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.

October 2024

Random. Occasionally, Art Almanac steps into the artist’s studio to gain a better understanding of their creative practice, their technique, their thought process, and their daily routine. Too often, in the background, the radio is playing the latest tunes, or the stereo is blasting a preselected soundtrack. Soft melodies to thrashing beats penetrate the thick smell of oil paints or burning kilns. Two artforms collide. Music plays a large part in motivating, influencing and nurturing one’s creativity whether you’re an artist, curator, arts writer or editor, or anybody really. Personally, every issue, the information collated, written and polished for print, is steered by a particular album, by songs that evoke memories, arouse and engender emotions, and regulate workflow. From artmaking to art writing to art reading to art viewing, what’s on your playlist?
This issue was brought to you by Pearl Jam’s Ten.

– Melissa Peša, Editor

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Art Almanac is Australia’s leading monthly guide to “what’s on” in the arts: exhibitions, events, workshops, open studios, art awards, artist opportunities, and art services. Our OCTOBER print issue includes $730k in art prizes/funding, 420+ galleries, and 890+ artists, including our cover artist Hiroshi Sugimoto.

Contents

Art in Australia

News:
Lismore regional Gallery reopens
Tarnanthi Art Fair online
Banyule Open Studios
OzAsia Festival
Lindy Lee’s Ouroboros
Liveworks Festival
Canberra Art Biennial
Personal Structures: Beyond Boundaries
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi

Featured Book:
The World According to David Hockney – Emma-Kate Wilson

Featured Exhibitions:
Generation Clay: Reimagining Asian Heritage – Tahney Fosdike
Sarah Contos: Eye Lash Horizon – Dr Joseph Brennan

What’s on near me:
Enjoy our curated selection of must-see exhibitions across Australia this month

 

Art & Industry

Artist Opportunities
Awards
Art Auction Houses
Submissions and Proposals
Materials
Services
Consultants and Valuers
Member Organisations
Training

What’s On

Gallery Index
Melbourne
Victoria
Sydney
New South Wales
Australian Capital Territory
Tasmania
South Australia
Western Australia
Northern Territory
Queensland
Artist Index

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Cover image:
Hiroshi Sugimoto, Conceptual Forms 0003 Dini’s surface: a surface of constant negative curvature obtained by twisting a pseudosphere, 2004, gelatin silver print
© the artist
Courtesy the artist and Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney