Sydney

Sydney art galleries and their DECEMBER 2024 | JANUARY 2025 exhibition schedules are listed below, grouped by region. For listings in other Australian states please use the What’s On menu above.


CBD,  The Rocks

Art Gallery of New South Wales
⚲ Map
Art Gallery Road, Sydney 2000.
(02) 9225-1744, 1800-679-278.
www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au
Admission charges apply to some exhibitions.
Daily 10.00 to 5.00.
To Feb 9, 2025 Magritte – an in-depth retrospective featuring more than 100 works, most of which have never before been seen in Australia. It journeys from the artist’s first avant-garde explorations and commercial works in the 1920s, to his groundbreaking contributions to surrealism, his surprising provocations of the 1940s, and the renowned paintings of his final years, before his death in 1967.

René Magritte, The false mirror (Le faux miroir), 1929

René Magritte, The false mirror (Le faux miroir), 1929. Museum of Modern Art, New York, 133.1936. © Copyright Agency, Sydney 2024. Photograph: © The Museum of Modern Art, New York/Scala, Florence 2024. Courtesy Art Gallery of New South Wales

To June 15, 2025 Nusra Latif Qureshi: Birds in Far Pavilions. This exhibition traces Qureshi’s 30-year career from her early paintings in Lahore, in which she began to reimagine traditional forms, to their zenith beyond the page and into 3D sculpture with a new commissioned installation.
To Sept 2025 Lee Ufan: Quiet Resonance. Within spaces designed by the artist, this exhibition by Lee Ufan distils over six decades of considered experimentation into a series of recent paintings and sculptures created especially for the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Ufan’s sparing use of simple materials, including stone, steel and canvas, has a quiet force that encourages contemplation and consideration of the physical and intellectual self in relation to the work.
Nov 30 to April 13, 2025 Cao Fei: My City is Yours 曹斐:欢迎登陆. In the largest exhibition of her work ever seen in Australia, Cao Fei (pronounced tsow fay) brings the energy of the contemporary metropolis into the Art Gallery of New South Wales with a retrospective that includes two new commissions.

China Cultural Centre in Sydney
⚲ Map
Level 1, 151 Castlereagh Street, Sydney 2000.
(02) 8228-3050.
info@cccsydney.org
cccsydney.org
Mon–Fri 10.00 to 1.00 and 2.00 to 5.00.
Opening times vary depending on events, classes and public holidays; please stay informed via our social media and website.

The Garden Gallery, Royal Botanic Garden Sydney
⚲ Map
Mrs Macquaries Road, Sydney 2000.
botanicgardens.org.au/venues-and-lawns/all-venues-and-lawns/garden-gallery
Free entry.
Daily 10.00 to 4.00.
Dec 7 to 18 (opening Sat Dec 7, 1–4pm) Old Country New Sky by Thom Muir – a showing of works in oils, inks and aerosols of the Sydney coastline and its native wildlife. Sydney’s coast becomes a character herself, as do her inhabitants, with the animals as spirits of exuberant life. The pictures are naive and tactile, they capture the experience of the artist and the transmission of the moment from the hand as a rip chord to the now; the world of the rock pools, the birds and the bush hum with the breath of eternity and the spirit of youth.

Thoma Muir, Bush turkey 2

Thom Muir, Bush turkey 2, 2024, ink, aerosol and conté on cotton paper, 103 × 66cm. Courtesy the artist

Thom Muir, Pink coast to swallow the setting sun, 2024

Thom Muir, Pink coast to swallow the setting sun, 2024, oil and aerosol on plyboard, 120 × 89.9cm. Courtesy the artist

The Ken Done Gallery
⚲ Map
1 Hickson Road, The Rocks 2000.
(02) 8274-4500.
gallery@done.com.au
www.kendone.com.au
Daily 10.00 to 5.00.
The Ken Done Gallery is pleased and proud to share with you the fact that our space has been open at 1 Hickson Road in The Rocks for 30 years this year. In celebration, we are showcasing some of Ken Done’s most familiar subjects on both large and small canvases and several works on paper, some of which have not previously been exhibited. Done embraces his signature colours and quintessential style in this captivating body of work. From the paintings in this collection, one can readily observe the evolution of his practice over this 30-year period.
Done’s new publication Poems from Home is available for sale in the gallery shop along with limited edition prints and art-related products, including four mini books published by Thames & Hudson, themed on the reef, the beach, Sydney and the outback.

Korean Cultural Centre Australia Gallery
⚲ Map
Ground Floor, 255 Elizabeth Street, Sydney 2000.
(02) 8267-3400.
info@koreanculture.org.au
www.koreanculture.org.au
Mon–Fri 10.00 to 6.00.
To Jan 17, 2025 Korea-Australia Arts Foundation (KAAF) Art Prize finalists’ show.

Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA)
⚲ Map
140 George Street, The Rocks 2000.
www.mca.com.au
Mon, Wed–Sun 10.00 to 5.00. Closed Tues.
Visit website for full exhibition program.
To Jan 27, 2025 Primavera 2024: Young Australian Artists – Teresa Busuttil (SA), Chun Yin Rainbow Chan (VIC), Aidan Hartshorn (ACT), Monica Rani Rudhar (NSW), and Sarah Ujmaia (VIC).

