THE LOCAL EDIT: THE NATIONAL 2019, NEW AUSTRALIAN ART

Sydney is in the thick of a series of beautiful art exhibitions, and we are loving it.

Until July 2019, the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW), Carriageworks and the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA) present The National 2019: New Australian Art. The National present the work of 65 emerging, mid-career and established Australian contemporary artists living across the country and abroad; the 2019 show is the second edition of a six-year initiative presented in 2017, 2019 and 2021, exploring the latest ideas and forms of contemporary Australian art.

Connecting three of Sydney’s key cultural precincts – The Domain, Redfern and Circular Quay, the 2019 exhibition is curated by AGNSW Curator of Photographs, Isobel Parker Philip; Carriageworks Senior Curator of Visual Arts, Daniel Mudie Cunningham; and MCA Curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Collections and Exhibitions, Clothilde Bullen with MCA Curator, Anna Davis.

Eugenia Lim, The Australian Ugliness (still) (detail) 2018. Image courtesy and © artist. Photograph: Tom Ross.

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Be sure to catch exhibiting artist at the dates below.

Art Gallery of New South Wales: 29 March – 21 July 2019

Carriageworks: 29 March – 23 June 2019 Museum of Contemporary Art Australia: 29 March – 23 June 2019

Images Provided

Curated by Isabelle Clark, TLSE

Check out the National 2019