Friendship as a Way of Life
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2020
Samuel Hodge: The Wit of the Staircase
In this exhibition Samuel Hodge draws on his twenty-year archive of artistic practice to present...
Skye Wagner: Opacity Shift
Skye Wagner’s photographs explore the circulation and digital malleability of contemporary...
OFO HAKE: Koe Ngatu Teuteu 'o 'Akesa mo 'Isileli Fifita
This special project features a monumental ngatu (painted tapa) created by Tongan artist and...
Shivanjani Lal: Beta, ek story bathao
Shivanjani Lal is a twice-removed Fijian Indian Australian artist who works with archival images...
Wansolwara: One Salt Water
Wansolwara: One Salt Water is a series of exhibitions, performances and events from across the...
ʻO le ūa na fua mai Manuʻa
Through fresh fresh international perspectives, this exhibition endeavours to embody and awaken...
2019
A&D ANNUAL 19
The largest national showcase of graduate contemporary art and design, the UNSW Art & Design...
Javier Téllez: NOSFERATU (The Undead)
'NOSFERATU (The Undead)' is a film installation by Venezuelan born, New York-based artist Javier...
The Big Anxiety
The Big Anxiety – festival of arts + science + people, brings together artists, scientists and...
John Fries Award
Since 2010, the John Fries Award has recognised the contribution and achievement of early career...
Gemma Smith: Rhythm Sequence
'Rhythm Sequence' is the first career survey of Australian artist Gemma Smith. The exhibition...
Nicholas Aloisio-Shearer: Fragile Fantasy
The work of Nicholas Aloisio-Shearer considers the field of image production surrounding video...
Order of Events: Elliott Bryce Foulkes & Maria Smit
Multidisciplinary designers Elliott Bryce Foulkes and Maria Smit draw on a collaborative working...
The Kookaburra Self-Relocation Project (WHOSLAUGHINGJACKASS)
The Kookaburra Self-Relocation Project (WHOSLAUGHINGJACKASS)
Art...
Architecture Makes Us: Cinematic Visions of Sonia Leber and David Chesworth
'Architecture Makes Us' is a mid-career survey bringing together six video works by the...
Oliver Beer: Impossible Composition
Oliver Beer’s practice engages with sound, architecture and the memory of objects. 'Impossible...
Radical Sydney
Taking its title from Terry Irving and Rowan Cahill’s book on dissident politics and actions in...
Zanny Begg: The Beehive
Zanny Begg’s practice incorporates film, drawing and installation, with a particular interest in...
2018
Kynan Tan: Processing Data
Data itself lacks an intrinsic materiality or sensibility,...
Earwitness: Jennifer Stoever, M J Grant And Andrew Brooks
UNSW Galleries is proud to present an evening of talks by and conversation with Jennifer Stoever...
Eavesdropping: Susan Schuppli, Sam Kidel and Jasmine Guffond
UNSW Galleries is proud to present three performances by Susan Schuppli, Sam Kidel and Jasmine...
Make Known: The Exquisite Order of Infinite Variation
Exploring ideas about design thinking and the creative process. Presented in collaboration with...
Local Colour: experiments in nature
Australian and international artists, designers and social enterprise groups making works...
Christian Thompson: Ritual Intimacy
Christian Thompson is one of Australia’s leading and most exciting contemporary artists. He made...
Enough خلص Khalas
The word khalas in Arabic has a myriad of definitions including: ‘stop’ ‘finish’, ‘that’s all...
In Your Dreams
The divide between rich and poor is widening, conflict and climate change are forcing people...
Tell: Contemporary Indigenous Photography
Tell: Indigenous Contemporary Photography explores Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander life,...
2017
Group Therapy
Group Therapy: Mental Distress in a Digital Age presents a collection of artworks and research...
A working model of the world
From dioramas to dolls' houses, atomic models to cloud-chambers, mandalas to maquettes – A...
Still in my mind: Gurindji location, experience and visuality
Inspired by the words of revered Indigenous leader Vincent Lingiari, ‘that land ... I still got...
EXIT
UNSW is proud to present the Australian premiere of a major new installation which holds a...