314 Abercrombie Gallery
314 Abercrombie Street, Darlington, NSW 2008 [Map 14]
0404 146 738
See our website for latest information.
This small, inviting, bright gallery nestled snugly in Darlington beside the Redfern area is the up-and-coming art precinct of Sydney. We have Carrigeworks, the White Rabbit and many smaller galleries. We are closed for January.
17 February–3 March
Landscapes
Stefan Kater
Colour, movement, texture. This collection is breathtaking and yet, at the same time, relaxing. Landscapes with changing light. Come along and tell us how you would describe this work. Exhibition opening 17 February, 4pm–8pm.
Annandale Galleries
110 Trafalgar Street, Annandale, Sydney, NSW 2038
61 2 9552 1699
Wed to Sat 11am–4pm.
Artbank Sydney
222 Young Street, Waterloo, NSW 2017 [Map 9]
02 9697 6000
Tue to Thur 12pm–4pm or by appointment.
Artbank is part of the Australian Government Office for the Arts, in the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts. For 40 years Artbank has supported Australia’s contemporary art sector.
Artbank Window Gallery:
Until 12 January
Cruel Summer
Curated by Billy Bain
“Through juxtaposing colonial representations of beach culture with contemporary perspectives by artists from diverse backgrounds I aim to curate a space that encourages dialogue surrounding belonging, spatial ownership, the imported and the native. As an Indigenous surfer and artist my practice aims to reclaim space for myself and other marginalised voices within a culture and place where we have been systematically denied.” - Billy Bain.
25 January–7 March
Are we there yet?
Curated by Artbank
Inspired by the Australian road trip, Are we there yet? Brings together artworks from Artbank’s national collection that capture both the awe and mundanity that can be inspired by the act of looking out the car window and the importance of car travel to bring people and families together.
Art Gallery of New South Wales - North Building
Art Gallery Road, The Domain, Sydney, NSW 2000 [Map 8]
02 9225 1700
Daily 10am–5pm, Wed until late.
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Until 28 April 2024
Has the Day Invaded the Night or Has the Night Invaded the Day?
Louise Bourgeois
Experience the strange beauty and emotional power of Louise Bourgeois’s art, in the largest exhibition of her work ever seen in Australia.
Art Gallery of New South Wales - South building
Art Gallery Road, The Domain, Sydney, NSW 2000 [Map 8]
02 9225 1700
Daily 10am–5pm, Wed until late.
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Until January 2024
brick vase clay cup jug
Guest curated by Glenn Barkley, brick vase clay cup jug is a space between gallery storage and gallery display where magical associations are conjured.
Until 21 January 2024
A curve is a broken line
Hoda Afshar
The first major solo exhibition by one of Australia’s most innovative and unflinching photo-media artists.
Through her photographs and moving image works, Iranian-born, Melbourne-based Hoda Afshar examines the politics of image-making. Deeply researched yet emotionally sensitive, her work can be seen as a form of activism as much as an artistic inquiry.
Until 10 March 2024
Kandinsky
Showcasing the life and work of one of the most influential and best-loved European modernists. This comprehensive exhibition, curated with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, draws from the Guggenheim’s rich holdings to reveal Kandinsky’s work in depth.
Art Space on The Concourse
www.willoughby.nsw.gov.au/arts
409 Victoria Avenue, Chatswood, NSW 2067 [Map 7]
0401 638 501
Wed to Sun 11am–5pm.
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17 January–28 January
Mother Nature
Seya Hashemi
Seya Hashemi’s art practice is based mostly on his dreams which he never forgets. Many times, he has been compelled to wake up in the early hours of the morning and begin to create what he had just dreamt about. Hashemi believes that by continually utilising his imagination and transferring it onto the canvas, he can bring his dreams to reality. In this way, his art becomes a tangible expression of the artist’s emotions.
1 February–25 February
Passage of Night; Luminary Rising
Frankie Chow, Maryanne Coutts, Emma Hicks, Karen Lee, Lindy Lee, Pamela Leung, Lawrence Liang and Jordan Ritchie, Sangeeta Sandrasegar, Miho Watanabe and Meng-Yu Yan, with more artists to be announced.
