Innholdsfortegnelse for May 2024 i Art Almanac

The composition of a painting or other work of art creates a path for the viewer’s eye to follow, embarking on a journey guided by the artist or our own choice of direction and experience. This issue is full of journeys. Judy Watson’s practice weaves history, tradition, and stories into multidimensional and culturally relevant works of various media: unstretched canvases, thickets of cut branches, mounds of poured salt, and pigment and paint to re-tell historical truths. Dale Frank’s swirling resin works form almost a Twilight Zone vector, pulling the viewer into a threedimensional space of expanded painting, stretched meaning, and unconfined movement. Annika Romeyn’s drawings and prints, scaled in proportion to her own body, aim to immerse viewers in experiences of place and landscape. The artist invites us to walk…

Formist Editions There are undoubtedly Sydneysiders who fantasise that Roslyn and Tony Oxley are Sin City’s match for the Melbourne Reeds – Sunday and John. “Sense and sensibility,” as artist John Wolseley suggests in the mighty tome, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery: The First 40 Years: “She the exuberant aesthetic romantic, and Tony the quiet pragmatist,” smilingly standing back and observing proceedings. But this book makes it quite clear just how engaged Tony, the former Bushells Tea family company director and MBA, is in the business. And, of course, is is definitely the word emerging from a title that insists it’s only “The First 40 years”. Ros too had a pre-gallery life – twenty years as an international design practitioner – before the gallery idea emerged from discussions with Paul Taylor at…

Bowness Photography Prize W maph.org.au/bowness-photography-prize Artists are invited to submit still photo-based media, including analogue and digital photography, created over the last year. The winning artist will be awarded $30,000, and the work acquired into MAPh’s collection. One artist will receive the $10,000 Wai Tang Commissioning Award, and one artist the $5,000 People’s Choice Award. Entries close Thurs June 13. See ad inside back cover. Bowral Sculpture Prize W www.bdasgallery.com/entryforms The Bowral & District Art Society invites artists to enter the 2024 Bowral Sculpture Prize. First Prize $5,000; Second Prize $1,000; People’s Choice Award $500. An exhibition of finalists’ works will be held at Bowral Art Gallery, Bowral NSW 2576, from June 15 to 30. Visit website for entry form and details. Entries close 4pm, Wed May 22. See ad…

Ironside Studios Melbourne W www.ironsidestudios.com.au Ironside Studios is an artist-run studio complex in Kensington, Melbourne. It comprises 37 individual studios, with artists, designers and small designer product manufacturers. Offering affordable, quality spaces, Ironside allows emerging and established artists and designers to focus on their practice in an energised, creative environment. Little Majestic 43–45 Sydney Street, Marrickville NSW 2204. E contact@littlemajestic.com.au W www.littlemajestic.com.au Little Majestic is a spacious two-storey warehouse offering 18 affordable artist studios. Each studio is unique in size and configuration but all are spacious and light-filled with a picture window. Woodburn Creatives 1–5 Woodburn Street, Redfern NSW 2016. Also at 82 Cope Street, Waterloo NSW 2017. E info@woodburncreatives.com.au W www.woodburncreatives.com.au Studios are suitable for artists, designers, musicians, producers, media artists, artisans, makers, craftspeople, and anyone else creative. Each…

Banziger Hulme Fine Art Consultants W www.bhfineart.com Catherine Asquith Art Advisory T 0492-149-053. E catherine@catherineasquithart.com W www.catherineasquithart.com Director: Catherine Asquith, B.A., B.Litt. (Hons.) AVAA Certified Practising Valuer. Specialist advice on buying and selling art, collection development and management, and auction agency and liaison. Curatorial management for commercial and residential property projects. Valuations for insurance, estate planning and division, and Family Law property negotiations. Greer Adams Fine Art W www.greeradamsfineart.com Louise Smith Fine Art W louisesmithfineart.com.au Noël Stott of Adam Galleries W www.adamgalleries.com Private View Art Collections T 0412-360-985. E info@privateviewart.com W www.privateviewart.com Private and corporate collection development and advice. Offering assistance with sourcing, framing, conserving, and investing in art with an extensive range of specialist networks.…

