Sydney

CBD The Rocks

Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW)

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. Art After Hours: Wed to 9pm. To Feb 2, 2020 Quilty – the first major survey exhibition in a decade of one of Australia’s most acclaimed contemporary artists. To Feb 16, 2020 Making art public: 50 years of Kaldor Public Art Projects celebrates one of the world’s most ambitious public art initiatives and revisits some of the most iconic large-scale artworks to have been presented in Australia. To March 8, 2020 Japan supernatural – discover the fascinating world of Japan supernatural, an extraordinary exhibition revealing three centuries of folklore and fantasy in Japanese art. Explore this wildly imaginative realm through more than 180 works from historical master Katsushika Hokusai through to contemporary superstar Takashi Murakami (see ad page 3). To March, 2020 Dora Ohlfsen and the facade commission. Discover the 100-year-old story of the Gallery’s unfinished façade. Meet the unsung artist originally invited to make a sculpture for above the entrance doors and explore six contemporary creative proposals for the space. To Dec 2020 In one drop of water explores the significance of water in Asian art through a range of works from the Gallery’s collection.

Gaffa Gallery

281 Clarence Street, Sydney CBD 2000. T (02) 9283-4273. W www.gaffa.com.au H Mon-Fri 10.00 to 6.00, Sat 11.00 to 5.00. Closed Sun and public hols. Gaffa is an independent creative precinct, artist-run in attitude and execution. Dec 5 to 16 Systems 2 by Carrie Fraser. Also, In Plain Sight – Morgan Bee, Joshua Charadia, James Needham and Benjamin Walsh and, final_FinalFINALfianLlfiiiiinaL. pdf – UTS Design Graduate exhibition presented by Design Society. Curated by Design Society executives Shevon Lau, Bettina Liang, Emilia Lin, Merena Nguyen, Natthanun Vorapatjiranon and Courtney Rovere. Jan 9 to 20, 2020 Kashmiri Youth Collective: Exhibition. Also, Love Bird by Maricelle Olivier, and OUT OF FOCUS by Xiuwenbo Wang. Jan 23 to Feb 3, 2020 Graduate Exhibition: Selected graduates from ANU, NAS, SCA, UNSW & UTS. Also, 26 Views of Uluru by Alex Byrne, and FASHION SHOW by Kate Dunn.

Italian Cultural Institute

Level 4, 125 York Street, Sydney 2000. E direzione.iicsydney@esteri.it W www.iicsydney.esteri.it To March 27, 2020 When Gods Walked the Earth by Mauro De Giorgi. International artist Mauro De Giorgi combines Asian, Japanese aesthetics and techniques with Western themes and insights. The encounter between De Giorgi’s art and Girard’s mimetic theory is insightful and powerful: in a whirlwind of evocative and moving images, we travel across ancient myths, Christian symbolism, and contemporary suggestions. See ad page 115.

The Ken Done Gallery

1 Hickson Road, The Rocks 2000. T (02) 8274-4500 F (02) 8274-4545. E gallery@done.com.au W www.kendone.com.au H Daily 10.00 to 5.30. Through Dec and Jan, 2020 Welcome summer! – this exhibition is a parade of bright colours, optimism and open landscapes. Done’s extraordinary ‘Outback’, which was selected as a finalist in the 2019 Wynne Prize and a new, extra large, opalescent reef painting completes this summer show. Limited edition prints, posters, publications and other art related products are available for sale in the gallery shop.

Korean Cultural Centre Australia Gallery

Ground Floor, 255 Elizabeth Street, Sydney 2000. T (02) 8267-3400. E info@koreanculture.org.au W www.koreanculture.org.au H Mon-Fri 10.00 to 6.00. Nov 29 to Jan 24, 2020 (Awards ceremony Fri Nov 29, 6-8pm) The Korea-Australia Arts Foundation Art Prize finalists’ exhibition.

Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA)

140 George Street, The Rocks 2000. (02) 9245-2400.