There's more to Australian art than the Archibald Prize, but you best believe it's kicking off this month. As for what else is on the art smorgasbord this month? We've compiled a list to get you started. Max Berry returns for a solo show at China Heights, Carriageworks is putting on its annual CUT N POLISH artist car boot sale, a Catherine Opie retrospective is on at Heide and The Other Art Fair is almost here. For the rest of the exhibitions and shows to catch across Australia in May 2023, keep scrolling.
NSW
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Chalk Horse
Wild at Heart
Sucked into my Vortex
Sara Birns
18 May – 10 June 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
lfp mottled and green: looking for a cleric sib
Clare Milledge
Until May 27, 2023.
Maitland Regional Art Gallery
Kungka Kuṉpu (Strong Women)
Until May 21, 2023.
China Heights
IMAGES + ARTIFACTS
Max Berry
Opens June 13, 2023.
Ngununggula
Belonging/Tjoritjarinja
Iltja Ntjarra artists and Albert Namatjira
Until May 21, 2023.
The Lock-Up
Loud Sky
Lottie Consalvo, Peter Gardiner, Fiona Lee, Damien Linnane and Clare Weeks.
Until May 21, 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.
CUT N POLISH: Artist Car Boot Sale
11am-4pm, Sunday, May 7
Seven Marks
Vault
Chick Butcher
Until May 25, 2023.
N.Smith Gallery
We're Marching
Kyra Mancktelow
5 – 27 May 2023
Mosman Art Gallery
Thom Roberts and Simon Wheeldon
Until May 28, 2023.
Passage Gallery
(Don't) Be An Artist
Kay Abude
Until June 4, 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.
Penrith Regional Gallery
A House Full of Paintings: the art and life of Margo Lewers (1908 – 1978)
Until May 14, 2023.
Curatorial + Co.
Fathoms
Susie Dureau
3–20 May 2023
Explore the newly opened gallery at its new address: 80 William St, Woolloomooloo
Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf
Native Deities
Bruce Slorach
3–28 May 2023
Yavuz Gallery
Past & Present Tense
Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan
Until June 24, 2023.
Michael Reid
Somewhere to Begin
Isca Greenfield-Sanders
Until May 27, 2023.
National Art School
Dobell Drawing Prize
Until June 10, 2023.
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
Afterglow
Danelle Bergstrom
Until June 11, 2023.
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Art Express
Until May 7, 2023.
Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prizes
Finalists announced and opening on May 6
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.
Bondi Pavilion Gallery
Rainbow, Mermaid, Fireworks
Rosie Deacon and Emily Crockford of Studio A
Until May 14, 2023.
Sullivan + Strumpf
A tree more ancient than the forest it stands in
Lindy Lee
4 – 27 May 2023
Sphexishness
James Lemon
11 May – 3 June 2023
The Other Art Fair
The Cutaway, Barangaroo
11 – 14 May 2023
The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre
Mervyn Bishop: celebrating one of Australia’s most prolific photographers
Until June 3, 2023.
Rainbow Studios
BLOOM TALL
Kubi Vasak
18 May – 1 June 2023
Arthouse Gallery
Paper & Clay
4 – 20 May 2023
VIC
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James Makin Gallery
Jeff Makin: 80 Years
4 – 21 May 2023
At The Above
JUNGLES JUNGLES PRESENTS KEITH HARING
5 – 14 May 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.
26 May – 29 October 2023
Brunswick Street Gallery
HER
Elena Strohfeldt
11 – 28 May 2023
Art Gallery of Ballarat
Reimaging Our Cultural Landscapes
Lisa Gervasoni
11 May – 25 June 2023
Koorie Heritage Trust
Second Skin – Essence of Country
Until July 9, 2023.
STATION Gallery
Deep Fakes
Paul Yore
Until May 13, 2023.
Caves Gallery
Performance
Beth Arnold, Deanne Butterworth, Chaco Kato, Lichen Kelp & Dylan Martorell and Geoffrey Watson.
12 – 27 May 2023
Anna Schwartz Gallery
Wall Works
Kathy Temin
Until May 27, 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.
6 May – 27 June 2023
MARS Gallery
Vampires of the Earth
Diego Ramirez
Until May 20, 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
GEN
Ry David Bradley
Until May 13, 2023.
Heide Museum of Modern Art
Binding Ties
Catherine Opie
Until July 9, 2023
Bendigo Art Gallery
Australiana: Designing A Nation
Until June 25, 2023.
Melbourne Museum
Sutr Santati: Then. Now. Next
13 May – 3 September 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
Liftlore (Folklore)
Tim Meakins
Until May 21, 2023.
Kolbusz Space
Water and Time
John Eden
Opens May 19, 2023.
Perth Institute of Contemporary Art
Hatched: National Graduate Show
13 May – 23 July 2023
Fremantle Arts Centre
Hidden Country
6 May – 23 July 2023
ACT
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National Portrait Gallery
Portrait23: Identity
10 March – 18 June 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
significant others
Rauschenberg & Johns:
Until May 14, 2023.
untitled (walam-wunga.galang)
Jonathan Jones
Until July 23, 2023.
National Film and Sound Archive
Australians & Hollywood: A Tale of Craft, Talent, and Ambition
Ongoing
Belconnen Arts Centre
35S: 149E – Canberra Lived
Until May 14, 2023.
QLD
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Home of the Arts
Pop Masters: Art from the Mugrabi Collection, New York
Until June 4, 2023.
A barrow, a singsing
Yuriyal Eric Bridgeman
Until May 7, 2023.
Queensland Art Gallery of Modern Art
Looking Out, Looking In
Until August 6, 2023.
Redland Art Gallery
Bluestitch
Sharon Jewell
Until May 9, 2023.
Museum of Brisbane
Clay: Collected Ceramics
13 May – 22 October 2023
Metro Arts
Precision: The Art of Cutting
6 May – 10 June 2023
SA
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Adelaide Contemporary Experimental
Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition
Until May 6, 2023.
Felt Space
An Empty Exchange
Nicole Clift, Nicholas Hanisch, Charlotte Tatton, and Renèe Pastore.
Until May 13, 2023.
Divine mantras for earthly matters
Celia Dottore
Until May 13, 2023.
Art Gallery of South Australia
Andy Warhol & Photography: A Social Media
Until May 14, 2023.
Ramsay Art Prize
Winner announced May 26
27 May – 27 August 2023
NT
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Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Gumurr’manydji Manapanmirr Djäma
Open now
Araluen Arts Centre
Significant Others
Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns
Until May 14, 2023.
Laundry Gallery
Main Abija
Karen Rogers
Opens May 6, 2023.
TAS
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Museum of Old and New Art
Oceans of Air
Tomás Saraceno
Until July 24, 2023.
Contemporary Art Tasmania
This too shall pass
Ashe
Until May 27, 2023.
Salamanca Arts Centre
Everything is not oKAY
Rory Kay
Until May 28, 2023.
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Images:
One: Sara Birns Living Echo 1, 2023, oil pastel and coloured pencil on grey paper, 56 x 76cm
Two: Jason Phu, (4) EVERYTHING STINKS UNDER A STINKING HOT SUN, EVERYTHING GROWS UNDER A SEXY SEXY SUMMER SUN (after a pile of dead rats on a lovely flower bed in the rocks), 2022, acrylic on canvas, 213.5 x 198.3 cm