Federation Square / CBD ACMI Fed Square, Melbourne 3000. T (03) 8663-2200. W www.acmi.net.au H Museum: daily 10.00 to 5.00. Cinemas: check screening times on website. Visit website for full exhibition program. To June 9 Stanislava Pinchuk: The Theatre of War. APY Gallery Melbourne 34 Tom Thumb Lane, Docklands 3008. T (03) 7021-1240. E melbournegallery@apyacc.com W www.apygallery.com H Tues–Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat 10.00 to 4.00. The APY Gallery is a platform for emerging Indigenous artists from the APY Art Centre Collective. apyartcentrecollective.com Art at St Francis' Contemporary Art Space 326 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne 3000. T (03) 9663-2495. E bwremmen@bigpond.net.au W www.stfrancismelbourne.com/art H Mon–Fri 10.00 to 4.00, Sun 10.00 to 3.00. To May 19 Art at St Francis’ – Contemporary Art Space presents Zoo – drawings by Emily Dober (with Mark Dober).…

Newcastle Central Coast Flying Spanners Gallery 7 Anzac Parade, Teralba 2284. T 0417-250-240. W www.flyingspannersgallery.com H Sat–Mon 9.00 to 3.00. Paintings. Sculpture. Ceramics. Fort Scratchley Nobbys Road, Newcastle East 2300. W www.sculpturesatscratchley.com.au H Wed–Mon 10.00 to 4.00. Closed Tues. May 11 to 26 Sculptures at Scratchley in collaboration with Out of the Square. See ad page 25. Gosford Regional Gallery 36 Webb Street, East Gosford 2250. T (02) 4304-7550. W www.gosfordregionalgallery.com Instagram: @gosfordgallery Free entry. H Daily 9.30 to 4.00. Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day, and Good Friday. Gosford Regional Gallery and Edogawa Commemorative Gardens is located on the Caroline Bay precinct, East Gosford. To May 21 Zac Craig: Soft Conversations. To June 9 A Glint of Koi: Significant Artwork from the Permanent Collection. May 25 to…

Adelaide Adelaide Central Gallery 7 Mulberry Road, Glenside 5065. E andrew.purvis@acsa.sa.edu.au W www.acsa.sa.edu.au Curator: Andrew Purvis. H Mon–Fri 9.00 to 5.00 during exhibition periods. Closed Sat–Sun. Adelaide Central Gallery is a not-forprofit contemporary art gallery located within Adelaide Central School of Art. The Gallery exhibits a diverse annual program of curated exhibitions, featuring recent work from South Australian emerging and established artists, as well as renowned national and international contemporary artists. Adelaide Contemporary Experimental Lion Arts Centre, North Terrace, Kaurna Yarta, Adelaide 5000. T (08) 8211-7505. E admin@ace.gallery W www.ace.gallery Free entry. H Tues–Sat 11.00 to 4.00. South Australia’s leading independent contemporary visual arts organisation. To May 4 Yucky is a group exhibition that explores the personal and political complexities that exist as part of disabled experience. APY Gallery and Studio…

Featured artist: Dale Frank Dale Frank’s decades-long practice demonstrates a commitment to experimentation, expansion, and exploration into the potentiality of painting, alongside his wide-ranging use of materials and multidisciplinary approach. Glossy metallic pigments merge on the surface of the canvas, or Perspex bases, as unruly lines harden only to, almost in protest (and in line with Frank’s expansion of medium), continuously move. Colour and texture coalesce in equilibrium and, in this calming balance, we step inside such works as Art à la mode was the culture, 2012, which (a detail of) graces our cover, to continue our own journeys – to stretch the path as far as it will go, or to hit a “dead end”. Frank allows us to choose. While Art à la mode was the culture is…

