The July to December period kicks off with the national season of winter blockbusters, and sees out the year with a calendar of major exhibition offerings for the summer. Among them are plenty of big-name artists, including Cao Fei, Yayoi Kusama, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Isaac Julien and René Magritte.
What sits in between is really nuanced and strong program across the sector, which will offer plenty of viewing pleasure to map out the rest of the year.
Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW.
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