Monica Rani Rudhar, Earrings That My Mother Kept For Me

Monica Rani Rudhar, Earrings That My Mother Kept For Me, 2024, installation view, Primavera 2024: Young Australian Artists, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 2024, terracotta, glaze, lustre, steel chain, brass wire. © the artist. Photograph: Zan Wimberley. Courtesy the artist and Museum of Contemporary Art Australia

Museum of Sydney
⚲ Map
Cnr Phillip and Bridge streets, Sydney 2000.
(02) 9251-5988.
mhnsw.au
Free entry.
Daily 10.00 to 5.00. Closed Good Friday and Christmas Day.
The Museum presents a diverse program of exhibitions and events.

S.H. Ervin Gallery
⚲ Map
National Trust of Australia (NSW), Watson Road, Observatory Hill, The Rocks 2000.
(02) 9258-0173.
sheg@nationaltrust.com.au
www.shervingallery.com.au
Tues–Sun 11.00 to 5.00.
Gallery closed Dec 16 to Jan 3, 2025, inclusive.
To Dec 15 Portia Geach Memorial Award.
The Portia Geach Memorial Award is Australia’s most prestigious art prize for portraiture by women artists. The $30,000 non-acquisitive award for a portrait painted by an Australian female artist is awarded by the Trustee for the entry which is of the highest artistic merit. The finalist exhibition presents the work of 58 artists from across the country and has been important in nurturing and celebrating the contribution of female artists.

Lori Pensini, The Conversation #3

Lori Pensini, The Conversation #3, oil on raw linen. Winner, 2024 Portia Geach Memorial Award. Courtesy the artist and S.H. Ervin Gallery

Jan 4 to March 3, 2025 Peter Godwin: Space, Light and Time.
This survey exhibition focuses on Peter Godwin’s prints and paintings from 2000–2025, in which he has honed a distinctive, painterly language that immerses us in new worlds. The worlds of Godwin are ever-changing and allusive. Godwin recalls places, images and objects into his evocative compositions. Over the last 25 years he has distilled and refined his use of light, space and time to create atmospheric paintings and prints that push the potential of an image. Presented in association with Orange Regional Gallery. Exhibition publication supported by the Gordon Darling Foundation.

Peter Godwin, Studio interior with Eastern Grass Owl

Peter Godwin, Studio interior with Eastern Grass Owl, 2022, tempera emulsion and oil on linen, 153 × 153cm. Courtesy the artist and S.H. Ervin Gallery

State Library of NSW
⚲ Map
Cnr Shakespeare Place and Macquarie Street, Sydney 2000.
(02) 9273-1414.
www.sl.nsw.gov.au/galleries
Free entry.
Exhibition Galleries: Mon–Thurs 9.00 to 8.00, Fri 9.00 to 5.00, Sat–Sun 10.00 to 5.00.
Visit the website for full exhibition program.
To Dec 28 Paintings from the Collection. More than 300 original artworks from the Library’s unique collection of landscape and portrait paintings on permanent public display.

Wentworth Gallery
⚲ Map
175 Pitt Street, Sydney 2000.
www.wentworthgalleries.com.au
Daily 10.00 to 5.30 (Sun call to confirm).
Dec 5 to 12 (opening Sat Dec 7, 4pm) Into The Wild by Jonathan Gemmell.


Chippendale, Central

Carriageworks
⚲ Map
245 Wilson Street, Eveleigh 2015.
(02) 8571-9099.
info@carriageworks.com.au
carriageworks.com.au
Wed–Sun 10.00 to 5.00.

4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art
181–187 Hay Street, Haymarket 2000.
Wed–Sun 11.00 to 5.00. Closed Mon and during installation periods.

UTS Gallery
Level 4, 702 Harris Street, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo 2007.
Mon–Fri 11.00 to 4.00.

Verge Gallery
Jane Foss Russell Plaza, University of Sydney, City Road, Darlington 2050.
Mon–Wed and Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Thurs 10.00 to 7.00, Sat by appointment.

White Rabbit Gallery
⚲ Map
30 Balfour Street (near Central Station), Chippendale 2008.
(02) 8399-2867.
www.whiterabbitcollection.org
Wed–Sun 10.00 to 5.00.
Dec 18 to May 18, 2025 XSWL – group show. Play has a dark side which frequently makes waves in popular entertainment, video games, and media. Art, too, becomes an arena for toying with taboo themes and pushing social boundaries to their limits. Through their tongue-in-cheek creations, the artists in XSWL shatter once-innocent veneers, warning us that it’s all fun and games . . . until someone loses an eye.

Nabuqi, A View Beyond Space No. 5

Nabuqi, A View Beyond Space No. 5, 2015, stainless steel, paint, 221 × 155 × 17.5cm. Courtesy the artist and White Rabbit Gallery


East Sydney

APY Gallery Sydney
⚲ Map
45 Burton Street, Darlinghurst 2010.
(02) 9368-1173.
sydneygallery@apyacc.com
www.apygallery.com
Tues–Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat 10.00 to 4.00.
The APY Galleries in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide are a collective of Indigenous-owned art centres who exhibit and celebrate the work of early-career artists from the APY Lands, regional South Australia and Adelaide. Through a dynamic, monthly exhibition program, the APY Galleries showcase a range of artistic mediums, including paintings, ceramics, traditional punu (wood) carvings, weaving, textiles, new media, and photography.

