June is for art that moves you. I mean this quite literally. Why else would we leave the warmth of our own homes? Between Alvaro Barrington X Dean Cross at Cement Fondu, Sophia Whitney Hewson at Mars Gallery, the Catherine Opie exhibit at Heide, here's a non-exhaustive list of Australian art to catch in June 2023.
NSW
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Chalk Horse
Sucked into my Vortex
Sara Birns
Until June 10, 2023.
Campbelltown Arts Centre
The National 4: Australian Art Now
Isabel & Alfredo Aquilizan with the Fruitjuice Factori Studio, Brook Andrew, Christopher Bassi, Lynda Draper, Jumaadi, Shivanjani Lal, Julian Martin and Yabini Kickett artist project with Sharyn Egan and Ilona McGuire.
Until June 25, 2023.
STATION Gallery
Making Arrangements
Steve Carr
3 June – 1 July 2023
Cement Fondu
Things that are real
Alvaro Barrington X Dean Cross
3 June – 23 July 2023
China Heights
IMAGES + ARTIFACTS
Max Berry
Opens June 13, 2023.
Ngununggula
Once More With Feeling
Karen Black, Georgia Spain, Cybele Cox and Michelle Ussher.
3 June – 6 August 2023
Midwinter Festival
23–25 June 2023
The Lock-Up
Collect
3 June – 16 July 2023
Bundanon Art Museum
Stephen Benwell, Nabilah Nordin and Rubyrose Bancroft
Until June 18, 2023.
Carriageworks
The National 4: Australian Art Now
Susan Balbunga, Frances Barrett, Elizabeth Day, Nicole Foreshew, Heather Koowootha, Jo Lloyd, Naminapu Maymuru-White, Jason Phu, Teho Ropeyarn, Erika Scott, and Katie West.
Until June 25, 2023.
Valerie Taylor Art Prize for Ocean Advocacy
World Ocean Day, Thursday 8 June, 7-10pm
Seven Marks
Lux Nocturna
Cinnamon Lee
Opens June 17 2023.
N.Smith Gallery
Cloud 9
1 June – 1 July 2023
Passage Gallery
(Don't) Be An Artist
Kay Abude
Until June 4, 2023.
The Held Breath
Tané Andrews
9 June – 23 July 2023
ACMI
Goddess: Power, Glamour, Rebellion
Until October 1, 2023.
Powerhouse Museum
Drawing on the archives of music promoter, record company founder and entrepreneur Stephen ‘Pav’ Pavlovic, the exhibit will take audiences behind-the-scenes of the alternative music scene in the 1990s.
Until June 3, 2023.
Zampatti Powerhouse
Until June 11, 2023.
A Line, A Web, A World
1 June – December 2023
1001 Remarkable Objects
Curated by Leo Schofield AM
22 July – December 2023
Penrith Regional Gallery
Desert Jungle
Jeannie Baker
Until July 9, 2023.
Curatorial + Co.
Dream Letter
Katrina O’Brien
14 June – 1 July 2023
Yavuz Gallery
Past & Present Tense
Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan
Until June 24, 2023.
Vicki Lee Gallery
The Sound of Yellow
Vicki Lee
13 – 16 June 2023
Michael Reid
Biophilia
Petrina Hicks
1 June – 1 July 2023
Flowers II
Kaspar Kägi
7 June – 1 July 2023
National Art School
Dobell Drawing Prize
Until June 10, 2023.
Milpatjunanyi
1 July – 9 September 2023
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
Afterglow
Danelle Bergstrom
Until June 11, 2023.
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prizes
6 May – 3 September 2023
The National 4: Australian Art Now
Abdul Abdullah, Brenda L Croft, Robert Fielding, Madeleine Kelly, Glen Mackie Kei Kelak, Pierre Mukeba, Nabilah Nordin, Thea Anamara Perkins, Reko Rennie, David Sequeira, Esther Stewart, Heather B Swann, Natasha Walsh at the Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills, and Gerry Wedd.
