<p> The new gallery at Coffs Harbour, the Yarrilla Art Museum (YAM), has curated an exhibition examining the important role surfing has had on the culture of the Mid North Coast. </p> <p> &nbsp; </p>

New England Regional Art Museum have curated an exhibition juxtaposing the work they have in their collection by Helen Eager, with newer work from Eager's studio.

All media from painting, drawing, print and video will be included. 

Richard Larter:  Free Radical and Riffing On:  Pat Larter's Rhythyms and Peter Maloney's Blues. 

This survey of Larter's career leads up to his last decades when he lived in Yass and Canberra.  Works by Pat Larter and Peter Maloney accompany the main exhibition. 

Helen Eager was invited to create work for the Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial at the Art Gallery of NSW.

There is a suite of 15 drawings, and 2 video animations

Bobby West Tjupurrula is a finalist in this year's National Aboriginal and Torrest Strait Islander Art Award.

This is his sixth time as a finalist. 

Euclaypt was originally commissioned by the Castlemaine Gallery in Victoria.  This sculpture is made from recycled plastic planks.  It has recently been acquired by the Art Gallery of South Australia, is now installed in the gardens of Government House, Adelaide. 

John West Tjupurrula has been selected for the first time as a finalist in this year's Wynne Prize.This painting of his country is based on an aerial view of Palipalintja in Western Australia.

The Wynne Prize is currently on tour and is now at the Western Plains Cultural Centre in Dubbo until Nov 24.

Mantua Nangala and John R Walker are finalists in this year's selection.  This exhibition will also tour to the David Roche Foundation in Adelaide in September/October

Mulka Yata/The Knowledge of Place is a celbration of the ancient landscape, history and people of the Ikara -Flinders Ranges area of South Australia. Includes three major paintings by John R Walker.

Samstag Museum of Art, Adelaide

Kirsteen Pieterse, Debra Nakamarra and Kim Napurrula are all finalist in this years Ravenswood Prize.

This is the richest prize for Women artists in Australia.  

The 68th Blake Prize is now at Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre in Sydney.  Peter Maloney is a finalist

The New England Art Museum has acquired two important works by Helen Eager.  These will be included in Eager's survey exhibition at NERAM later this year.

Mornington Peninsula Art Gallery has acquired Kylie Stillman's Weave Wave from her recent survey exhibition .

An exhibition of painters from Papunya Tula Artists.   Often using fields of dots or lines, these paintings create optical effects which shimmer and entrance.

At the SH Ervin Gallery in Sydney

The National Gallery of Australia has acquired a major painting by Pintupi artist Yukuljti Napangati

Peter Maloney is featured in the Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art at the Art Gallery of South Australia.

Curated by Jose Da Silva, Inner Sanctum includes art work across many media that explores our understanding of our relationships with each other and the world. 

This important exhibition, Talking Blak to History, showcases artworks, documents and historical artefacts.

A major survey of the work of Emily Kame Kngwarreye at the National Gallery of Australia. 

From early batik works to late works on paper, this exhibition shows the extraordinary vision and talent of this internationally recognised Australian artist

Orange Regional Gallery will host a major exhibition celebrating John R Walker’s unique landscape paintings.

Curated by Gallery Director Brad Hammond this exhibition brings together the key paintings from Walker's oeuvre.

Here is the link to the video  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmRY9UN4-kY

see John McDonald's glowing review in the Sydney Morning Herald (2 Dec 2023)

A solo exhibition of recent work by Kylie Stillman, Glimmer Warning will include a brand new site specific wall work. Stillman has also created new stitched works on paper. 

Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria

The Art Gallery of NSW has hung a selection of works from their collection as an introduction to their summer blockbuster exhibition of Kandinski.

Town Hall Gallery in Hawthorne, Melbourne is celebrating it Twentieth Anniversary with an exhibition of the highlights of its collection.  Includes Kylie Stillman's " Scape', a large wooden sculpture

A groundbreaking exhibition celebrating 50 years of painting by Pintupi artists from the Western Desert region of Australia. Includes early boards from the 1970s, and extraordinary recent paintings.

Celebrating the opening of the new Australian Embassy building in Washington DC, Irrititja Kuwarri Tjungu -  Past & Present Together, is an exhibition celebrating Papunya Tula Artists.  From the Kluge Ruhe Collection at the University of Virginia.