ACAE Gallery
Australasian Cultural Arts Exchange 82A Wellington Street, Collingwood, VIC 3066 [Map 3]
0406 711 378
Tue to Sun 10am–5pm.
22 July–3 September
Cen Yunyang
Based in Jingdezhen, China, Cen Yunyang presents her first Australian solo exhibition since graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne. Yunyang is a contemporary visual artist with years of experience producing works in the form of installation, video and performance. Through a culturally hybrid point of view, her work embeds commentary on social issues into everyday objects and behaviours, focusing on the absurdity and weakness of the modern state of mind.
ACMI
Fed Square, Melbourne, VIC 3000 [Map 2]
03 8663 2200
Open daily 10am–5pm.
5 April—1 October
Goddess: Power, Glamour, Rebellion
Curated by Bethan Johnson
Alcaston Gallery
84 William Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000 [Map 2]
03 8849 9668
Anna Schwartz Gallery
185 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VIC 3000 [Map 2]
Tue to Fri 12noon–6pm, Sat 1pm–5pm.
3 June–29 July
Perspective Paintings 1987-2023
Stephen Bram
8 July–12 August
Bloom
Stieg Persson
Art Gallery of Ballarat
www.artgalleryofballarat.com.au
40 Lydiard Street North, Ballarat VIC 3350 [Map 1]
03 5320 5858
Open daily 10am–5pm.
See our website for latest information.
Our purpose is to reflect the story of Ballarat; past, present and future. To champion audience experience and the accessibility of art. We tell the stories of ‘now’, by looking back, looking forward, looking inward, looking out.
20 May–6 August
Pre-Raphaelites: Drawings & Watercolours
One ticket, two exhibitions. These rarely seen and fragile works offer an intimate look into the world of the artists, models and friends of one of the most significant art movements on the 19th century. Touring exclusively to Ballarat from the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
Presented in conjunction with In the Company of Morris.
20 May–6 August
In the Company of Morris
One ticket, two exhibitions. Works from the gallery collection by artists inspired by the legacy of influential designer William Morris. Presented in conjunction with Pre-Raphaelites: Drawings & Watercolours.
20 May–6 August
Looking in
Interior spaces through the eyes of artists who have been inspired by their own surroundings.
20 May–6 August
Del Kathryn Barton: In another land & RED
The work of Del Kathryn Barton is a celebration of body, self and sexual expression. This selection of works from her Inside another land series are presented with Barton’s short video RED, featuring Cate Blanchett.
29 April–6 August
Stephen Davidson: Greatest fishing story never told
An exhibition of work in different mediums which the artists describes as “a storm in a tea bowl, a homage to Hokusai”.
29 April–13 August
Upheaval on the Goldfields
Historical and contemporary works from the gallery’s collection by artists responding to the disruption brought about by the gold-rushes and their aftermath in the Ballarat region.
12 August–26 November 2023
Karenne Ann And Heather Horrocks: Effacement
This exhibition is about identity. Masks can change everything. Photographic images by Karenne Anne loom from the walls and distort the identity of the maker, Heather Horrocks, who wears them. This exhibition is presented as part of the Ballarat International Foto Biennale 2023.
12 August–5 November
Bifb: Yvonne Todd
Yvonne Todd is a New Zealand-based photographer known for her unique and unconventional approach to portraiture.
26 August–22 October
Bifb: Platon: People Power
This exhibition features arresting portraits of some of the most significant people of our time, from the cool gaze of Vladimir Putin to the art and power of Vivienne Westwood, Michelle Obama and Adele and the rebellion of Pussy Riot. A Ballarat International Foto Biennale exhibition created in partnership with Platon Studio. A BIFB Festival Pass is required for this ticketed exhibition. Last entry at 4pm.
26 August–22 October
Bifb: Andy Warhol
26 August–5 November
Ramak Bamzar: Pro Femina
Ramak Bamzar is a Melbourne-based Iranian photographer. Her work explores how cultural and religious norms can shape women’s beliefs, values, and behaviours and can influence their sense of self-worth and agency. This exhibition is presented as part of the Ballarat International Foto Biennale 2023.
