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Exhibitions

Wednesday 1 January
2025

René Magritte

Magritte

Art Gallery of New South Wales
Saturday 26 October – Sunday 9 February

Group Show

Infinite

Art Gallery of New South Wales
Saturday 14 September – Sunday 12 January

Group Show

Big Rain Falling

Art Gallery of New South Wales
Saturday 5 October – Sunday 9 February

Leyla Stevens

PAHIT MANIS, Night Forest

Art Gallery of New South Wales
Saturday 2 November – Sunday 16 February

Angelica Mesiti

The Rites of When

Art Gallery of New South Wales
Saturday 21 September – Sunday 11 May

Nusra Latif Qureshi

Birds in Far Pavilions

Art Gallery of New South Wales
Saturday 9 November – Sunday 15 June

Group Show

Making Worlds

Art Gallery of New South Wales
Sunday 1 December – Sunday 15 June

Lee Ufan

Quiet Resonance

Art Gallery of New South Wales
Saturday 31 August – Monday 1 September

Group Show

Grand Courts

Art Gallery of New South Wales
Sunday 1 December – Monday 1 December

Group Show

20th-century galleries

Art Gallery of New South Wales
Sunday 1 December – Monday 1 December

Asian Lantern

Elemental

Art Gallery of New South Wales
Sunday 1 December – Monday 1 December

Group Show

Yiribana Gallery

Art Gallery of New South Wales
Sunday 1 December – Monday 1 December

Group Show

Coomaditchie: The Art of Place

Museum of Sydney
Saturday 30 March – Sunday 2 February

Group Show

A Generous Gift: The John and Phyllis Murphy Collection

Caroline Simpson Library
Tuesday 29 October – Friday 28 February

Group Show

Beauty Rich and Rare

Museum of Sydney
Saturday 7 December – Sunday 30 March

Mehwish Iqbal

Submergence

Fairfield City Museum & Gallery
Saturday 2 November – Saturday 1 March

Group Show

Tender

Fairfield City Museum & Gallery
Saturday 16 November – Saturday 25 January

Catherine Nelson

Riverbound

Michael Reid Gallery
Thursday 5 December – Thursday 9 January

Kate Newby

Hours in wind, 2024

Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
Thursday 29 August – Thursday 4 September

Julie Mehretu

A Transcore of the Radical Imaginatory

Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
Friday 29 November – Sunday 27 April

Julie Rrap

Past Continuous

Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
Friday 28 June – Sunday 23 February

Isaac Julien

Once Again... (Statues Never Die)

Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
Friday 27 September – Sunday 16 February

Group Show

Primavera 2024: Young Australian Artists

Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
Friday 30 August – Monday 27 January

Hayv Kahraman

Bodies of Water

Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
Sunday 1 December – Sunday 16 March

Group Show

MCA Collection: Artists in Focus

Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
Saturday 23 November – Monday 27 January

Group Show

Works on Paper

Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery
Friday 6 December – Saturday 25 January

Kaylene Whiskey

Indulkana Soup

Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery
Friday 6 December – Saturday 25 January

Group Show

IMMORTAL

Saint Cloche
Wednesday 11 December – Saturday 25 January

James Erskine

Archer, Mali and Me

Liverpool Street Gallery
Thursday 12 December – Tuesday 21 January

Group Show

Borrowed Landscapes

Mosman Art Gallery
Saturday 19 October – Sunday 2 February

Group Show

This Is How We Love

Mosman Art Gallery
Saturday 19 October – Sunday 2 February

Jennifer Blau

In Profile

Mosman Art Gallery
Saturday 9 November – Sunday 2 February

Group Show

Summer Group Exhibition

Olsen Gallery
Monday 9 December – Saturday 1 February

Tamara Henderson

Slug in the Mug

Artspace
Friday 25 October – Sunday 5 January

Shireen Taweel

Cosmographic

Artspace
Friday 25 October – Sunday 5 January

Yang Xifa

The Divine World

Vermilion Art
Thursday 28 November – Saturday 18 January

Danish Quapoor

redux

Firstdraft
Friday 6 December – Saturday 18 January

Nicole Clift and Nicholas Hanisch

maelstrom

Firstdraft
Friday 6 December – Saturday 18 January

Tia Madden

Some Sort of Notation

Firstdraft
Friday 6 December – Saturday 18 January

Group Show

20th-century galleries

Art Gallery of New South Wales
Sunday 1 December – Monday 1 December

The 20th-century galleries in the refurbished 1972 wing of the Art Gallery of New South Wales’ south building, now known as Naala Nura, showcase works from our Australian and international collections, highlighting the connections and distinctions between local artists and broader global developments over some of the most tumultuous, exciting and innovative decades in art and human history.

