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.auAdmission charges apply to some exhibitions. H Daily 10.00 to 5.00. Please check website for updates before visiting. To Sept 19 Hilma af Klint: The Secret Paintings – stored away and scarcely known for decades, the re-discovery of Swedish artist Hilma af Klint’s ‘secret paintings’ has taken the international art world by storm. Now her remarkable work is coming to Australia in the first survey of af Klint’s work to be shown in the Asia-Pacific region. To Sept 26 Archie 100: A Century of the Archibald Prize – a landmark exhibition celebrating 100 years of Australia’s most prestigious portrait prize. Also, Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 2021 – Australia’s favourite art award, the Archibald Prize, celebrates its 100th year in 2021. Along with the Wynne and Sulman Prizes, this is an annual exhibition eagerly anticipated by artists and audiences alike. Sept 4 to 2022 The Purple House – a celebration of leading Pintupi artists and their enduring legacy leading to the establishment of the Purple House.
Gaffa Gallery
281 Clarence Street, Sydney CBD 2000. T (02) 9283-4273. E gallery@gaffa.com.au W www.gaffa.com.au H Mon-Fri 10.00 to 6.00, Sat 10.00 to 5.00. Closed Sun and public hols. Gaffa is an independent creative precinct, artist-run in attitude and execution. Sept 2 to 13 Unfinished Business by Georgia Pea and Paraskevy Begetis, and Entanglements by Gloria McGarth. Also, More Than Reproduction – MISPRINT, and From the Corners by Cailyn Forrest. Sept 16 to 29 The falling by Ferney Caro, and Another Space by Bronwyn Treacy. Also, The Body Keeps Scores by Ali Tahayori, and Postcards from the Edges by Josephine Duffy.
The Ken Done Gallery
1 Hickson Road, The Rocks 2000. (02) 8274-4500 (02) 8274-4545. Daily 10.00 to 5.30. The current exhibition includes most recent artistic expressions of the underwater world. The paintings are bold in colour, simultaneously familiar yet unexpected and filled with optimism. A recently available beach painting from 1995 is star of the show. Also on exhibition are a number of works on paper featuring subjects of the garden, beach, harbour and the outback. The artist’s brand new publication ‘Ken Done: Art Design Life’, a comprehensive and extensively illustrated monograph on art and design, celebrates the man, his life’s work