Anna Louise Richardson The Good Wagga Wagga Art Gallery Until 23 June 2024 New South Wales Working primarily in charcoal and graphite, Anna Louise Richardson’s practice is centred around rural life, embedded in the experience and drama of everyday reality and exploring ideas of intergenerational exchange, parenthood and identity. The Good emerges from Richardson’s broader investigations into the complex relationships between humans and the natural world, tinged by grief and the competing demands of nurturing new life. In a world increasingly defined by division and hardship, Richardson’s work points to the necessary act of radical optimism needed to seek goodness in all things. Colour is Enough Arts Project Australia gallery Until 18 May 2024 Melbourne Curated by David Sequeira, this exhibition showcases works that focus on the colour monochrome in…

Artvisory 310 Toorak Road, South Yarra VIC 3141. W artvisory.com.au Bonhams Melbourne: 1130 High Street, Armadale VIC 3143. Sydney: 97–99 Queen Street, Woollahra NSW 2025. W www.bonhams.com Charleston's Fine Art Auctions 5/10A Aylesbury Street, Botany, NSW 2019. W charlestons.com.au Colville Auctions Melbourne Office: Level 12, 60 Albert Road, South Melbourne VIC 3205. Private Viewing: Colville Gallery, Battery Point TAS 7000. W www.colvilleauctions.com.au Davidson Auctions Level 1, 41–43 Parramatta Road, Annandale NSW 2038. W www.davidsonauctions.com.au Deutscher and Hackett Melbourne: 105 Commercial Road, South Yarra VIC 3141. Sydney: 36 Gosbell Street, Paddington NSW 2021. W www.deutscherandhackett.com Elder Fine Art 106 Melbourne Street, North Adelaide SA 5006. W elderfineart.com.au GFL Fine Art Suite 14, Chelsea Village, 145 Stirling Highway, Nedlands WA 6009. W gflfineart.com Gibson's Auctions Level 1, 885–889 High Street, Armadale VIC…

adArt W www.adartsupplies.com adArt is Tasmania’s leading art, paper and architectural supplies store. North Hobart-based. Delivery nationwide. Art Boards Australia A surface for every artist 2/15 Newcastle Road, Bayswater VIC 3153. W www.artboardsaustralia.com.au Instagram: @artboardsaust Specialising in handmade art boards in a range of surface types, shapes, and sizes. Art Spectrum W www.artspectrum.com.au Manufacturers of oil colours, watercolours, gouache, pastels, inks, primers, mediums, varnishes and solvents. Visit the website for more information on these quality products. Art Stretchers Art supplies and canvas stretching 309–311 High Street, Northcote VIC 3070. E melbourne@artstretchers.com.au W www.facebook.com/artstretchers Also at 161 Morphett Street, Adelaide SA 5000. E adelaide@artstretchers.com.au W www.facebook.com/ArtStretchersAdelaide Arthouse Direct W www.arthousedirect.com.au An extensive range of art, graphic, and craft supplies for students and professionals. Shop online or in-store: Sydney and Nowra NSW,…

Art Gallery of New South Wales T (02) 9225-1878. E info@artgallerysociety.org.au W www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/members Call or visit the website for information about gallery membership; discounts, magazine subscription, exhibition viewings and art tours, concerts, lectures, workshops, and other events each year. Copyright Agency Level 12, 66 Goulburn Street, Sydney NSW 2000. T (02) 9394-7600. E memberservices@copyright.com.au W www.copyright.com.au The Copyright Agency is a not-for-profit rights management organisation enabling the use of text and images in return for fair payment to visual artists, writers, and publishers. National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) T (02) 9368-1900 (Mon-Wed 2.00 to 4.00 AEST), 1800-046-282 (Mon-Thurs 9.00 to 10.00 and 2.00 to 4.00 AEST). E nava@visualarts.net.au W visualarts.net.au NAVA is a membership organisation which brings together the many voices of the contemporary arts sector to improve…