Until July 23, 2023.
Dreamhome: Stories of Art and Shelter
Until late 2023
The End of Imagination
Adrián Villar Rojas
Until mid 2023
Museum of Contemporary Art
The National 4: Australian Art Now
Hoda Afshar, Daniel Boyd, Eugene Carchesio, Allison Chhorn, Léuli Eshrāghi, Diena Georgetti, Simryn Gill, Ivi, Jilamara Arts and Crafts Association, Mia Salsjö, Kieren Seymour, Nicholas Smith, Isabelle Sully, Amanda Williams and Rudi Williams.
Until July 2023.
Sydney Affordable Art Fair
15 – 18 June 2023
Sullivan + Strumpf
Sphexishness
James Lemon
Until June 3, 2023.
The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre
Mervyn Bishop: celebrating one of Australia’s most prolific photographers
Until June 3, 2023.
Arthouse Gallery
Language of the Land
Naomi Hobson
Until June 10, 2023.
VIC
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James Makin Gallery
Infinite Systems
Emma Coulter
15 June – 12 July 2023
Yarra Ranges Regional Museum
National Portrait Gallery’s National Photographic Portrait Prize 2022
9 June – 3 September 2023
At The Above
Luke Chiswell
9 – 18 June 2023
TarraWarra Museum of Art
TarraWarra Biennial 2023: ua usiusi faʻavaʻasavili
Until July 16, 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
In Season
Amber Nuttall
1 – 18 June 2023
Prologue of Contemplation
Kerrie Oliver
1 – 18 June 2023
Last Light: New Paintings
James Riches
1 – 18 June 2023
Euphonic Swarm of Voices
Anahita Amouzegar
1 – 18 June 2023
Mildura Arts Centre
Looking Glass
Judy Watson and Yhonnie Scarce, curated by Hetti Perkins
10 June – 6 August 2023
Add It Up
Belinda Fox
3 June – 13 August 2023
Art Gallery of Ballarat
Reimaging Our Cultural Landscapes
Lisa Gervasoni
Until June 25, 2023.
Pre-Raphaelites: Drawings & Watercolours
Until August 6, 2023.
Koorie Heritage Trust
Second Skin – Essence of Country
Until July 9, 2023.
STATION Gallery
mmms
Jahnne Pasco-White
Until June 17, 2023.
Exposed Resilience
Grace Lillian Lee
Until June 17, 2023.
Anna Schwartz Gallery
Perspective Paintings 1987 – 2023
Stephen Bram
3 June – 29 July 2023
CRAFT
Jugs
Alfred Lowe, Andrei Davidoff, Ara Dolatian, Claybia (Cassandra Chilton & Molly O’Shaughnessy), Danielle Thiris, Glenn Barkley, Isadora Vaughan, Janet Fieldhouse, Juz Kitson, Kate Jones, Leon Zhan, Megafauna Studio, Minaal Lawn, Nicolette Johnson, Rona Rubuntja (Hermannsburg Potters), Vipoo Srivilasa, Virginia Leonard, Yoko Ozawa and Yuro Cuchor.
Until June 27, 2023.
MARS Gallery
Death Drive
Sophia Whitney Hewson
Until June 25, 2023.
Secret Existence
Marion Abraham
Until June 25, 2023.
New Paintings
Julie Fragar
Until June 25, 2023.
National Gallery of Victoria
Melbourne Now
Until August 20, 2023.
Step in to see new and ambitious art that spans disciplines from fashion and jewellery, painting, sculpture, architecture and ceramics, including the Ton Tall – the larger iteration of the Ton lamp – which Volker Haug has collaborated on with Fiona Lynch.
Sullivan + Strumpf
The Moon Under Water
Seth Birchall
Until June 10, 2023.
Heide Museum of Modern Art
Binding Ties
Catherine Opie
Until July 9, 2023
Eye Looking At Large Glass Broken
Raafat Ishak
Until September 2, 2023.
