Are commercial galleries moving with the times?

While Australia’s commercial gallery landscape matures, with several major anniversaries this year, it is witnessing a change from the traditional guard to more fluid models.

2022 has been a red-letter year for several commercial galleries, including some Sydney stalwarts.

From 2016, Singapore’s Gillman Barracks was also home to a permanent space for Sydney gallery Sullivan+Strumpf. While that space was discontinued during the pandemic-induced border closures, Sullivan+Strumpf continues to expand locations to exhibit its roster of Australian and Asia-Pacific artists, recently announcing the opening in October of a gallery space in Collingwood, Melbourne (joining several galleries including STATION and Australian Galleries who also have galleries in more than one city).

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Chloé Wolifson is an independent arts writer, researcher and curator based in Sydney, Australia.