VIC listings Mornington Peninsula Cook Street Collective 41 Cook Street, Flinders 3929. T (03) 5989-1022. E info@cookstreetcollective.com.au W www.cookstreetcollective.com.au Instagram: @csc_gallery H Fri–Mon 10.00 to 4.00, Tues–Thurs by appt. EVERYWHEN ART Whistlewood, 642 Tucks Road, Shoreham 3916. T (03) 5931-0318. E info@everywhenart.com.au W everywhenart.com.au H Thurs-Mon 11.00 to 4.00. To May 5 The Other Side new jewellery by Melinda Young and Emily McCulloch Childs. Since 2015 contemporary jeweller Melinda Young and curator Emily McCulloch Childs have worked with First Nations artists across Australia in workshops for the Indigenous Jewellery Project. During these projects they have also made their own work on Country inspired by the materials, places, people, and communities with whom they have worked. To May 26 Autumn Salon new paintings and sculptures in evocative Autumn hues by leading and…

Civic Inner North Australian National Capital Artists (ANCA) Gallery 1 Rosevear Place, Dickson 2602. Also at 96 Hoskins Street, Mitchell 2911. T (02) 6247-8736. E gallery@anca.net.au W www.anca.net.au H Wed–Sun 12.00 to 5.00. Closed public hols. Canberra Museum and Gallery Cnr London Circuit and Civic Square, Canberra City 2600. T (02) 6207-3968. E cmag@act.gov.au W www.cmag.com.au H Mon–Fri 10.00 to 4.00, Sat–Sun 12.00 to 4.00. Closed some public hols, call to confirm. Ongoing Canberra/ Kamberri: Place & People. To May 26 Stephen Harrison: The Sphinx Bureau. To July 17 Duntroon Estate: work with all your might. To Sept 1 Backyard Archaeology. To Oct 20 Materiality . . . but not as we know it. Craft ACT Craft + Design Canberra Level 1, North Building, 180 London Circuit, Canberra 2601. T (02) 6262-9333. E…

Fremantle Artitja Fine Art Gallery South Fremantle, 6162. T 0418-900-954. E info@artitja.com.au W www.artitja.com.au H By appt. Since 2004. Working with remote community Aboriginal art centres. Fremantle Arts Centre 1 Finnerty Street, Fremantle 6160. T (08) 9432-9555. E fac@fremantle.wa.gov.au W www.fac.org.au Free entry. H Daily 10.00 to 5.00. May 10 to Aug 4 Revealed – WA’s largest annual Aboriginal art exhibition of new and emerging artists with over 70 artists from 27 art centres (plus 12 independents) across 150 artworks. Sat May 11 Revealed Aboriginal Art Market provides an ethical, direct avenue of purchasing art by WA Aboriginal artists with 100% of sales returned to the artists and art centres. See ad back cover. Japingka Aboriginal Art Gallery 47 High Street, Fremantle 6160. H Mon–Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat–Sun 12.00 to 5.00.…

Melbourne Design Week From 23 May to 2 June, Melbourne Design Week presents eleven days of 300+ innovative exhibitions, installation displays, symposiums, talks, and workshops throughout metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria. Exploring the theme of ‘Design the world you want’, the 2024 program brings into focus the use of energy, ethics and ecology to encourage positive change, reimagine existing systems and offer innovative design solutions to complex global challenges. Highlights include the Melbourne Art Book Fair, a marketplace of art books, publishing and design featuring more than 100 stallholders; the Melbourne Design Week Film Festival, presenting a series of films that explore the impact of architecture and design through the moving image and its power to affect change, innovate and shape community, cities and the environment; and galleries and design…