The galleries on the ground level focus on works from the first half of the 20th century, while those on the floor below are mostly from the 1960s to the end of the century. Broadly chronological, the displays reveal varied artistic responses to complex conditions of the modern era, and also demonstrate how the art of the past continues to resonate in our present.

Above all, the selection and juxtaposition of artworks seek to follow the lead of artists, whose diverse perspectives transcend both chronology and borders, as they relate open-spirited stories of art. Works by Aboriginal artists emerge throughout as crucial catalysts, helping to reframe Australian history and its global connections, its deep past and its manifold futures. Highlights include the Pukumani grave posts created by Tiwi artists in 1958, and a 1977 painting by seminal Papunya artist Kaapa Tjampitjinpa.

International moderns such as Pablo Picasso join Australian icons Grace Crowley, Russell Drysdale, Sidney Nolan and Roland Wakelin, and later the stellar global mix includes Rosalie Gascoigne, Sol LeWitt and Frank Stella. Key works by Asian artists such as Xiao Lu appear along with major works by artists from our immediate neighbourhood, such as the vibrant suite of drawings from Papua New Guinean collective Haus Yuriyal.

Major historical moving-image works such as The story of the Kelly Gang 1906 connect with other artforms, while experimental films by leading figures such as Len Lye reveal the interdisciplinary shift in artists’ practices over the century.

A crowd favourite in Sydney sculptor Ken Unsworth’s Suspended stone circle II features in the double-height atrium.

Location

Art Gallery of New South Wales
Art Gallery Road, Sydney NSW 2000

Date

Sunday 1 December – Monday 1 December

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Exhibitions

Wednesday 1 January
2025

René Magritte

Magritte

Art Gallery of New South Wales
Saturday 26 October – Sunday 9 February

Group Show

Infinite

Art Gallery of New South Wales
Saturday 14 September – Sunday 12 January

Group Show

Big Rain Falling

Art Gallery of New South Wales
Saturday 5 October – Sunday 9 February

Leyla Stevens

PAHIT MANIS, Night Forest

Art Gallery of New South Wales
Saturday 2 November – Sunday 16 February

Angelica Mesiti

The Rites of When

Art Gallery of New South Wales
Saturday 21 September – Sunday 11 May

Nusra Latif Qureshi

Birds in Far Pavilions

Art Gallery of New South Wales
Saturday 9 November – Sunday 15 June

Group Show

Making Worlds

Art Gallery of New South Wales
Sunday 1 December – Sunday 15 June

Lee Ufan

Quiet Resonance

Art Gallery of New South Wales
Saturday 31 August – Monday 1 September

Group Show

Grand Courts

Art Gallery of New South Wales
Sunday 1 December – Monday 1 December

Group Show

20th-century galleries

Art Gallery of New South Wales
Sunday 1 December – Monday 1 December

Asian Lantern

Elemental

Art Gallery of New South Wales
Sunday 1 December – Monday 1 December

Group Show

Yiribana Gallery

Art Gallery of New South Wales
Sunday 1 December – Monday 1 December

Group Show

Coomaditchie: The Art of Place

Museum of Sydney
Saturday 30 March – Sunday 2 February

Group Show

A Generous Gift: The John and Phyllis Murphy Collection

Caroline Simpson Library
Tuesday 29 October – Friday 28 February

Group Show

Beauty Rich and Rare

Museum of Sydney
Saturday 7 December – Sunday 30 March

Mehwish Iqbal

Submergence

Fairfield City Museum & Gallery
Saturday 2 November – Saturday 1 March

Group Show

Tender

Fairfield City Museum & Gallery
Saturday 16 November – Saturday 25 January

Catherine Nelson

Riverbound

Michael Reid Gallery
Thursday 5 December – Thursday 9 January

Kate Newby

Hours in wind, 2024

Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
Thursday 29 August – Thursday 4 September