Arthouse Gallery
⚲ Map
66 McLachlan Avenue, Rushcutters Bay 2011.
(02) 9332-1019.
contact@arthousegallery.com.au
www.arthousegallery.com.au
Tues–Fri 9.30 to 6.00, Sat 10.00 to 5.00.
Dec 5 to 21, 30 Years of Arthouse. Over the past 30 years, Arthouse Gallery has established itself as one of the leading contemporary art galleries in Australia. Under the Directorship of Ali Yeldham, Arthouse Gallery currently boasts over 40 artists in their stable, and will be celebrating their 30th anniversary in December with a major exhibition showcasing artists in the collective.
Gallery closed Dec 21, re-opening in the New Year with the exhibition continuing until the end of Jan 2025.

Arthouse Gallery, Sydney, 2022

Arthouse Gallery, Sydney, 2022. Courtesy Arthouse Gallery

Artspace
⚲ Map
43–51 Cowper Wharf Road, Woolloomooloo 2011.
(02) 9356-0555.
artspace@artspace.org.au
www.artspace.org.au
Tues–Sun 11.00 to 5.00.
To Jan 5, 2025 Tamara Henderson: Slug in the Mug – delves deep into Tamara Henderson’s interest in alchemy, Earth systems, and symbolic and material transformations. In this project, the artist turns her attention to those unsung heroes of the ecosystem – earthworms. Curated by Katie Dye.

Curatorial+Co.
Shop G01/02, 80 William Street, Woolloomooloo 2011.
Mon–Fri 9.30 to 5.30, Sat 10.00 to 5.00. Closed Sun.

Dominik Mersch Gallery
1/75 McLachlan Avenue, Rushcutters Bay 2011.
Wed–Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat 12.00 to 5.00.

Firstdraft
⚲ Map
13–17 Riley Street, Woolloomooloo 2011.
info@firstdraft.org.au
firstdraft.org.au
Wed 11.00 to 8.00, Thurs–Sat 11.00 to 5.00 except during exhibition changeover.
Supporting emerging artists and bringing experimental practices to audiences since 1986.

Frances Keevil at Studio W
⚲ Map
6 Bourke Street, Woolloomooloo 2010.
0411-821-550.
frances@franceskeevil.com.au
www.franceskeevil.com.au
Wed–Sun 11.00 to 5.00.

Gallery 9
9 Darley Street, Darlinghurst 2010.
Wed–Sat 11.00 to 5.00, Sun–Tues by appointment.

Gallery Sally Dan-Cuthbert
20 McLachlan Avenue, Rushcutters Bay 2011.
Tues–Sat 10.00 to 5.00, Sun 12.00 to 4.00, or by appointment. Closed Mon and public holidays.

King Street Gallery on William
⚲ Map
177–185 William Street, Darlinghurst 2010.
(02) 9360-9727.
art@kingstreetgallery.com
kingstreetgallery.com.au
Tues–Sat 10.00 to 6.00, Sun–Mon by appointment.

Liverpool Street Gallery
⚲ Map
243a Liverpool Street, Darlinghurst 2010.
(02) 8353-7799.
info@liverpoolstgallery.com.au
www.liverpoolstgallery.com.au
Tues–Sat 10.00 to 6.00.

.M Contemporary
Number 8, 15–19 Boundary Street, Darlinghurst 2010.
Mon–Fri 9.00 to 5.00, Sat 10.00 to 4.00. Closed public holidays.

NAS Gallery
⚲ Map
156 Forbes Street, Darlinghurst 2010.
(02) 9339-8686.
nasgallery@nas.edu.au
nas.edu.au/nas-gallery
Free entry.
Mon–Sat 11.00 to 5.00.
Visit website for public holiday opening times.

National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA)
nava@visualarts.net.au
visualarts.net.au
NAVA is a membership organisation which brings together the many voices of the contemporary arts sector to improve fundamental conditions of work and practice.

Robin Gibson Gallery
⚲ Map
278 Liverpool Street, Darlinghurst 2010.
0481-331-669.
www.robingibson.net
Wed–Sat 11.00 to 6.00.
Nov 30 to Dec 21 Zoe Tweedale.
Gallery closed Dec 22 to Jan 27, 2025.

Stanley Street Gallery
⚲ Map
1/52–54 Stanley Street, Darlinghurst 2010.
(02) 9368-1142.
art@stanleystreetgallery.com.au
www.stanleystreetgallery.com.au
Directors: Merilyn Bailey and Liza Feeney.
Thurs–Sat 11.00 to 5.00 during exhibition dates.
To Dec 14 The World is My Playground by Jacquie Meng.
Also, So, this is Goodbye by Zorica Purlija, and Orders by Bobby Corica.

