Est. 1974, February 2024 Art Almanac

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Art Almanac

Est. 1974

AUSTRALIA’S MONTHLY GUIDE TO GALLERIES, NEWS AND AWARDS

February 2024 $8.00

Perth Festival | Ann Thomson | Melbourne Art Fair

Air Orchids On Display, mixed media on watercolour paper, 180 × 127 cm

ZOE ELLENBERG Birdsong February 24 to March 9, 2024

29 Tedder Avenue, Main Beach QLD Ph: 07 5561 1166 M: 0417 707 326 [email protected] www.antheapolsonart.com.au

Art Almanac

February 2024

We acknowledge and pay our respects to the many Aboriginal nations across this land, traditional custodians, Elders past and present; in particular the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the traditional owners of the land on which we work.

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Cover Kiki Smith, Magnolia Editions, Earth, 2012 National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased in celebration of the National Gallery of Australia’s 40th anniversary, 2022 © the artist Courtesy the artist, Pace Gallery, New York/London/Seoul/ Hong Kong/Geneva/Los Angeles/Tokyo and National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra Read more on page 33.

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MOROCCO ART TOURS 2024/2025 Photography with TOM GOLDNER 31 August – 14 September 2024 Drawing with RITA LAZAUSKAS 31 August – 14 September 2024 Jewellery with MARCUS FOLEY & DORE STOCKHAUSEN 22 September – 6 October 2024 Textiles with RACHAELDAISY DODD 3 – 17 May 2025 Painting with JUDE RAE 27 September – 11 October 2025 Printmaking with MARTIN KING 18 October – 1 November 2025

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Art in Australia Art News – Art Almanac team

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Donna Marcus, Radiate – Louise Martin-Chew Ann Thomson – Victoria Hynes

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What’s on near me – Art Almanac team

Art & Industry Artist Opportunities and Awards 39 Art Auction Houses 45 Submissions and Proposals 46 Studio Spaces 46 Materials 47 Services 48 Consultants and Valuers 50 Member Organisations 50 Training 51

What’s On Gallery Index 52 Melbourne 58 Victoria 78 Sydney 88 New South Wales 107 Australian Capital Territory Tasmania 122 South Australia 126 Western Australia 131 Northern Territory 137 Queensland 140 Artist Index 151

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Letter from the Editor We seldom pre-select the themes for our issues. Sometimes the issues tell us themselves during production, and this issue is one of them. Art is creative, obviously. It is unpredictable, transforming, renewing. Here, exhibitions inform us of matters past and present; they predict and create future worlds, and above all, they ask us to think. Some look inward to discover, acknowledge or celebrate history and tradition, culture and identity. All are appreciated for their style, technique, and beauty. We hope you enjoy this extensive guide and somewhat mini archive of art on view this month in the 2024 Australian art calendar. Melissa Peša

Editor’s choice Heidi Axelsen and Hugo Moline The Dance of the Remediators The Lock-Up Until 11 February 2024 New South Wales The Dance of the RemediatorsLVDVLWHVSHFLíFH[KLELWLRQE\1HZFDVWOHEDVHGDUWLVWVDQG collaborators Heidi Axelsen and Hugo Moline. It is an archive of a possible future; a materialised dream sequence recalling coal’s long photosynthetic memory. This work prototypes earnest and absurd devices, gentle megastructures, and everyday actions, for remaking the world through care, play, wonder and hope. The Dance of the RemediatorsWHOOVDQLPDJLQDWLYHVWRU\DERXWDIXWXUH1HZFDVWOHZKHUHFKLOGUHQ KDYHULVHQWRWKHFKDOOHQJHSRVHGE\WKHFOLPDWHFULVLV,QWKLVíFWLRQDOQDUUDWLYHWKHFKLOGUHQ conspire to dismantle coal infrastructure. The Lock-Up serves as their headquarters, where they can reside and take refuge in cubby house structures as they contemplate – can we salvage the future?

