You want art? October has it in droves. From Orson Heidrich at STATION Gallery to Ondine Seabrook's solo show at China Heights and the thought-provoking Collective Unease at the Ian Potter Museum of Art, there's plenty Australian art to sink your teeth into this month.
Want a full briefing? You're going to have to continue to find out. Below, find a non-exhaustive guide to Australian art in October 2022.
NSW
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China Heights
Sunset Strip
Ondine Seabrook
Opens October 14, 2022.
Sullivan + Strumpf
These Girls of the Studios
Natalya Hughes
Until October 15, 2022.
STATION Gallery
Mechanical Advantage
Orson Heidrich
This exhibition is facilitated by Art Incubator as part of their grant program that supports emerging Australian artists.
7 October – 5 November 2022
The Lock-Up
Playground
Group exhibition featuring Lucas Abela, Kalanjay Dhir, Oliver Harlan and newly commissioned works from Billy Bain, Tiyan Baker, EJ Son and Meng Yu-Yan.
9 October – 27 November 2022
Artspace
52 Actions
Touring at Penrith Regional Gallery
Until November 27, 2022.
Bundanon Art Museum
Parallel Landscapes
Until November 6, 2022.
Carriageworks
Liveworks 2022: Festival of Experimental Art
Featuring Amrita Hepi, Daniel Kok, Eric Bridgeman and more.
20–30 October 2022
Jerico Contemporary
Mother Lover
Caroline Walls
13 October – 5 November 2022
Sydney Jewish Museum
Shaken To His Core: The Untold Story Of Nolan’s Auschwitz
Sidney Nolan
Until October 23, 2022.
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
Romance of the Swag
Linda Jackson
Until October 30, 2022.
N.Smith Gallery
After the Gap Year
Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro
5–29 October 2022
Ngununggula
Ken Done and Rosie Deacon
Until October 9, 2022.
Kungka Kuṉpu
Featuring Aṉangu artists like Angkuna Baker, Kunmanara (Wawiriya) Burton, Nyunmiti Burton, Sylvia Ken, Kunmanara (Militjari) Pumani, Rhoda Tjitayi, Tjanpi Desert Weavers, Kaylene Whiskey, Yaritji Young, and more.
22 October – 11 December 2022
Olsen Gallery
Tablescapes
Allie Webb
19 October – 5 November 2022
Powerhouse Museum
Unpopular
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.
Opens October 27, 2022.
Yavuz Gallery
The Body and The Vessel
Pinaree Sanpitak
Until October 8, 2022.
Michael Reid
The Best Thing to come out of Melbourne: Portrait of the Hume Highway
Sam Field
6 October – 7 November 2022
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Affinities and Resonances
Sol LeWitt
Until February 12, 2023.
Treasure Island
Daniel Boyd
Until January 29, 2023.
Cement Fondu
Kadabal Bangkarr
Tiarna Herczeg
15 October – 3 December 2022
Nura: Deep Listening
Curated by Dennis Golding and featuring works from Maddison Gibbs and Salllvage.
15 October – 3 December 2022
Woollahra Gallery
Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize 2022
Opens October 12, 2022.
VIC
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At The Above
HOME COUNTRY TOURIST, HOME TOWN TOURIST
Magnus Reid
15–24 October 2022
Ian Potter Museum of Art
Collective Unease
Until December 9, 2022.
Honey Bones Gallery
You Like Fire
A group show featuring Amy Jean, Eloise Grills, Ere Lo, Maggie Guo and more.
13–16 October 2022
Brunswick Street Gallery
Biophilia
Edwina Edwards
6–23 October 2022
Koorie Heritage Trust
Layers of Blak
Featuring artists such as Thelma Austin (Gunditjmara), Mandi Barton (Yorta Yorta, Barapa Barapa, Wemba Wemba), Lorraine Brigdale (Yorta Yorta), Nikki Browne (Bidjara), Deanne Gilson (Wadawurrung), Tammy Gilson (Wadawurrung), Elijah Money (Wiradjuri), Yasmin Silveira (Palawa), Sammy Trist (Taungurung), Dominic White (Palawa) and Tracy Wise (Barkindji Ngiyampaa Maligundidj).