29 June–13 August
Tammy Gilson: Beenyak
Wadawurrung artist Tammy Gilson presents works absorbed in cultural landscape, the woven objects and adornments expresses continuity of cultural practice..
17 August–22 October
Bifb: Ian Kemp: Neverlasting
For Ballarat-based photographer Ian Kemp, images of the natural world are a metaphor for the transience of human life – its permanence and impermanence. The works in this exhibition capture a changing world where beauty is ephemeral and temporary. This exhibition is presented as part of the Ballarat International Foto Biennale 2023.
Artscreen In Alfred Deakin Place:
Until 25 August
Leila Jeffreys
The inaugural work displayed on the new outdoor Art Screen in Alfred Deakin Place is a three-panel video work Nature is not a place to visit. It is home by renowned Sydney-based contemporary artist Leila Jeffreys. Using some of the world’s most advanced slow-motion film technology, this video draws a parallel between the bonds that exist between humans, the way actions can shape collective behaviour and the intimate dynamics of the flock. It will be displayed alongside eight photographs from Jeffreys’ 2019 series High Society.
29 August–22 October
BIFB: Serwah Attafuah & Jonathan Zawada: Digital Anthropocene
Search beyond the algorithm and witness new cyber landscapes, with the work of Serwah Attafuah and Jonathan Zawada who merge the worlds of science and art at the virtual forefront. Part of the Ballarat International Foto Biennale 2023 Digital Program.
ArtSpace at Realm and Maroondah Federation Estate Gallery
ArtSpace at Realm: 179 Maroondah Highway, (opposite Ringwood Station)
Ringwood, VIC 3134
03 9298 4553
Mon to Fri 9am–8pm, Sat & Sun 10am–5pm.
Maroondah Federation Estate Gallery: 32 Greenwood Avenue, Ringwood, VIC 3134
03 9298 4553
Mon to Fri 9am–5pm.
See our website for latest information.
ArtSpace at Realm:
15 July–17 September
Neighbourhood Tales
Selina Ou
Neighbourhood Tales is an exhibition of photographs produced in the City of Maroondah and surrounding suburbs between 2020 and 2022 by Selina Ou in collaboration with her two sons who appear in each of the images, sometimes together, sometimes alone. Ou, an Australian artist of Malaysian Chinese descent, describes these artworks as “narrative landscape photographs”, meaning that she has invited her children to pose as figures within colour documentary images of local landscapes to tell stories about their shared experience of suburban life. Each image (or tale) is carefully staged and subtly lit, bringing a theatrical scenography to these familiar environments.
Maroondah Federation Estate Gallery:
3 July–1 September
Mullum Mullum Community Blak Arts
Artists from Mullum Mullum Indigenous Gathering Place.
Mullum Mullum Indigenous Gathering Place and Arts in Maroondah present Mullum Mullum Community Blak Arts. This exhibition embraces the extraordinary range, scope and talent of artists within the Mullum Mullum Community.
Representing traditional art practices that have been passed down from our ancestors for over 60,000 years to the present time, combined with modern materials and techniques, this truly magical exhibition celebrates the oldest living culture in the world.
The work of First Nations artists is imbued with spiritual meaning; expressing the knowledge and beliefs that underpin our lores, laws, ceremonies and daily lives.
Mythical stories of The Dreaming are embedded in traditional and contemporary approaches to media ranging across: weaving, drawing, painting, burning symbols on possum skins, implements, tools and weapons.
Arts Project Australia
Level 1, Collingwood Yards, 35 Johnston Street, Collingwood, VIC 3066 [Map 3]
03 9482 4484
Wed-Fri 11am–5pm, Sat 12noon–4pm.
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22 July–26 August
Sensitive Antennae
Curated by Jo Salt. Featuring works by Bronwyn Hack, Ruth Howard, Julian Martin, Fulli Andrinopoulos, Wendy Dawson and more.
The simplest works can hold remarkable depth and power. Pared down and abstracted they are released from the structures of fixed, coherent form, speaking directly to the notion of inherent beauty. Sensitive Antennae celebrates works by APA artists that resonate with a kind of earthly, and at times universal energy.
Ararat Gallery TAMA
82 Vincent Street,