“tomorrow the tree grows stronger” mudunama kundana wandaraba jarribirri – the title of Judy Watson’s survey show is registered in lowercase, like most of her titles, drawn from over four decades of practice. This is one stylistic convention, an underlying trope, that acts as conduit for the thematic depths Watson’s work invites us to fathom. The exhibition’s title is drawn from a poem by the artist’s son, Otis Carmichael, in the Waanyi language of Watson’s matrilineal family. The intentionality and often brisk phrases that name these works all carry weight. Word is given a running prominence within mudunama, with a series of poetic readings accompanying the opening weekend. Language, spoken and written, is one of the conceptual pillars of Watson’s practice. Others might include environment, water, family and gesture. It…

FUSE Glass Prize 2024 finalists Presented by JamFactory, Adelaide, the FUSE Glass Prize is a non-acquisitive biennial prize for Australian and New Zealand glass artists. It provides a platform for these artists to push themselves and their work to new limits, and focuses public attention on the importance of glass as a medium for contemporary artistic expression. Eighteen finalists for the 2024 FUSE Glass Prize were announced last month, selected from over one hundred high-quality and diverse entries. The twelve finalists for the $20,000 non-acquisitive FUSE Glass Prize Established Artist Category are Annette Blair (NSW), Clare Belfrage (SA), Hannah Gason (ACT), Ian Mowbray (Vic), Kate Baker (NSW), Kathryn Wightman (NZ), Katie-Ann Houghton (ACT), Kirstie Rea (NSW), Layla Walter (NZ), Mel Douglas (ACT), Nick Mount (SA), and Tom Moore (SA). The…

FAC Open Exhibition Art of Nature W thefac.com.au The FAC Open Exhibition is a call out for submissions by Victorian artists across all visual art mediums to explore the wonder of the natural world and our connection to nature. The theme is open to broad artistic interpretation and aims to inspire others to care and protect the environment around us. Win $1,000 plus a FAC Exhibition and Opening Event opportunity in 2025. Entry $16. Enquiries: (03) 9768-1361 or via our website. Online applications close Sun July 21. The Hylton Mackley AM VAS Artist of the Year Award W vasgallery.org.au The Victorian Artists Society invites new and existing members to enter the VAS Seasonal Exhibitions and be eligible for peer selection into The Hylton Mackley AM VAS Artist of the Year…

Amazigh Cultural Tours Morocco en plein air W amazighculturaltours.com Explore Morocco – Marrakech, Atlas Mountains, Sahara – on a Painting & Drawing tour with artist Rita Lazauskas from Aug 31 to Sept 14. For more information and to book, email info@amazighculturaltours.com See ad page 5. Art Fixation W www.artfixation.com.au Art Fixation are specialists in art hanging, art transportation, and art collection management. Over the last ten years we have hung thousands of paintings, prints, and pictures for private collectors, art galleries, framing shops, and artists across the Greater Sydney, Illawarra, Canberra, and Southern Highlands regions. Art Investor W www.artinvestor.net.au Art Investor is a curated space where professional artists can freely showcase a sample of their work to art investors and collectors and includes a directory of art service providers, galleries,…

Bradford Art Academy 619 Burwood Road, Hawthorn VIC 3144. T 0401-769-379. E info@bradfordartacademy.com.au W www.bradfordartacademy.com.au Melbourne-based art academy teaching oil painting and pastels. Approachable lessons for beginners and professionals. Book a free introductory class online. Brisbane Sculpture School Perides Art Projects, 138 Robinson Road East, Geebung QLD 4034. E info@peridesartfoundry.com.au W www.peridesartfoundry.com.au/sculpture-school/ Sculpture classes in Brisbane with artist Phillip Piperides. The school allows students to be a part of an open studio and take part in classes and specialised workshops, such as clay modelling, portraiture, ceramics, plaster and rubber moulding, and bronze casting. Open to all levels, from beginners to advanced. Visit website for availability and to register your interest. Hamley Studio of Fine Art 107 Hunter Street, Hornsby NSW 2077. E hello@hamleystudio.com.au W www.hamleystudio.com.au Instagram: @hamleystudio Classical life drawing…