1 October 2022 – 19 February 2023
STATION Gallery
What A Shadow Feels Like
Group show curated by Ellinor Pelz.
Until October 8, 2022.
National Gallery of Victoria
The Picasso Century
Until October 9, 2022.
The Rigg Design Prize 2022
Finalists include: Clemenger BBDO Melbourne, DDB Group Melbourne, Frost* collective, Gilimbaa, Leo Burnett Australia, TBWA\Melbourne, The Royals and Thinkerbell.
7 October 2022 – 29 January 2023
Fred Williams: The London Drawings
21 October 2022 – 29 January 2023
Heide Museum of Modern Art
From Sunrise Road
Bruce Munro
Until October 16, 2022.
Double Moon
Jaedon Shin
Until October 30, 2022.
Love Poem to Life
David Thomas
Until November 6, 2022.
Bendigo Art Gallery
Paul Guest Prize
Until October 30, 2022.
Modern Australia
Featured artists include Grace Cossington Smith, Klytie Pate, Albert Namatjira, Arthur Boyd, John Brack, Gloria Fletcher Thancoupie, and Brett Whiteley.
Until November 20, 2022.
WA
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Art Gallery of Western Australia
Media-Space 1981-1986 – challenging fictions of cultural identity
Until November 20, 2022.
Speech Patterns
Nadia Hernández and Jon Campbell
Heavens Spot
KEOS
Until October 23, 2022.
dis/possession: identity and sense of place
Drawn from works in the State Art Collection, this exhibition centres on the juxtaposition of two significant works by two Australian artists: Hans Heysen’s Droving into the light and Mervyn Street’s Bull ride.
Until March 26, 2023.
Perth Institute of Contemporary Art
Out of Bounds
Until October 2, 2022.
Fremantle Arts Centre
Two Snakes Dreaming
Jila Kujarra
Until October 23, 2022.
ACT
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Canberra Museum & Gallery
Sometimes I Miss the Applause
Dean Cross
Until October 22, 2022.
National Portrait Gallery
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2022
Until October 9, 2022.
National Gallery of Australia
Significant Others
Rauschenberg & Johns
Until October 30, 2022.
National Film and Sound Archive
Australians & Hollywood: A Tale of Craft, Talent, and Ambition
Ongoing
QLD
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Home of the Arts
Energies
Showcasing a range of art from local senior secondary visual art students.
Until October 23, 2022.
Queensland Art Gallery of Modern Art
Horizons
Joe Furlonger
Until January 29, 2022.
Redland Art Gallery
When Skirts Become Artworks
Sihot’e Nioge
Until October 9, 2022.
Museum of Brisbane
World of Wonder: Margot McKinney
Until November 6, 2022.
Estuary
Anita Holtsclaw
Until October 23, 2022.
SA
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Jam Factory
Tanglewood
Peter Walker
Until November 27, 2022.
ACE Open
Fresh Hell
Ryan Presley
Until October 29, 2022.
Art Gallery of South Australia
Archie 100: A Century of the Archibald Prize
Until October 3, 2022.
Moving portraits
Robert Wilson
Until October 3, 2022.
NT
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Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Gumurr’manydji Manapanmirr Djäma
Open now
Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards 2022
Until January 15, 2023.
Araluen Arts Centre
Clay on Country
Open now
Watch This Space
The Laws of Landscape Painting
Nick Modrzewski
14 October – 15 November 2022
TAS
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Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
Tao Sublime
Tony Smibert
Until November 6, 2022.
Herself
Featuring artists like Bea Maddock, Lola Greeno, Dorothy Stoner, Penny Smith and Katy Woodroffe.
Bett Gallery
Dreams and Effigies (To Be Burnt)
Georgia Morgan
Until October 22, 2022.
Museum of Old and New Art
Exodust – Crying Country
Fiona Hall and AJ King
Until October 17, 2022.
Phase Shifting Index
Jeremy Shaw
Until October 17, 2022.
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Images:
One: Ondine Seabrook courtesy of China Heights Gallery
Two: Georgia Morgan
Three: Onion & Garlic, Allie Webb
