ROSS MANNING: DARK MOFO
Ross Manning has been announced as one of the participants in DARK MOFO, a project of the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) in Hobart. Manning will present recent works including Dichroic filter piece 2013-14 and Sad Magick 2009 in disused and abandoned tunnels beneath Hobart. More details including the full programme are available via the DARK MOFO website.
VERNON AH KEE: WINNER OF THE REDLANDS KONICA MINOLTA ART PRIZE 2014
Vernon Ah Kee has been awarded the Redlands Konica Minolta Art Prize 2014 for his work Lex Wotton 2013. The work is a portrait of Lex Wotton, Palm Island resident and activist who was involved in the civil unrest on the island in 2004. Read more via Blouin ArtInfo.
JEMIMA WYMAN: PATTERN BANDITS, QAGOMA
Jemima Wyman presents 'Pattern Bandits' a new, interactive project at the Children's Art Centre, Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art. The project is free and runs until 2 November 2014. Read more.
GORDON BENNETT: AN APPETITE FOR PAINTING
Opening on 12 September 2014, 'An Appetite for Painting' features the work of contemporary painters including Gordon Bennett, Chris Ofili, Jittish Kallat, Marlene Dumas and many more. The exhibition will run until 4 January 2015 at the National Museum in Oslo, Norway and is curated by Gavin Jantjes. Read more
TOM NICHOLSON: TEN THOUSAND WILES AND A HUNDRED THOUSAND TRICKS
Opening at the Beirut Art Center on 1 April, Ten thousand wiles and a hundred thousand tricks is part of the seventh edition of Meeting Points, a multidisciplinary contemporary arts festival focusing on contextualized presentation of art from the Arab World. Tom Nicholson is exhibiting alongside a diverse range of artists. The exhibition is curated by curated by What, How & for Whom/WHW, a curatorial collective formed in 1999 and based in Zagreb and Berlin. Read more.
MY COUNTRY: CONTEMPORARY ART FROM BLACK AUSTRALIA
'My Country: Contemporary Art from Black Australia' opens tomorrow Friday 28 March at Auckland Art Gallery Toi O Tamaki. The exhibition presents over 100 works by over 40 artists, including Gordon Bennett, Vernon Ah Kee, Richard Bell, Judy Watson and Gordon Hookey. My Country showcases the breadth of recent work by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, and the connections the artists have with their land and nation. The exhibition runs until 20 July 2014.
JON CATTAPAN: MONOTYPES
Jon Cattapan presents 'Monotypes' at the Scuola Internazionale Di Grafica (SG Gallery), Venice until 29 March 2014. The work featured in the exhibition has been developed as part of Cattapan's residency at SG Gallery. The new series of works focuses on figurative explorations very loosely based around dream-like encounters of a nocturnal Venice. Read more
DANIEL MCKEWEN: NEW14, ACCA
Daniel McKewen presents a new commission as part of the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art's annual NEW exhibition. NEW14 features work by a wide-ranging group of emerging Australian artists and runs until 18 May 2014. Read more
JUDY WATSON: WRITTEN ON THE BODY
Judy Watson and Diana Young have co-curated 'Written on the Body', an object-focused exhibition at the University of Queensland Anthropology Museum, drawing on a number of collections to generate new relationships and a commentary on the past in the present. Read more
BIENNALE OF SYDNEY
Opening next Friday 21 March, the 19th Biennale of Sydney features 90 artists from 31 countries. As part of Juliana Engberg's artistic direction 'You Imagine What You Desire', Daniel McKewen and Ross Manning will be presenting work across a variety of venues. Full information is available on the Biennale website and the exhibition runs until 9 June 2014.