbara
Until August 29, 2022.
Perth Institute of Contemporary Art
Hatched National Graduate Show
May 14 – July 17 2022
Fremantle Arts Centre
2022 Revealed Exhibition: New and Emerging WA Aboriginal Artists
May 7 – July 24 2022
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ACT
Canberra Museum & Gallery
Connection Point: Contemporary established fibre textile artists of ACT and NSW
March 5 – June 8 2022
National Portrait Gallery
Shakespeare to Winehouse: Icons from the National Portrait Gallery, London
Until July 17, 2022.
National Gallery of Australia
Jeffrey Smart
Until May 15, 2022.
4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony
Until July 31, 2022.
National Film and Sound Archive
Australians & Hollywood: A Tale of Craft, Talent, and Ambition
Until July 17, 2022.
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QLD
Brisbane Street Art Festival
May 7 – May 22 2022
Queensland Art Gallery of Modern Art
Until May 2022.
Aster + Asha Gallery
Mellow Thoughts
May 14 – May 15 2022
Redland Art Gallery
Sequence
Kyra Mancktelow
Until May 8, 2022.
Museum of Brisbane
Making Place: 100 views of Brisbane
Judy Watson, Richard Randall, Noel McKenna, William Bustard, Vida Lahey, Jane Grealy, Danie Mellor, Kenneth Jack, Sam Fulbrook, Charles Lancaster, Robert Brownhall, Margaret Olley, Stephen Nothling, Margaret Cilento, Lloyd Rees, Paul Davies, Mia Boe and more.
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Con Ojos y Dientes
Paula Quintela
Until June 4, 2022.
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SA
Jam Factory
Ripple effect: A 25 Year Survey
Blanche Tilden
Until May 1, 2022.
Bioregional Bodies
Kyoko Hashimoto
Until May 1, 2022.
ACE Open
Metaverse
Curated by Patrice Sharkey
Until May 14, 2022
Art Gallery of South Australia
Absence Embodied
Chiharu Shiota
Ongoing
Pure Form: Japanese sculptural ceramics
May 21 – November 6 2022
Flinders University Museum of Art
The Data Imaginary: Fears and Fantasies
Until July 8, 2022.
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NT
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Walking through a Songline
Until June 26, 2022.
Charles Darwin University Gallery
Long water: fibre stories
Until July 9, 2022.
Araluen Arts Centre
Desert Mob Retrospective
Until June 1, 2022.
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TAS
Art Mob
Murdie Nampijinpa Morris
Until May 20, 2022.
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Made/Worn: Australian Contemporary Jewellery
Until May 15, 2022.
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
Tao Sublime
Tony Smibert
Until November 6, 2022.
Museum of Old and New Art
Jean-Luc Moulène and Teams
Until May 9, 2022.
Looking to invest in art of your own? Here are some pieces the RUSSH editors have welcomed into their own spaces.
Images:
One: Carla Adams ‘Offerings to King Moon (A death lily, a pomegranate, a silver coin and a beautiful shell)’ 2022
watercolour on paper 30 x 21 cm
Two: Anna Pogossova ‘Red Mountain’, 2022
Three: Sophie La Maitre ‘And as the storm came closer’ 2022 acrylic on paper 15 x 21 cm