Jacquie Meng, I ♥ SYD

Jacquie Meng, I ♥ SYD, 2024, oil on canvas, 78 × 78cm. Photograph: Standish and Co. Courtesy the artist and Stanley Street Gallery

Zorica Purlija, Ocean Pool

Zorica Purlija, Ocean Pool, 2024, digital print from film on Baryta photo paper, 36 × 36cm. Photograph: COTA. Courtesy the artist and Stanley Street Gallery

Bobby Corica, Orders

Bobby Corica, Orders, 2024, silver and glass, 50cm. Photograph: Annika Kafcaloudis. Courtesy the artist and Stanley Street Gallery

STATION | Sydney
⚲ Map
91 Campbell Street, Surry Hills 2010.
(02) 9055-4688.
post@stationgallery.com.au
stationgallery.com.au
Tues–Sat 10.00 to 5.00.


Redfern, Surry Hills, Green Square

Aboriginal & Pacific Art
⚲ Map
1/24 Wellington Street, Waterloo 2017.
(02) 9699-2211.
info@aboriginalpacificart.com.au
www.aboriginalpacificart.com.au
Instagram: @aboriginalpacificart
Director: Gabriella Roy (member of ACGA).
Wed–Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat 11.00 to 5.00, Tues by appointment only.
Nov 27 to Dec 14 Bicycles by Alfonso Puautjimi, in association with Ngaruwanajirri Inc, Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu), Bathurst Island, Northern Territory.

Art Atrium
⚲ Map
12 Daniel Street, Botany 2019.
www.artatrium.com.au
Wed–Fri 12.00 to 5.00, Sat 12.00 to 4.00, or by appointment.

Art Leven (formerly Cooee Art)
⚲ Map
17 Thurlow Street, Redfern, Gadigal Land 2016.
(02) 9300-9233.
info@artleven.com
www.artleven.com
Tues–Sat 10.00 to 5.00.
Dec 14 to Jan 11, 2025 Gathul’puy – Belonging to the Mangroves – an exhibition of works from Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre.
Jan 18 to Feb 8, 2025 Now and Then – Warlayirti Artists – group show.

Artbank Sydney
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222 Young Street, Waterloo 2017.
www.artbank.gov.au
Mon–Fri by appointment.
For over 40 years, Artbank has supported Australia’s contemporary art sector with two core objectives: provide direct support to Australian contemporary artists through the acquisition of their work, and to promote the value of Australian contemporary art to the broader public. Visit the website to browse their collection and for scheduled exhibitions.

Blender Gallery
Shop 2, 682 Bourke Street, Redfern 2016.
Mon–Sat by appointment. Closed Sun.

Brett Whiteley Studio
⚲ Map
2 Raper Street, Surry Hills 2010.
www.brettwhiteley.org
The studio was the workplace and home of Australian artist Brett Whiteley (1939–1992). The gallery has changing exhibitions of the artist’s works: paintings, drawings, sculpture and graphics from the Brett Whiteley Studio, Art Gallery of New South Wales, and private collections.
Managed by the Art Gallery of NSW. The Brett Whiteley Studio is temporarily closed, re-opening in late 2025 to mark the museum’s 30th anniversary. During this time, a selection of Whiteley’s work is touring in the exhibition Brett Whiteley: Inside the Studio.

Brett Whiteley, Self portrait in the studio, 1976, oil, collage, hair on canvas, 200.5 × 259cm. Art Gallery of New South Wales, purchased 1977. © Wendy Whiteley/Copyright Agency. Courtesy Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Flinders Street Gallery
⚲ Map
61 Flinders Street, Surry Hills 2010.
www.flindersstreetgallery.com
Wed–Sat 11.00 to 6.00, or by appointment. See website for updated information before visiting.

PIERMARQ*
⚲ Map
23 Foster Street, Surry Hills 2010.
(02) 9188-8933.
info@piermarq.com.au
www.piermarq.com.au
Mon–Wed 9.00 to 5.00, Thurs–Sat 10.00 to 6.00.

Rogue Pop-up Gallery
⚲ Map
130 Regent Street, Gadigal Land/Redfern 2016.
0424-233-821, 0404-258-296.
diane@roguepopup.com.au
www.roguepopup.com.au
Director: Diane Larter.
Wed–Sat 11.00 to 6.00, Sun 11.00 to 5.00. Closed Mon–Tues.

Sabbia Gallery
⚲ Map
609 Elizabeth Street, Redfern 2016.
(02) 9361-6448.
gallery@sabbiagallery.com
www.sabbiagallery.com
Tues–Fri 11.00 to 6.00, Sat 11.00 to 4.00.
Dec 7 to Jan 18, 2025 Petrichor – Summer Salon.
Jan 29 to Feb 22, 2025 Holly Grace – New works in glass, and Rona Panangka Rubuntja – New works in ceramics.

Stella Downer Fine Art
⚲ Map
1/24 Wellington Street, Waterloo 2017.
info@stelladownerfineart.com.au
www.stelladownerfineart.com.au
Director: Stella Downer.
Tues–Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat 11.00 to 5.00.
To Dec 21 Into The Desert by Corinne Loxton.

Corinne Loxton, Dusk on the Ranges, 2024

Corinne Loxton, Dusk on the Ranges, 2024, oil on board, 30 × 60cm. Courtesy the artist and Stella Downer Fine Art

Sullivan+Strumpf | Sydney
⚲ Map
799 Elizabeth Street, Zetland 2017.
(02) 9698-4696.
art@sullivanstrumpf.com
www.sullivanstrumpf.com
Tues Sat 10.00 to 5.00, or by appointment.
To Dec 14 experimental idiocy by Glenn Barkley.