Heidi Axelsen and Hugo Moline, The Dance of the Remediators, 2023, process image &RXUWHV\WKHDUWLVWVDQG7KH/RFN8S1HZ6RXWK:DOHV

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13 February – 15 June 2024 Cora-Allan Brook Garru Andrew Atong Atem Sonja Carmichael and Elisa Jane Carmichael Stephanie Comilang and Simon Speiser Latent Community Shivanjani Lal Napolean Oui Lisa Reihana Teho Ropeyarn Katerina Teaiwa Jasmine Togo-Brisby

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Tommy Salmon

Jennifer Taranto

Van Xavier

Rory Garland

Group Show • Artists in Residence 3 – 29 February 2024 • Opening night Saturday 3 February 4–8pm Featuring works by:

Jennifer Taranto • Tommy Salmon • Van Xavier • Rory Garland 71 High Street, Prahran 3181 www.midnightinparis.com.au • 03 9510 9312 FB/Insta @midnightinparisprahran

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Art news Linda Tegg, Adjacent Field, MilanLQVWDOODWLRQYLHZ Courtesy the artist and Perth Festival, Western Australia

Perth Festival Returning to Western Australia’s capital, from 9 February to 3 March, Perth Festival brings a range of art, performances, and activities to the city – this year, under the theme of ‘Ngaangk’ – our star, the sun and also the Noongar term for mother. Ideas of light and perception punctuate this year’s visual arts program. Across galleries and VLWHVSHFLíFSURMHFWVDUWLVWVDVNDXGLHQFHVWRFRQVLGHUVXVWDLQDELOLW\JURZWKDQGQRXULVKPHQW DQGWKHWHQVLRQEHWZHHQKHDWnVFUHDWLYHDQGGHVWUXFWLYHSRZHU)URPDQHPSW\VKRSSLQJDUFDGH WUDQVIRUPHGLQWRDQRWKHUZRUOGO\UHDOPWRLQWLPDWHJODVVZRUNVLOOXPLQDWLQJDFDWDVWURSKLF JOREDOQDUUDWLYHDUWLVWVORRNRXWZDUGVDQGGHHSZLWKLQWREULQJFKDOOHQJLQJKXPDQVWRULHVLQWR WKHGLUHFWOLJKWRIGD\DQGDFNQRZOHGJH1JDDQJNnVHIIHFWRQWKHQDWXUDOHQYLURQPHQW Highlights include WetlandE\/LQGD7HJJZKRZRUNLQJZLWK1RRQJDUHOGHU9LYLHQQH+DQVHQ uses a living plant installation to turn Carillon City’s basement food court into an expansive ZHWODQG7KHGLVXVHGVSDFHRI&DULOORQ&LW\DOVREHFRPHVDQDEVWUDFWWLPHSLHFHZLWK5HEHFFD Baumann’s intervention in Light Event(QJDJLQJZLWKLGHDVRIWHPSRUDOLW\DQGSHUPDQHQFH Light EventFKDQJHVDQGLQWHUDFWVZLWKWKHVSDFHWKURXJKWKHDSSOLFDWLRQRIGLFKURLFíOPRQWKH LFRQLFDWULXPZLQGRZ7KHVSDFHVKLIWVDQGFKDQJHVZLWKWKHPRYHPHQWRIWKHVXQFUHDWLQJ FRORXUHGVKDIWVRIOLJKWWKDWîRRGWKHEXLOGLQJDQGWUDFNWKHGD\$QGDW-RKQ&XUWLQ*DOOHU\ Robert Fielding and Susan Flavell individually explore their deep connection to place and the need to protect our environment. Both artists’ practices take discarded material to make hybrid FUHDWLRQVUHPLQGLQJXVWKDWZHGLVUHJDUGFRXQWU\QDWXUHDQGVSLULWDWRXURZQSHULO perthfestival.com.au Art news 15

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Melbourne Art Fair From 22 to 25 February, the now annual Melbourne Art Fair (MAF) will transform the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre into a microcosm of the nation’s contemporary art scene, showcasing the work of artists from sixty leading commercial galleries and Indigenous art centres across Australia alongside a broader program of large-scale installations, video works, performances, and conversations responding to this year’s theme: ‘Ketherba/Together’, a Boon Wurrung word used to express togetherness, difference and hope for the future. Participating galleries include: Melbourne’s Alcaston Gallery, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Arts Projects Australia, Blackartprojects, cbOne, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Daine Singer, Jacob Hoerner Galleries, James Makin Gallery, Kalli Rolfe Contemporary Art, MARS Gallery, Neon Parc, Niagara Galleries, Nicholas Thompson Gallery, Sophie Gannon Gallery, Sutton Gallery, Tolarno Galleries, Vivien Anderson Gallery, and William Mora Galleries, who will be exhibiting alongside commercial galleries from other states, including Sydney’s Arthouse Gallery, CHALK HORSE, The Commercial, Darren Knight Gallery, Gallery 9, Gallery Sally Dan-Cuthbert, Nanda\Hobbs, Martin Browne Contemporary, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Vermilion Art, and Wagner Contemporary; Hobart’s Despard Gallery, Adelaide’s GAGPROJECTS, and Perth’s Art Collective WA and MOORE CONTEMPORARY, and Brisbane’s Jan Murphy Gallery; as well as interstate and international galleries 1301SW/ Starkwhite, Fox Jensen, OLSEN Gallery, STATION, Sullivan+Strumpf, and Yavuz Gallery.