CBD The Rocks Art Gallery of New South Wales Art Gallery Road, Sydney 2000. T (02) 9225-1744, 1800-679-278. W www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au Admission charges apply to some exhibitions. H Daily 10.00 to 5.00. To June Jelena Telecki: Mothers, Fathers – Jelena Telecki’s first solo presentation at a major Australian art museum and the first in the Art Gallery of New South Wales’ new Contemporary Projects series. It features a suite of paintings developed for the Art Gallery that examine history and its grasp on narratives both personal and collective. To June 10, 24th Biennale of Sydney: Ten Thousand Suns – since its inception in 1973, the Biennale of Sydney has provided a platform for art and ideas, showcasing the work of artists from more than 100 countries. Today it is considered one…

Hobart Sullivans Cove Battery Point Art Mob 29 Hunter Street, Hobart 7000. T (03) 6236-9200, 0419-393-122. E euan@artmob.com.au W www.artmob.com.au Director: Euan Hills. H Daily 10.00 to 6.00. Check public hol opening times on our Google listing. Aboriginal fine art, including Tasmanian Aboriginal artists. Bett Gallery Level 1, 65 Murray Street, Hobart 7000. T (03) 6231-6511. E info@bettgallery.com.au W www.bettgallery.com.au Directors: Carol Bett, Emma Bett and Jack Bett. H Mon–Fri 10.00 to 5.30, Sat 10.00 to 4.00. Closed Sun and public hols. Colville Gallery Ground Floor, 15 Castray Esplanade, Battery Point 7004. H Mon–Sat 9.30 to 5.30. Closed public hols. Contemporary Art Tasmania 27 Tasma Street, North Hobart 7000. T (03) 6231-0445. E info@contemporaryart.org.au W www.contemporaryarttasmania.org H Wed–Sat 12.00 to 5.00. Closed Mon–Tues. To May 18 Embraced In The Loving Arms…

Darwin Charles Darwin University Art Gallery Ground Floor, Chancellery, Orange Building 12, University Drive South, Casuarina Campus, Brinkin 0810. T (08) 8946-6621. E artgallery@cdu.edu.au W cdu.edu.au/artgallery Gallery closed to the public for renovations, re-opening at the Danala campus of Charles Darwin University, in Darwin’s CBD, in 2024. For updates, visit website. CDU Art Collection viewing is by appt. Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) 19 Conacher Street, The Gardens, Darwin 0820. T (08) 8999-8264. E info@magnt.net.au W www.magnt.net.au Instagram: @mag_nt Free entry. H Daily 10.00 to 4.00. Visit the website for visitor information and full exhibition program. On now Gumurr’manydji Manapanmirr Djäma (Making successful business together) – a photographic exhibition from the Arnhem Land Progress Aboriginal Corporation (ALPA) celebrating 50 years of Yolŋu economic independence, enterprise, self-determination,…

Brisbane artisan 45 King Street, Bowen Hills 4006. H Tues–Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat 10.00 to 4.00. Closed Sun–Mon. FireWorks Gallery 9/31 Thompson Street, Bowen Hills 4006. T (07) 3216-1250. E art@fireworksgallery.com.au W www.fireworksgallery.com.au H Tues–Fri 10.00 to 6.00, Sat 10.00 to 5.00 or by appt. April 30 to June 8 Weather Patterns III. Also, Matthew Johnson. Griffith University Art Museum 226 Grey Street, South Bank 4101. T (07) 3735-7414. E artmuseum@griffith.edu.au W www.griffith.edu.au/art-museum H Tues–Sat 11.00 to 4.00. Closed public hols and exhibition installation periods. To May 25 Taring Padi: Tanah Tumpah Darah. Institute of Modern Art Ground Floor, Judith Wright Arts Centre, 420 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley 4006. H Tues–Sun 10.00 to 5.00, Thurs 10.00 to 8.00. Jan Manton Art 54 Vernon Terrace, Teneriffe 4005. H Tues–Fri 10.00 to 5.00,…