Glenn Barkley, Memorial Pot

Glenn Barkley, Memorial Pot, 2024, earthenware, 27 × 17 × 16cm. Photograph: Aaron Anderson. Courtesy the artist and Sullivan+Strumpf

Utopia Art Sydney
⚲ Map
983 Bourke Street, Waterloo 2017.
(02) 9319-6437.
art@utopiaartsydney.com.au
utopiaartsydney.com.au
Tues–Sat 10.00 to 5.00.
Nov 30 to Dec 21 Community XV works by the Papunya Tula Artists Community.
Gallery closed Dec 22 to Jan 28, 2025, for summer break.


Inner West

Annandale Galleries
⚲ Map
110 Trafalgar Street, Annandale 2038.
(02) 9552-1699.
info@annandalegalleries.com.au
www.annandalegalleries.com.au
Directors: Anne Gregory and Bill Gregory.
Wed–Sat 12.00 to 4.00.

Artereal Gallery
⚲ Map
747 Darling Street, Rozelle 2039.
(02) 9818-7473.
info@artereal.com.au
artereal.com.au
Thurs–Sat 11.00 to 5.00, or by appointment. Closed public holidays.

Articulate project space
497 Parramatta Road, Leichhardt 2040.
Fri–Sun 11.00 to 5.00.

Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative
⚲ Map
55–59 Flood Street, Leichhardt 2040.
(02) 9560-2541.
boomalliartgallery@gmail.com
www.boomalli.com.au
Tues–Sat 10.00 to 4.00. Closed Sun–Mon.
Feb 21 to April 12, 2025 (opening Fri Feb 21, 6pm) Black Family – Aboriginal Love.
This exhibition invites us to honour the deep connections that shape us – those who guide, support, and inspire us. It celebrates the strength and beauty in chosen family, where love, resilience, and belonging are found. In particular, it lifts up the Aboriginal Queer community, whose bonds are formed through shared experiences and a commitment to one another’s well-being. Whether through friends, mentors, or partners, these connections are our greatest sources of strength. Let’s take a moment to be grateful for the people who make us feel seen, heard, and valued. Curated by Nioka Lowe-Brennan.

Kyra Kum-Sing, Multitudes of Love. Courtesy the artist and Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative

Delmar Gallery
⚲ Map
144 Victoria Street, Ashfield 2131.
(02) 9581-6070.
delmargallery@trinity.nsw.edu.au
www.trinity.nsw.edu.au/community/delmar-gallery
Wed–Sun 12.00 to 5.00 during exhibitions.
To Dec 8 Symbiotic Ecologies – a creative response to the climate crisis featuring works by Ellen Dahl, Kath Fries, Talitha Kennedy, and Eduardo Wolfe-Alegria. Curated by Kath Fries.

80:20 artist agency
⚲ Map
377 Parramatta Road, Leichhardt 2040.
0458-891-575.
eightytwentyartistagency@yahoo.com
eightytwentyartistagency.blogspot.com
By appointment.
Dec 1 to Jan 31, 2025 Work in Process by William Seeto.

Glass Artists’ Gallery
⚲ Map
Level 2, 68 Glebe Point Road, Glebe 2037.
Tel/Fax (02) 9552-1552.
mail@glassartistsgallery.com.au
www.glassartistsgallery.com.au
Wed–Sat 11.00 to 5.00, or by appointment.

SCA Gallery
⚲ Map
Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney, Old Teachers Collage, Manning Road, Camperdown 2006.
(02) 8627-8965.
sca.gallery@sydney.edu.au
sydney.edu.au/sca
Mon–Fri 11.00 to 5.00, Sat 12.00 to 4.00.


Nth Sydney, Northern Beaches

Art Space on The Concourse
⚲ Map
409 Victoria Avenue, Chatswood 2067.
0401-638-501.
VisualArt@willoughby.nsw.gov.au
www.willoughby.nsw.gov.au/arts
Wed–Sun 11.00 to 5.00. Closed Mon–Tues and public holidays. Hours are subject to change, please check website.
Dec 4 to 22 Desert Journeys – Desert Calling – an exhibition of paintings and monoprints by Rena Czaplinska-Archer. The Australian desert confronts us all with its silent presence. Yet it also draws us in. As we let go of stories of who we are, what we know and what to expect, we gradually enter into a silent conversation with the vast horizons and intimate spaces. Desert becomes our teacher.
Jan 8 to 18, 2025 Suva to Sydney – a duo exhibition by Tym and Kevin Yee exploring the Yee clan’s immigration story to Australia. From humble beginnings in rural Guangzhou, China, to entrepreneurial migrants in Suva, Fiji, and finally to settled citizens in Sydney, the exhibition is deeply personal, yet also representative of an archetypal passage to a better life in Australia.
Jan 23 to Feb 23, 2025 Infrangible Matter; Tracing the Elements – this exhibition is inspired by the five elements or agents within traditional Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean cultures. The elements of Fire, Water, Wood, Metal and Earth inform cosmic cycles, the interior of the body and the natural world. Variations of these elements appear in the cultural heritages from across the globe, including Japanese “Godai,” Hinduism and Greek Mythology. Infrangible Matter; Tracing the Elements explores the five elements from a cross-cultural perspective. Artists in the exhibition draw from a variety of cultural roots to offer conceptual and poetic interpretations of the elements and how they can reflect deeper themes. Fire, Water, Wood, Metal and Earth become agents to address current reflections on colonisation, the environment, migration, personal ritual and more.