Virginia Leonard, Saturday Night Rolls Around At Queen Marys, 2023, clay, lustre and resin, 63 × 53cm Photograph: Cameron Gibb Courtesy the artist and Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney

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Jess Johnson, Electric CitizenSHQíEUHWLSSHGPDUNHUV acrylic paint, and gouache on paper, 105.5 × 75cm (paper size), 111.8 × 75cm (framed) Courtesy the artist and Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney

Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori, Dibirdibi Country, 2011, synthetic polymer paint on linen, 198 × 455cm © The Estate of Sally Gabori Courtesy The Estate of Sally Gabori and Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne

The Fair has also always looked to be a platform for new and emerging galleries. This year’s crop includes Sydney’s COMA and N.Smith Gallery, Melbourne’s Five Walls, ReadingRoom and Void_ Melbourne, and Brisbane’s The Renshaws, among others. First Nations art will be well represented as part of the William Mora Indigenous Art Centre Program. Moa Arts from Mua in Mualgal Country/Moa Island, Munupi Arts & Crafts Association from the Pirlangimpi Community on Melvelle Island, Papunya Tjupi Arts from Papunya, and Wik & Kugu Arts Centre from Aurukun are among the leading art centres exhibiting. A Fair highlight includes the unveiling of the 2024 Melbourne Art Foundation Commission, with artist Julie Rrap revealing a new sculptural piece titled SOMOS (Standing On My Own Shoulders). 7KHEURQ]HíJXUDWLYHZRUNIHDWXUHVWZROLIHVL]HFDVWVRI5UDSnVRZQERG\ZLWKRQHíJXUH supporting the other on its shoulders. The artist remarks, “While SOMOS echoes the ‘heroic’ WUDGLWLRQRIEURQ]HíJXUDWLYHVFXOSWXUHLWVXEYHUWVWKDWKLVWRU\E\UHSUHVHQWLQJDQROGHUIHPDOH body traditionally rendered invisible.” The Fair also broadens it’s program with four distinct pillars: VIDEO, BEYOND, LIVE and PROJECT ROOMS. Curated by Tamsin Hong from London’s Serpentine Gallery, VIDEO showcases PRYLQJLPDJHDUWIURPQHZDQGLFRQLFFRQWHPSRUDU\DUWLVWVDWWKHIRUHRIGLJLWDOZRUNV6KHOOH\ McSpedden, Senior Curator of the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, curates BEYOND, IRXUODUJHVFDOHLQVWDOODWLRQVDQGVSDWLDOLQWHUYHQWLRQV$QDGRU:DOVK'LUHFWRURI3HUIRUPDQFH Review, curates LIVEDSURJUDPFRPSULVLQJERXQGDU\SXVKLQJSHUIRUPDQFHDQGPXOWLPHGLD works – new commissions from emerging Australian performance artists, while PROJECT ROOMSSUHVHQWHGE\$OSKDLVDQRQFRPPHUFLDOSODWIRUPIRUWKLVH[SHULPHQWDWLRQ welcoming Gertrude Contemporary (Naarm/Melbourne) and Firstdraft (Gadigal Country/ Sydney) with the presentation of performance and multimedia artists. Finally, CONVERSATIONS is a comprehensive and eclectic program of talks and panels with artists, gallerists, curators, collectors, architects, critics, and cultural luminaries discussing the future of art and its relationship to interdisciplinary practices and the contemporary world. melbourneartfair.com.au