Julie Mehretu

A Transcore of the Radical Imaginatory

Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
Friday 29 November – Sunday 27 April

Julie Rrap

Past Continuous

Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
Friday 28 June – Sunday 23 February

Isaac Julien

Once Again... (Statues Never Die)

Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
Friday 27 September – Sunday 16 February

Group Show

Primavera 2024: Young Australian Artists

Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
Friday 30 August – Monday 27 January

Hayv Kahraman

Bodies of Water

Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
Sunday 1 December – Sunday 16 March

Group Show

MCA Collection: Artists in Focus

Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
Saturday 23 November – Monday 27 January

Group Show

Works on Paper

Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery
Friday 6 December – Saturday 25 January

Kaylene Whiskey

Indulkana Soup

Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery
Friday 6 December – Saturday 25 January

Group Show

IMMORTAL

Saint Cloche
Wednesday 11 December – Saturday 25 January

James Erskine

Archer, Mali and Me

Liverpool Street Gallery
Thursday 12 December – Tuesday 21 January

Group Show

Borrowed Landscapes

Mosman Art Gallery
Saturday 19 October – Sunday 2 February

Group Show

This Is How We Love

Mosman Art Gallery
Saturday 19 October – Sunday 2 February

Jennifer Blau

In Profile

Mosman Art Gallery
Saturday 9 November – Sunday 2 February

Group Show

Summer Group Exhibition

Olsen Gallery
Monday 9 December – Saturday 1 February

Tamara Henderson

Slug in the Mug

Artspace
Friday 25 October – Sunday 5 January

Shireen Taweel

Cosmographic

Artspace
Friday 25 October – Sunday 5 January

Yang Xifa

The Divine World

Vermilion Art
Thursday 28 November – Saturday 18 January

Danish Quapoor

redux

Firstdraft
Friday 6 December – Saturday 18 January

Nicole Clift and Nicholas Hanisch

maelstrom

Firstdraft
Friday 6 December – Saturday 18 January

Tia Madden

Some Sort of Notation

Firstdraft
Friday 6 December – Saturday 18 January

Group Show

20th-century galleries

Art Gallery of New South Wales
Sunday 1 December – Monday 1 December

The 20th-century galleries in the refurbished 1972 wing of the Art Gallery of New South Wales’ south building, now known as Naala Nura, showcase works from our Australian and international collections, highlighting the connections and distinctions between local artists and broader global developments over some of the most tumultuous, exciting and innovative decades in art and human history.

The galleries on the ground level focus on works from the first half of the 20th century, while those on the floor below are mostly from the 1960s to the end of the century. Broadly chronological, the displays reveal varied artistic responses to complex conditions of the modern era, and also demonstrate how the art of the past continues to resonate in our present.

Above all, the selection and juxtaposition of artworks seek to follow the lead of artists, whose diverse perspectives transcend both chronology and borders, as they relate open-spirited stories of art. Works by Aboriginal artists emerge throughout as crucial catalysts, helping to reframe Australian history and its global connections, its deep past and its manifold futures. Highlights include the Pukumani grave posts created by Tiwi artists in 1958, and a 1977 painting by seminal Papunya artist Kaapa Tjampitjinpa.

International moderns such as Pablo Picasso join Australian icons Grace Crowley, Russell Drysdale, Sidney Nolan and Roland Wakelin, and later the stellar global mix includes Rosalie Gascoigne, Sol LeWitt and Frank Stella. Key works by Asian artists such as Xiao Lu appear along with major works by artists from our immediate neighbourhood, such as the vibrant suite of drawings from Papua New Guinean collective Haus Yuriyal.

Major historical moving-image works such as The story of the Kelly Gang 1906 connect with other artforms, while experimental films by leading figures such as Len Lye reveal the interdisciplinary shift in artists’ practices over the century.

A crowd favourite in Sydney sculptor Ken Unsworth’s Suspended stone circle II features in the double-height atrium.

Location

Art Gallery of New South Wales
Art Gallery Road, Sydney NSW 2000

Date

Sunday 1 December – Monday 1 December

Save to Calendar

Google

Website

https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/20th-century-galleries/

All exhibition content on this website has been sourced from the exhibiting gallery’s website or provided by other art enthusiasts. We do not own or seek to own any of this material. If you are concerned about any misuse of your content, please let us know here.

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