Ganbold Lundaa, Untitled, 2020

Ganbold Lundaa, Untitled, 2020, video still of conceptual performance. Video: Chinbold Lkhagvasuren. Courtesy the artist and Art Space on The Concourse

depart Art Gallery
⚲ Map
350 Pacific Highway, Lindfield 2070.
(02) 8958-1430.
departartgallery@gmail.com
www.departgallery.com.au
Emerging and veteran Australian artists.

Incinerator Art Space
⚲ Map
2a Small Street, Willoughby 2068.
0401-638-501.
VisualArt@willoughby.nsw.gov.au
www.willoughby.nsw.gov.au/arts
Temporarily closed.

M.C. & SHELLY Gallery
Shop 1, 934–936 Military Road, Mosman 2088.
Wed–Sat 10.30 to 4.30, Sun 10.30 to 2.00. Closed Mon–Tues.

Manly Art Gallery & Museum
⚲ Map
West Esplanade Reserve, Manly 2095.
(02) 9976-1421.
artgallery@northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au
magam.com.au
Free entry.
Tues–Sun 10.00 to 5.00.
Dec 13 to Feb 16, 2025 The Water Understands.
An exhibition interrogating water as a life-giving element – artists make work about it, scientists experiment with it, and poets write about it. It takes Ralph Waldo Emerson’s poem Water as a starting point. In the poem, Emerson imbues the element of water with subjective human experiences – understanding, heartbreak, wit, the ability to destroy, and alternatively the ability to enjoy pleasure. It is the understanding, or the water’s metaphorical ability to imbue us with knowledge, which is at the core of this exhibition – knowledge of the past, cultural knowledge, traditional knowledge, poetic knowledge, political knowledge, and aesthetic knowledge – knowledge systems which inform the artists and artworks in this exhibition.
Participating artists: Leah Bullen, Michael Cook, Tamara Dean, Keg de Souza, Shaun Gladwell, Phillip George, Gregory Hodge, Miguel Angelo Libarnes, Anna Madeleine Raupach, Doug Schofield, and Angela Tiatia.

Douglas Schofield, The Spring Has Moved, 2024

Douglas Schofield, The Spring Has Moved, 2024. Courtesy the artist and Manly Art Gallery & Museum

Tamara Dean, Northbridge, 2024

Tamara Dean, Northbridge, 2024. Courtesy the artist, Michael Reid Sydney/Berlin and Manly Art Gallery & Museum

Mosman Art Gallery
⚲ Map
1 Art Gallery Way, Mosman 2088.
(02) 9978-4178.
gallery@mosman.nsw.gov.au
www.mosmanartgallery.org.au
Director: John Cheeseman.
Thurs–Tues 10.00 to 4.00, Wed 10.00 to 8.00. Closed public holidays.
To Feb 2, 2025 Borrowed Landscapes features the work of artists exploring and connecting with the Australian landscape and telling stories that have been previously overlooked. Featuring beautiful scenes from the Australian landscape, artists including James Tylor, Amanda Williams, Hayley Millar Baker, and Peta Clancy question the grand narratives of colonial history through images that are questioning and unsettling, and uncovering culture, connection and knowledge that has been lost.

Borrowed Landscapes, installation view, 2024

Borrowed Landscapes, installation view, 2024. © the artists. Photograph: Jacquie Manning. Courtesy the artists and Mosman Art Gallery

To Feb 2, 2025 The Cube: Jazz Money – This Is How We Love is an enveloping multi-channel sound installation that invites audiences into a community of sound and love. The poem, originally written by Jazz Money for World Pride in Sydney 2023, was arranged for a choir by composer Joseph Twist. Presented here as an immersive audio work, the piece was recorded with members of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Choir to emphasise queer systems of care and reciprocity.
To Feb 2, 2025 In Profile: Jennifer Blau. Living in an enchanted cottage overhanging the water near Chinaman’s Beach in Mosman for 35 years, award-winning photographic artist Jennifer Blau has drawn inspiration from the ever-changing light, tides and weather. Suspended above this intersection of land and sea, Blau explores the notion of a liminal space. A place between love and loss, the familiar and the unknown, and between presence and impermanence.

Project [504]
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65 Berry Street, North Sydney 2060.
project504.com.au
Mon–Fri 12.00 to 4.30.
Project [504] is a studio + gallery with a large portfolio of artists, including regular finalists in the Archibald Prize, the Doug Moran, and the Sulman Prize.

Rochfort Gallery
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317 Pacific Highway, North Sydney 2060.
0422-039-834.
enquiries@rochfortgallery.com
rochfortgallery.com
Wed–Sat 10.00 to 6.00.
To Dec 18 Relationship – group exhibition.


