Ask any Victorian and they will tell you that Melbourne is the Arts Capital of Australia.
Well, in 2011, Sydney is set to put that claim to the test with a huge line up of art events throughout the year.
Polixeni Papapetrou
Oz photo artist photographs her kids in colourful scenarios.
ACP, 4th February to 12th March
Wendy Sharpe: The Imagined Life
One of Australia’s most beloved painters in retrospective.
SH Ervin Gallery 26th February to 10th April
Art Month Sydney
Sydney’s galleries and artist-run initiatives join forces for four weeks of education and entertainment.
Throughout Sydney 1st to 31st March
Michael Stevenson
New Zealand’s “anthropologist of the avant-garde” gets a retrospective of sculptures, installations and films.
MCA 5th April to 9th June
Opening of John Kaldor Family Gallery
The AGNSW will double its space for contemporary art when this new wing opens with works by Sol LeWitt, Jeff Koons and Christo and Jean-Claude to name a few.
Art Gallery of NSW 21st May
Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prizes 2011
The portrait show we love to hate galvanizes the city’s art scene every year.
Sydney 16th April to 26th June
The Mad Square: Modernity in German Art 1910 – 1937
Life is a crazy, modern cabaret in the Weimar-era works by Dix, Beckmann, Schad, Kollwitz, Schwitters, Sander and Moholy-Nagy.
Art Gallery of NSW 6th August to 6th November
Art & About
The public outdoor art festival returns for another year including Sydney Life Hyde Park.
Throughout Sydney 22nd September to 23rd October
Sculpture by the Sea
Art meets the ocean as the Bondi to Tamarama Coastal walk hosts another 100 new sculptures.
Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musee National Picasso
Discover the breadth of work of the 20th century’s most famous artist in the largest Picasso exhibition ever to come to Australia.
Art Gallery of NSW 29th October 2011 to 19th February 2012
Elemental Reckoning: The Art of Tim Stoner
The first major survey of this great Australian artist.
SH Ervin Gallery 11th November to 18th December
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