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MONA FOMA MONA FOMA wrangles over 500 artists and performers from TextaQueen to Queens of the Stone Age in seventeen days of confessed “summer mayhem” across Tasmania’s nipaluna/Hobart and Launceston, from 15 February to 2 March. Highlights include Nigerian multi-sensory artist Emeka Ogboh, who continues his global conversation on migration and belonging with Boats, an immersive work revolving around gin; Australian multi-disciplinary artist Justin Shoulder’s performance work Anito draws on the Philippine folk tale of the balete tree (Ficus Indica), the dwelling place for supernatural beings, and creates his own future space of storytelling with elaborately costumed performers transforming into “creatures”: hybrids between animal, plant, human and machine; and Taiwanese visual artist Yahon Chang uses a KXPDQVL]HEUXVKRQDYDVWîRRUFDQYDVWR create his work, a performance that combines calligraphy, art, meditation, kung fu and tai chi. ‘ƒˆ‘ƒǤ‡–Ǥƒ— Yahon Chang at work Photograph: Wei-Tsan Liu Courtesy MONA FOMA, Tasmania

Flinders Fringe The 2024 Flinders Fringe program includes a lineup of artists, performers and entertainers delivering cabaret, jazz, singalongs, exhibitions, literary lunches, First Nations workshops, sculpture, nature walks, ocean dancing, the chance to paint a wooden shorebird and much more at various venues across Flinders in Melbourne’s Mornington Peninsula from 23 to 25 February. A visual art highlight is Australian-Colombian artist Joshua Searle’s two exhibitions curated by Emily McCulloch Childs: STOLEN GOLD in monochrome at Cook Street Collective from 19 February to 10 March and STOLEN GOLD at Flinders Hotel Quarters from 8 to 25 February – Searle examines and unpacks preColumbian artefacts encountered through texts held in museum collections (including the British Museum) as a means to further understand his own diasporic history and identity. ϐŽ‹†‡”•ˆ”‹‰‡Ǥ…‘Ǥƒ— Joshua Searle with artworks Photograph: Noa Smith Fletcher Courtesy Flinders Fringe, Melbourne

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The lost printmakers Melbourne’s Print Guild Gallery opened in 1984 as a permanent exhibition space for printmakers with consigned work. Fifty years later, an enormous DPRXQWRIZRUNKDVFRPHWKURXJKWKHLUGRRUV however, with limited gallery space, they were stored off-site in a building recently sold and cleared. Three KXQGUHGDQGíIW\IROLRVZHUHPRYHGRXWWRRZQHU Margie’s front room), and the challenging task of locating and contacting the artists to return work began. Old addresses and redundant landlines led the hunt online and to social media. Around 200 artists have been found. Gratitude and amazement greeted the returned forgotten work of younger VHOYHVDQGRWKHUVZHUHKDSS\WRKDYHZRUNUHKRPHG VDGO\VRPHKDGSDVVHG2QHKXQGUHGDQGíIW\ SULQWPDNHUVVWLOOQHHGWREHIRXQGSOHDVHVSUHDGWKH word. See ads pages 64 and 65. pggallery.com.au Margie Burnet, Fiona James and Irene Torres outside PG Gallery Courtesy PG Gallery, Melbourne

A Sun Dance The National Gallery of Australia presents a new performance commission by artist Rochelle Haley. At the core of the work is a relationship between dancer, sunlight, and architecture. Conceived in relation to the design of the original National Gallery building, shafts of sunlight streaming through architectural forms provide changing sets for dance over the course of a single day – 24 February. Three cycles marked by morning, midday and afternoon sun provide opportunities for audiences to orientate themselves within the structure of the work. The performance, developed over different seasons, GUDZVLQîXHQFHIURPWKHIHHORIVXQRQVNLQWKH WHPSRUDOSDVVDJHRIVXQWRHDUWKWKHJHRPHWULHVRIWKH DUFKLWHFWXUHWKHKXPRIWKHEXLOGLQJDQGDUFKLWHFW&RO Madigan’s observation of light “dancing” through the gallery. nga.gov.au/exhibitions/a-sun-dance Rochelle Haley, A Sun Dance (work in development, November 2023) Commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra 2023 Dancer pictured: Angela Goh Photograph: Leanne Mason Courtesy the artist and National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra

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Featured exhibitions

Donna Marcus Radiate

By Louise Martin-Chew

“. . . a whole raft of new ideas” Donna Marcus’ survey exhibition Radiate at the Gold Coast’s HOTA Gallery does just that. Her use of recycled aluminium kitchenware is transformed into a biographical sketch in this exhibition, prefaced with the SS Gabo. This ship was the home of Marcus’ mother Thora as a child, progressively dismantled and sold as salvage. It’s a family story that has hovered in her imagination for decades, but has resonated particularly strongly in the last ten years. For Radiate, her own GABO, 2022–23, is eight large works constructed from aluminium which emit simmering light and tension behind their black forms.