Paddington, Woollahra

Annette Larkin Fine Art
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Suite 4, 8 Soudan Lane, Paddington 2021.
(02) 9332-4614.
annette@annettelarkin.com
www.annettelarkin.com
Director: Annette Larkin.
Wed–Fri 11.00 to 5.00, Sat 12.00 to 5.00. Mon–Tues open by appointment only, always available on email.
To Dec 18 Spring 2024 – works from private collections by Michael Johnson, Robert Klippel, Lindy Lee, David Noonan, Nyapanyapa Yunupingu and others.
We close for a Summer break on Dec 18, re-opening on Jan 22, 2025.

Australian Galleries
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15 Roylston Street, Paddington 2021.
(02) 9360-5177.
sydney@australiangalleries.com.au
www.australiangalleries.com.au
Director: Stuart Purves AM.
Daily 10.00 to 6.00.
Dec 3 to 21 Paul S Miller, and Ross Harvey.
Jan 21 to Feb 8, 2025 Group Exhibition.

D’Lan Contemporary Sydney
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97–99 Queen Street, Woollahra 2025.
enquiries@dlancontemporary.com.au
dlancontemporary.com.au
Admission free.
Nov 28 to Jan 10, 2025 Reverence – inaugural exhibition with Carlene West, Sonia Kurarra, Emily Kam Kngwarray, and Bill Whiskey, and a rare 1972 masterpiece by Uta Uta Tjangala.

Defiance Gallery
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12 Mary Place, Paddington 2021.
(02) 9557-8483.
enquiry@defiancegallery.com
www.defiancegallery.com
Director: Campbell Robertson-Swann.
Wed–Sat 10.00 to 5.00.
To Dec 20 Summer Salon Exhibition – group show.
Gallery closed until the end of Jan 2025.

Fellia Melas Gallery
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2 Moncur Street, Woollahra 2025.
(02) 9363-5616.
art@fmelasgallery.com.au
www.fmelasgallery.com.au
Tues–Sat 10.00 to 5.00.
Works by: B Whiteley, M Woodward, McLean Edwards, Euan McLeod, J Gleeson, S Dunlop, D Boyd, R Dickerson, R Crooke, G Gittoes, W Coleman, J Coburn, S Nolan, D Hart, J Olsen, C Canning, C Campbell, V Rubin, P Griffith, T Irving, S Paxton, S West, M Winch, M Perceval, G Proud, J Bezzina, Ellis Rowan, S Weaver, J Kelly and many others.

Fine Arts, Sydney
23 Hampden Street, Paddington 2021.
Wed–Sat 12.00 to 5.00, or by appointment.

Martin Browne Contemporary
15 Hampden Street, Paddington 2021.
Tues–Sat 10.30 to 6.00.

Maunsell Wickes Gallery
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19 Glenmore Road, Paddington 2021.
(02) 9331-4676.
Fax (02) 9380-8485.
gallery@maunsellwickes.com
www.maunsellwickes.com
Tues–Sat 11.00 to 5.30, Sun 12.00 to 5.00.
Dec 3 to 24 All the Best – group exhibition.

OLSEN Gallery
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63 Jersey Road, Woollahra 2025.
(02) 9327-3922.
info@olsengallery.com
www.olsengallery.com
Tues–Fri 10.00 to 6.00. Sat 10.00 to 5.00. Closed Sun–Mon.
To Dec 7 Carl Baratta, and Sophie Cape.
Olsen Annexe:
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74 Queen Street, Woollahra 2025.
(02) 9327-3922.
Tues–Sat 11.00 to 5.00.

Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery
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8 Soudan Lane, Paddington 2021.
(02) 9331-1919.
oxley9@roslynoxley9.com.au
www.roslynoxley9.com.au
Tues–Fri 10.00 to 6.00, Sat 11.00 to 6.00.

SOHO Galleries Sydney
Celebrating 29 years | Exhibiting innovative contemporary art
Contemporary art and sculpture:

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150 Edgecliff Road, Woollahra 2025. T 0460-009-991.
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710 Military Road, Mosman 2088. T 0460-008-885.
art@sohogalleries.net
www.sohogalleries.net
SOHO Studio Exhibition Space:
Level 1, 148 Edgecliff Road, Woollahra 2025. T 0416-875-739; www.sohostudio.space.
ARTPark Australia, Sculpture:
Walsh Bay Sculpture Walk, Hunter Valley Sculpture Walk, Lisa McGuigan Cellar Door, Broke Road, Pokolbin, Hunter Valley. Sculpture enquiries 1800-646-131, www.artpark.com.au.

Thienny Lee Gallery
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176 New South Head Road, Edgecliff 2027.
(02) 8057-1769.
thienny@thiennyleegallery.com
thiennyleegallery.com
Tues–Fri 10.00 to 4.00, Sat 11.00 to 4.00, or by appointment.

UNSW Galleries
Bidjigal & Gadigal Country, cnr Oxford Street and Greens Road, Paddington 2021.
Wed–Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat–Sun 12.00 to 5.00. Closed public holidays.

Wagner Contemporary
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2 Hampden Street, Paddington 2021.
(02) 9360-6069, 0419-251-013.
nadinewagner@wagnercontemporary.com.au
www.wagnercontemporary.com.au
Tues–Sat 10.30 to 6.00, Sun 10.30 to 5.00, Mon by appointment.
Dec 14 to end of Jan 2025 Christmas/Summer Exhibition.
Gallery closes for Christmas break Sat Dec 21, 6pm and re-opens Sat Jan 11, 2025.