Bendigo Art Gallery
Australiana: Designing A Nation
Until June 25, 2023.
Melbourne Museum
Sutr Santati: Then. Now. Next
Until September 3, 2023.
WA
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The Art Gallery of Western Australia
Farah Al Qasimi: Star Machine
Until July 30, 2023.
Yoshitomo Nara: Reach Out to The Moon, Even if we can't
Until June 25, 2023.
Goolugatup Heathcote
Mixxed Business: Fully Reloadeded II
Pet Projects: Dan Bourke, Andrew Varano, Gemma Weston
3 June – 16 July 2023
Kolbusz Space
09/06
Sam Bloor
9–11 June 2023
Perth Institute of Contemporary Art
Hatched: National Graduate Show
Until July 23, 2023.
Fremantle Arts Centre
Hidden Country
Until July 23, 2023.
ACT
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National Portrait Gallery
Portrait23: Identity
Until June 18, 2023.
Canberra Museum & Gallery
Stronger Together: Artists’ perspectives on the ACT COVID-19 frontline health response
Until July 30, 2023.
Settled/Unsettled
Until June 24, 2023.
National Gallery of Australia
untitled (walam-wunga.galang)
Jonathan Jones
Until July 23, 2023.
Changing From From to From
Haegue Yang
Until September 24, 2023.
National Film and Sound Archive
Australians & Hollywood: A Tale of Craft, Talent, and Ambition
Ongoing
Belconnen Arts Centre
101 Canberra
Until July 2, 2023.
QLD
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Home of the Arts
Pop Masters: Art from the Mugrabi Collection, New York
Until June 4, 2023.
Kungka Kuṉpu (Strong Women)
17 June – 27 August 2023
Queensland Art Gallery of Modern Art
Looking Out, Looking In
Until August 6, 2023.
Redland Art Gallery
There Is Another World
Tidal Collective
Until June 18, 2023.
Museum of Brisbane
Clay: Collected Ceramics
Until October 22, 2023.
Metro Arts
Precision: The Art of Cutting
Until June 10, 2023.
SA
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Adelaide Contemporary Experimental
ROCKAMORA
Kaspar Schmidt Mumm
10 June – 12 August 2023
Felt Space
Sine Qua Non (Without Which, Not)
Aleda Laszczuk and Morgan Brazill Barry
Until June 24, 2023.
Art Gallery of South Australia
Ramsay Art Prize
Until August 27, 2023.
Frida & Diego: Love & Revolution
24 June – 17 September 2023
NT
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Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Gumurr’manydji Manapanmirr Djäma
Open now
Ikuntji Artists
Ikuntji Style
Until June 17, 2023.
Araluen Arts Centre
Suspended Moment
Frances Barrett, Sally Rees and Giselle Stanborough.
Until August 13, 2023.
Laundry Gallery
Kimarrakini/Dry Season
Tiwi Artists
Opens May 27, 2023.
TAS
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Museum of Old and New Art
Oceans of Air
Tomás Saraceno
Until July 24, 2023.
Contemporary Art Tasmania
Greed/ Rakus/ Geirig
Tisna Sanjaya
9 June – 1 July 2023
Salamanca Arts Centre
Sonderous
Until June 25, 2023.
Looking to invest in art of your own? Here are some pieces the RUSSH editors have welcomed into their own spaces.
Images:
One: Frida Kahlo, Diego on My Mind (Self-Portrait as Tehuana), 1943, oil on masonite, 29 7/8 X 24 inches (75.9 x 61 cm). Courtesy of Art Gallery of South Australia.
Two: Michelle Ussher FemDance, 2022, oil on linen, 60.0 x 75.0 cm. Courtesy of the artist and STATION.
Three: Things That Are Real, Alvaro Barrington X Dean Cross. Collaborative works on paper #4. Commissioned by Cement Fondu, 2023. Courtesy of the artists.
