NEWS
Emily Floyd, New Sculptural Commission ‘Open Space’ 2019
Buxton Contemporary Collection artist Emily Floyd has been awarded a major sculptural commission in Sydney's Curtain Place responding to neighbouring Australia Square. Floyd's sculptural installation Open Space references the Modernism of Australia Square through...
Mikala Dwyer, Bill Henson & Paul Yore, Idle Worship, Lismore Regional Gallery, NSW, 17 August – 13 October 2019
Buxton Contemporary Collection artists Mikala Dwyer, Bill Henson and Paul Yore are currently included in Idle Worship at the Lismore Regional Gallery. Idle Worship is curated by Natalie Bull & Zoë Robinson-Kennedy and explores contemporary notions of reverence,...
Daniel Boyd, GIANT LEAP, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, NSW, 1 July – 8 September 2019
Buxton Contemporary Collection artist Daniel Boyd is currently included in GIANT LEAP at Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre. GIANT LEAP is a multi-arts program created to mark the 50thanniversary of the moon landing in 1969. Boyd's film, History is Made at Night forms part...
Destiny Deacon: Artist Room, MCA Collection
Buxton Contemporary Collection artist Destiny Deacon is exhibiting at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney from 18 May to 1 December. This Artist Room presents a small selection of photographic works produced in the period leading up to Deacon's 2004 exhibition,...
Nicholas Mangan, Termite Economies (Phase One), PICA, Perth, 27 July – 6 October, 2019
Nicholas Mangan at PICA Termite Economies is an ongoing project centred on the CSIRO’s relatively recent proposition to exploit the natural behaviour of termites to facilitate resource extraction. Ruminating on the notion of capitalism putting nature to work, Mangan...
Bill Henson: The Light Fades But The Gods Remain, Monash Gallery of Art, 27 July – 29 September 2019
The light fades but the gods remain is a major exhibition showcasing two key series by Buxton Contemporary Collection artist Bill Henson. Henson was commissioned to revisit the suburb of his childhood and to produce a new body of work that reflects upon his earlier...
Emily Floyd: Anti-totalitarian Vectors, Anna Schwartz Gallery, 13 July – 17 August 2019
Buxton Contemporary Collection artist Emily Floyd has a solo exhibition, Anti-totalitarian Vectors, at Anna Schwartz Gallery from 13 July to 17 August. Presenting a series of informal libraries and diagrams conflating childhood space with political philosophy, and...
Mikala Dwyer: Earthcraft, Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Zealand
Buxton Contemporary Collection artist Mikala Dwyer has unveiled a newly commissioned sculptural installation Earthcraft at the Govett Brewster Art Gallery/ Len Lye Centre, New Zealand. As part of the on-going installation, Dwyer will stage a series of encounters that...
Paul Yore: Current Exhibitions
Buxton Contemporary Collection artist Paul Yore is exhibiting in the 6th Rijkswik Textile Biennial held in Rijkswik, Netherlands. Just as in the Textile Biennial of 2017, the majority of these artists make work that comments on contemporary issues. Australian Paul...
Tracey Moffatt, Body Remembers, Mosman Art Gallery, NSW, 15 June – 25 August, 2019
Buxton Contemporary Collection artist Tracey Moffatt is currently exhibiting Body Remembers at Mosman Art Gallery from 15 June until 25 August. The exhibition showcases Moffatt's critically acclaimed photographic series and film that represented Australia at the 57th...
Buxton Contemporary Collection artists, Dark Mofo, 6-23 June 2019, Hobart
Buxton Contemporary collection artists Marco Fusinato, Mike Parr and Paul Yore will exhibit as part of Dark Mofo from the 6-23 of June, 2019. Linda Marrinon, David Noonan, Patricia Piccinini, Justene Williams and Ronnie Van Hout will be included in Simon Denny’s...
Simon Denny, Mine, MONA 8 June – 13 April
Mona plays mineshaft in this new exhibition by New Zealand (Buxton Contemporary Collection) artist Simon Denny, revolving around mining as a reflection of hope and anxiety about the environment, technology, and development. The exhibition is curated by Jarrod Rawlins...
Daniel Boyd, Where the Oceans Meet, Museum of Art and Design, Miami, 26 May 2019-12 January 2020
Works by Buxton Contemporary Collection artist, Daniel Boyd, are included in 'Where the Oceans Meet' at the Museum of Art and Design, Miami. Curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Asad Raza, Gabriela Rangel, and Rina Carvajal the exhibition engages two key figures who devoted...
Satellite Anthem, curated by Kate Just, Assembly Point, 2-26 May 2019
National Anthem curator Dr Kate Just, has curated a new exhibition Satellite Anthem at Assembly Point vitrines on Sturt Street. Satellite Anthem features artwork from 12 current VCA students. The exhibition is an extension of the themes and ideas in National Anthem,...
Ronnie van Hout, Learning How to Sculpt, Darren Knight Gallery, 18 May – 15 June
Buxton Contemporary Collection artist Ronnie van Hout is currently showing a new exhibition titled, Learning How to Sculpt at Darren Knight Gallery in Sydney. For the past three decades Ronnie van Hout has been making photographs, films, sculptures, embroideries,...
National Anthem, Human Rights Arts & Film Festival, 9 – 23 May
National Anthem, curated by Dr Kate Just is currently included in The Human Rights Film Festival (HRAFF). Celebrating the bold and the brave storytelling of artists, film-makers and musicians, HRAFF is a non-for-profit arts organisation that engages audiences with...
Daniel Boyd, Kaldor Public Art Project 34: Asad Raza, Carriageworks Sydney, 3 – 19 May 2019
Buxton Contemporary Collection artist Daniel Boyd is currently included in Kaldor Public Art Project 34: Asad Raza, Absorption at the Clothing Store, Carriageworks, Sydney. Developed in consultation with biologists and environmental scientists, New York-based artist...
Brook Andrew, RocoColonial, Hazelhurst Arts Centre, 4 May – 30 June 2019
Buxton Contemporary Collection artist Brook Andrew is included in RocoColonial at the Hazelhurst Arts Centre until 30 June, 2019. RocoColonial is a major artist-initiated project by Gary Carsley, presented by Hazelhurst Arts Centre in partnership with Bathurst...
REVIEW – National Anthem
In a review of National Anthem in Art Almanac, John Buckley writes: "Loaded in ways the show’s title might not immediately suggest, ‘National Anthem’ is the cri de couer the Australian art world — and the nation at large — so desperately needs. The works on display...
Angelica Mesiti at the 58th Venice Biennale, 8 May – 24 November 2019
Buxton Contemporary Collection artist Angelica Mesiti will be representing Australia this year in the 58th Venice Biennale. Her exhibition ASSEMBLY, curated by Juliana Engberg, will open at the Australian Pavilion on the 8th of May 2019. ASSEMBLY is a multimedia and...