Eastern Suburbs

Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf
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548 New South Head Road, Double Bay 2028.
(02) 9184-1016.
gallery@woollahra.nsw.gov.au
www.woollahragallery.com.au
Free admission.
Wed 1.00 to 6.00, Thurs–Fri 10.00 to 6.00, Sat–Sun 10.00 to 5.00. Closed public holidays.


Greater Sydney

Campbelltown Arts Centre
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1 Art Gallery Road, Campbelltown 2560.
(02) 4645-4100.
artscentre@campbelltown.nsw.gov.au
c-a-c.com.au
Daily 10.00 to 4.00.
To Dec 6 Fisher’s Ghost Art Award 2024.

Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre
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1 Powerhouse Road, Casula 2170 (access via Shepherd Street, Liverpool).
(02) 8711-7123.
reception@casulapowerhouse.com
www.casulapowerhouse.com
Free entry.
Tues–Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat 10.00 to 9.00, Sun 10.00 to 4.00. Closed Mon and public holidays.

Fairfield City Museum & Gallery
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634 The Horsley Drive (entry via Oxford Street), Smithfield 2164.
(02) 9725-0190.
FCMG@fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au
www.fcmg.nsw.gov.au
Admission free.
Tues–Fri 10.00 to 4.00, Sat 10.00 to 3.00. Closed Sun–Mon and public holidays.
To Jan 25, 2025 Tender – reveals the nuances and tender sides of the communities of Western Sydney through four individual but interconnected documentary films by multidisciplinary artists Mohammad Awad (3awadi), Carielyn Tunion, Diamond Tat, and Sharon Mani.
To March 1, 2025 Mehwish Iqbal: Submergence.

Hazelhurst Arts Centre
782 Kingsway, Gymea 2227.
Gallery: daily 10.00 to 4.00. Public holiday and Christmas hours may vary.

Hurstville Museum & Gallery
14 MacMahon Street, Hurstville 2220.
Tues–Sat 10.00 to 4.00, Sun 2.00 to 5.00.

The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre
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78 Flushcombe Road, Blacktown 2148.
(02) 9839-6558.
artscentre@blacktown.nsw.gov.au
blacktownarts.com.au
Tues–Sat 10.00 to 5.00. Closed Sun–Mon and public holidays.
To Dec 14 Beyond the Elements with 4ESydney – A Decade of CommUNITY, Evolution, and Authenticity. This exhibition recognises the festival’s profound impact on the local Hip Hop scene over the past decade, honouring both the history and future of 4ESydney, bringing together pivotal moments and key figures from its journey.

Macquarie University Art Gallery
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The Chancellery, 19 Eastern Road, Macquarie University, North Ryde 2109.
(02) 9850-7437.
rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au
www.artgallery.mq.edu.au
Senior Curator: Rhonda Davis.
Mon–Fri 10.00 to 5.00.

Penrith Regional Gallery
Home of The Lewers Bequest
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86 River Road, Emu Plains 2750.
(02) 4735-1100.
gallery@penrith.city
www.penrithregionalgallery.com.au
Daily 10.00 to 4.00. Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day and Good Friday.
Visit website for full exhibition program.
To Feb 16, 2025 Spot the Difference – Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, Billy Bain, Daniel Boyd, Shannon Boyd, Blak Douglas, Troy Emery, Lyndal Irons, Claudia Nicholson, Jason Phu & Maja Baska, Anna Louise Richardson, Kate Rohde, Osselan Tupai Scanlan, Regina Walter, and Chris Whiticker & Linda Brescia.

Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, Big Cat, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, Big Cat, 2024, stained wood, steel cable, 42 × 100 × 70cm. Courtesy the artist, Ames Yavuz, Sydney and Penrith Regional Gallery, Home of The Lewers Bequest


Greater North Shore

Grace Cossington Smith Gallery
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Gate 7, 1666 Pacific Highway, Wahroonga 2076.
(02) 9473-7878.
gcsgallery.com.au
facebook.com/gcsgallery
Free entry.
Tues–Sat 10.00 to 5.00.
To Dec 7 Encounter – Sylvia Griffin, Pamela Leung, Juanita McLauchlan, Lisa Pang, and Sue Pedley consider themes of trauma, memory, identity, and migration, reflecting on the impacts of colonisation, displacement, and the environment.
Jan 25 to Feb 22, 2025 Carving Perspectives paintings by Fan Dongwang – merging traditional Chinese carving techniques with contemporary painting. This survey presents images of Chinese art symbols, landscape paintings, and early works and objects from China.

Fan Dongwang, Train Station (Wahroonga), 2024

Fan Dongwang, Train Station (Wahroonga), 2024, acrylic on canvas, 60.5 × 90.5cm. Courtesy the artist and Grace Cossington Smith Gallery

Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre
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25 Edgeworth David Avenue, Hornsby 2077.
(02) 9847-4817.
www.hornsby.nsw.gov.au/lifestyle/arts-and-culture/wallarobba
Tues–Sun 10.00 to 4.00 during exhibitions.

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