A group exhibition examining the significance of the moon and how it is reflected across cultures. This exhibition explores diverse historical, cultural and religious relationships to the moon, extending the Lunar New Year celebration to other cultures. Its mutable and transformational nature has made the moon a source of mystery, a meaningful symbol and a unifying force that brings communities together.
A Willoughby City Council exhibition co-curated by Cassandra Hard Lawrie and Rachael Kiang. Part of Chatswood Year of the Dragon Festival.
28 February–24 March
Smart Expressions 2024
Willoughby City Council presents an exhibition of student artworks selected from the 2023 NSW HSC practical examination in Visual Arts. The exhibition demonstrates the interests and passions of a new generation of young artists. Celebrating the artistic talents and achievements of young people, the exhibition features a selection of artworks from students who attended six local high schools: Bradfield Senior College, Chatswood High School, Glenaeon Rudolf Steiner School, Mercy Catholic College, St Pius X College and Willoughby Girls High School.
Australian Design Centre
www.australiandesigncentre.com
113–115 William Street, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010 [Map 8]
02 9361 4555
Tue to Fri 11am–5pm, Sat 11am–4pm.
Entry by donation.
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30 November 2023—31 January
Ceramic Stories–Digital Connections
Bringing together a digital designer, a group of emerging artists and emerging curator Elaine Kim, this exhibition explores the narrative possibilities of ceramics activated through digital interventions.
30 November 2023—31 January
Camille Laddawan: Kite
Exploring origin stories, cultural displacement and the differences between ancestry and heritage, through a series of beaded works, including a kite, video and archival material.
Object Space (window gallery):
30 November 2023—31 January
Minka Gillian: Mini Mind Garden
An installation of hanging sculptural forms made from found and recycled material.
Australian Galleries
www.australiangalleries.com.au
15 Roylston Street, Paddington, NSW 2021 [Map 10]
02 9360 5177
Open daily 10am–6pm.
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23 January—11 February
National Art School Graduates
20 February—10 March
Deborah Williams
20 February—10 March
Simon Fieldhouse
Bankstown Arts Centre
www.cbcity.nsw.gov.au/arts-centre
5 Olympic Parade, Bankstown, NSW 22 [Map 12]
02 9707 5400
Tue to Sat 10am–4pm.
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Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
Wiradjuri Country 70–78 Keppel Street, Bathurst, NSW 2795 [Map 12]
02 6333 6555
Tue to Fri 10am–5pm, Weekends and most public holidays 10am–2pm, closed Mon.
Until 11 February
Conflated
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery presents Conflated, a NETS Victoria touring exhibition curated by Zoe Bastin and Claire Watson.
When we inhale and exhale, our bodies transform through the process of inflation and deflation. Drawing on the inflatable form as both material and metaphor, Conflated brings disparate artists together to explore bodies, environments and cultures through contemporary art. Here, the cycle of breathing serves as a framework through which a wide array of experiences, behaviours and expressions are examined.
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government’s Visions of Australia program and the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.
24 February–21 April
Deborah Kelly: CREATION
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery presents Deborah Kelly: CREATION — a queer insurrectionary science fiction climate change religion, unfurling through years of collaborations across generations, identities, artforms and sites. The work manifests in human encounters; through exhibitions, performances and public workshops. Defying fires, floods, fevers and emboldened discriminatory exclusion dressed up as ‘religious freedom’,
CREATION works with marginalised communities to develop a vivid new belief system. Ways to gather, to commune; a framework for imagining a place in a more than human world. An elaborate queer lattice to support the viridian and the speculative.
CREATION confronts climate crisis and truth decay with a crowd-sourced faith drawn from practical politics, mysticism and collectivity. Through cross-disciplinary projects, public brainstorms and participatory performances, this religion evolves before our very eyes.
Blacktown Arts
78 Flushcombe Road, Blacktown, NSW 2148 [Map 12]
02 9839 6558
Tue to Sat 10am–5pm.
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16 January–5 April
Blacktown City Art Prize
The exhibition returns to kick off 2024 at The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre with vibrancy, excitement, and the community of Blacktown at its heart! For the first time Blacktown City is embedded from the outset, with special consideration given to artworks that celebrate, express and reflect upon the diverse history, environment and First Nations stories, , , and (new in 2024!) Alongside the , we will also be showcasing artworks from the Y. Kids and young people aged 3 to 14 years from Blacktown City are encouraged to create an artwork in response to the theme of .
